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Clophill Heritage Trust

  • 7 trustees
  • Income £136k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, Amateur Sport, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Central Bedfordshire
Website
www.clophillecolodges.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Clophill Heritage Trust
Registered
2010

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£136k£195k
  • 2024£99k£151k
  • 2023£70k£147k
Earlier years
  • 2022£107k£153k
  • 2021£104k£144k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 6%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC PRINCIPALLY WITHIN CLOPHILL, BEDFORDSHIRE AND THE SURROUNDING AREA:1. TO PROMOTE THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, IN PARTICULAR THE AREA OF THE THE GREENSAND RIDGE;2. TO PRESERVE BUILDINGS OR SITES OF HISTORIC OR ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC, IN PARTICULAR OLD ST MARY'S CHURCH IN CLOPHILL; AND3. TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

Grants received

2 grants · £33,515 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £33,515 (2 grants)

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £9,5152014-04-02
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £24,0002012-03-20
Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

7 trustees on the board

11.9y median 11y
average tenure
16y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

3
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Amateur Sport 7Education/training 7Environment/conservation/heritage 7

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Hospitality 3Tech and media 1Transport 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£136k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1138974
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 10 JUNE 2010
Companies House
Company number 07280273 · Active
Contact on the register
07894710001 · info@clophillecolodges.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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