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Registered charity · Worcestershire

Colwall Orchard Trust

To restore, promote and celebrate traditional orchards in the parish of Colwall for the benefit of the public, the local community and the natural environment, and to advocate the importance of traditional orchards and fruit varieties both locally...

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £98k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources

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
General Charitable Purposes, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire
Website
www.colwallorchardgroup.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Colwall Orchard Trust
Registered
2011

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£98k£67k
  • 2024£55k£44k
  • 2023£65k£49k
Earlier years
  • 2022£29k£30k
  • 2021£23k£20k
Charitable objects

To restore, promote and celebrate traditional orchards in the parish of Colwall for the benefit of the public, the local community and the natural environment, and to advocate the importance of traditional orchards and fruit varieties both locally and nationally. This is achieved by: Conserving, restoring and enhancing traditional orchards and fruit varieties, as part of a better connected natural environment; To advance the education of the public, engaging the general public in looking after traditional orchards and by encouraging the enjoyment of orchards and sustainable orchard produce; Celebrating orchards and sharing information about the natural and historic heritage associated with them.

Board analysis for researchers

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.

6 trustees on the board

4.8y median 5.5y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

5
company-linked trustees

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

Arts/culture/heritage/science 6Environment/conservation/heritage 6General Charitable Purposes 6

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

Other services 6Arts and leisure 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£98k latest income · income exceeded spending 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
1142573
Status
Registered
Governing document
Memorandum as amended on 24 Jun 2020
Companies House
Company number 07495461 · Active
Contact on the register
07947869400 · secretary@colwallorchardgroup.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
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