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Registered charity · Henley-on-Thames

The Open Spaces Society

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £369k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 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
Amateur Sport, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.oss.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Open Spaces Society
Registered
2011

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£369k£574k
  • 2024£358k£564k
  • 2023£267k£457k
Earlier years
  • 2022£969k£431k
  • 2021£438k£435k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

1) TO PROTECT COMMON LAND, OPEN SPACES AND TOWN AND VILLAGE GREENS FROM ENCROACHMENT AND, SUBJECT TO THE RIGHTS OF COMMONERS, TO SECURE THEIR USE BY THE GENERAL PUBLIC. 2) TO PROTECT PRESERVE AND ENHANCE EXISTING PUBLIC PATHS AND CARRIAGEWAYS USED MAINLY AS PUBLIC PATHS AND TO SECURE THEIR PROPER RECORDING, MAINTENANCE AND SIGNPOSTING FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC. 3) TO SECURE THE CREATION AND PRESERVATION OF NEW PUBLIC PATHS, OPEN SPACES AND ACCESS TO AND OVER OPEN COUNTRY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.4) TO PROTECT THE BEAUTY OF THE COUNTRYSIDE AND TO PROMOTE ITS FULLEST ENJOYMENT BY THE PUBLIC.

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.

9 trustees on the board

3.6y median 2y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (2)

6
company-linked trustees

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

Environment/conservation/heritage 8Amateur Sport 7Education/training 2Animals 1Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Recreation 1

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 8Education 3Professional services 3

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£369k 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
1144840
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 14/11/2011AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 13/12/2011AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 16/07/2013 as amended on 18 Jul 2019 as amended on 11 Jul 2019 as amended on 11 Jul 2019 as amended on 11 Jul 2019 as amended on 20 Sep 2021
Companies House
Company number 07846516 · Active
Contact on the register
01491573535 · hq@oss.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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