Registered charity · Somerset
Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group South West LTD
- 7 trustees
- Income £3.9m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- Throughout England
- Website
- www.fwagsw.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group South West LTD
- Registered
- 2012
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£3.9m£3.7m
- 2024£3.4m£3.7m
- 2023£3.5m£3.8m
Earlier years
- 2022£3.9m£3.7m
- 2021£2.9m£2.6m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 29% · Government grants 35%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED ARE TO PROMOTE THE PROTECTION OF WILDLIFE AND THE CONSERVATION OF NATURE AND LANDSCAPE IN PARTICULAR WITH RELATION TO MODERN AGRICULTURAL NEEDS. TO PROMOTE THE DELIVERY OF COMPETENT, INDEPENDENT ADVICE TO THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR ON THE PROTECTION OF WILDLIFE AND THE CONSERVATION OF NATURE AND LANDSCAPE. TO PROMOTE RESEARCH ON ALL MATTERS RELATING TO MODERN FARMING AND THE NEED TO CONSERVE NATURE AND LANDSCAPE AND TO PROTECT WILDLIFE ON FARMLAND AND TO DISSEMINATE THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH REASEARCH. TO ENCOURAGE UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN FARMERS AND CONSERVATION INTERESTS BY PROMOTING, LIAISON AND THE EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION, IDEAS AND EXPERIENCE BETWEEN INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANISATIONS AND ORGANISATIONS WHO ARE CONCERNED WITH OR INTERESTED IN THE OBJECTS OF THE COMPANY. TO PROMOTE THE OBJECTS OF THE COMPANY BY CONFERENCES, EXHIBITIONS, PRACTICAL DEMONSTRATIONS, PUBLICATIONS, THE DELIVERY OF LECTURES AND ADDRESSES AND THE EXCHANGE OF RESEARCH EXPERIENCES AND TECHNIQUES. TO SUPPORT AND CO-OPERATE WITH OTHERS IN PROPOSAL AND ACTIVITIES WHICH ENCOURAGE UNDERSTANDING AND CO-OPERATION BETWEN CONSERVATION, WILDLIFE AND FARMING INTERESTS AND WHICH ARE CALCULATED TO ASSIST THE PROMOTION OF THE COMPANY'S OBJECTS. TO ESTABLISH AND SUPPORT OR AID IN THE ESTABLISHMENT AND SUPPORT OF ANY CHARITABLE ASSOCIATIONS AND INSTITUTIONS AND TO SUBSCRIBE OR GUARENTEE MONEY FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN THE WAY CONNECTED WITH THE COMPANY'S PURPOSES OR CALCULATED TO FURTHER ITS OBJECTS. TO UNDERTAKE AND EXECUTE ANY TRUSTS WHICH MAY LAWFULLY BE UNDERTAKEN BY THE COMPANY AND WHICH MAY BE NECESSARY FOR ITS OBJECTS. SUBJECT TO THE JURISDICTION OF THE CHARITY COMMISSIONERS FOR ENGLAND AND WALES TO PURCHASE OR BY ANY OTHER MEANS ACQUIRE ANY FREEHOLD, LEASEHOLD OR OTHER PROPERTY OR ESTATE OR INTEREST WHATEVER, AND ANY RIGHTS, PRIVILEGES OR EASEMENTS OVER OR IN RESPECT OF ANY PROPERTY AS MAY BE CONDUCIVE TO ITS OBJECTS. TO SELL, MORTGAGE, DISPOSE OR TURN TO ACCOUNT ALL OR ANY OF THE PROPERTY OR ASSETS OF THE COMPANY AS MAY BE THOUGH EXPEDIENT WITH A VIEW TO THE PROMOTION OF ITS OBJECTS. TO BORROW, RAISE, OR RECEIVE MONEY IN SUCH MANNER AS THE COMPANY MAY THINK FIT FOR SUCH PURPOSES WHICH PROMOTES ITS OBJECTS. TO INVEST MONEYS OF THE COMPANY NOT IMMEDIATELY REQUIRED FOR ITS PURPOSES IN OR UPON SUCH INVESTMENTS, SECURITIES OR PROPERTIES AS MAY BE THOUGHT FIT, BUT SO THAT MONEYS SUBJECT TO, OR REPRESENTING PROPERTY SUBJECT TO, THE JURISDICTION OF THE CHARITY COMMISSIONERS FOR ENGLAND AND WALES SHALL ONLY BE INVESTED IN SUCH SECURITIES AND WITH SUCH SANCTION, IF ANY, AS MAY FOR THE TIME BEING BE PRESCRIBED BY LAW. TO EMPLOY OR CONTRACT FOR THE SERVICES OF OR FACILITATE OTHER IN THE EMPLOYMENT OR CONTRACTING FOR THE SERVICES OF A PERSON OR PERSON TO FACILITATE THE CARRYING OUT OF THE OBJECTS OF THE COMPANY. IF AND WHEN CONSIDERED ADVISABLE TO TAKE ALL SUCH MEASURES AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO CONVERT THE COMPANY INTO A BODY SPECIALLY INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER OR OTHERWISE, OR TO SECURE THE CREATION OF A NEW BODY SO INCORPORATED WITH THE OBJECT OF CARRYING OUT THE PURPOSES OF THE COMPANY AND CONTINUING THE WORK THEREOF. TO TAKE ALL SUCH OTHER STEPS AS WILL FURTHER THE ATTAINMENT OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS OR ANY OF THEM.
Grants received
153 grants · £2,671,946 total360Giving 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
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £2,169,846 (148 grants)
- Thirty Percy Foundation · £455,000 (2 grants)
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £40,000
- Cornwall Community Foundation · £7,100 (2 grants)
Most recent
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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.
7 trustees on the board
- Silas Charles Walker Chair since 2021
- Benjamin Charles Hole since 2025
- Caroline Fowle since 2017
- Christopher Wilson since 2022
- Melanie Ruth Bradley since 2025
- Rachel Mary Virginia O'Connor since 2026
- Simon Alan Gibson since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Caroline Fowle since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Silas Charles Walker Chair since 2021
- Benjamin Charles Hole since 2025
- Christopher Wilson since 2022
- Melanie Ruth Bradley since 2025
- Rachel Mary Virginia O'Connor since 2026
- Simon Alan Gibson since 2025
Portfolio (1)
- Caroline Fowle since 2017
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
1.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 2.1 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1146071
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 29 NOV 2011 as amended on 07 Sep 2022
- Companies House
- Company number 07865031 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01823660684 · info@fwagsw.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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