Registered charity · Bristol
Mendip Cave Registry and Archive
Mendip Cave Registry and Archive is a registered charity (number 1155068) based in Bristol, governed by 4 trustees and chaired by Alan David Gray since 2013. Latest income £4k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
Also known as Mcra (Charity Commission)
- 4 trustees
- Income £4k (2025)
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
- Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Amateur Sport, Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- Devon, Somerset, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire and more
- Website
- mcra.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2013
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£4k£3k
- 2024£5k£6k
- 2023£3k£386
Earlier years
- 2022£4k£6k
- 2021£1k£531
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ('THE OBJECTS') ARE TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH INTO ALL ASPECTS OF THE CAVES, MINES, QUARRIES AND OTHER ASSOCIATED LOCATIONS WITHIN MENDIP AND THE SURROUNDING REGIONS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:- MAINTAINING A REGISTRY OF ALL CAVES, MINES, QUARRIES AND OTHER ASSOCIATED LOCATIONS WITHIN MENDIP AND THE SURROUNDING REGIONS;- MAINTAINING AN ARCHIVE OF ALL INFORMATION RELATING TO THE ABOVE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO PHOTOGRAPHS, SURVEYS, LOGBOOKS AND BIBLIOGRAPHIES;- COLLATING AND PUBLISHING THE ABOVE INFORMATION SO AS TO MAKE WIDELY AVAILABLE FOR THE PURPOSES OF RESEARCH, EDUCATION, SPORT AND GENERAL INTEREST.
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.
4 trustees on the board
- Alan David Gray Chair since 2013
- David Geoffrey Cooke since 2013
- Graham John Mullan since 2013
- MR Chris Smart since 2013
Trustees past 6 years
- Alan David Gray Chair since 2013
- David Geoffrey Cooke since 2013
- Graham John Mullan since 2013
- MR Chris Smart since 2013
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Alan David Gray Chair since 2013
- David Geoffrey Cooke since 2013
- Graham John Mullan since 2013
- MR Chris Smart since 2013
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.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1155068
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- TRUST DEED DATED 14/12/2013
- Contact on the register
- 01761452288 · a.gray@mcra.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 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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