Registered charity (CIO) · Winkleigh
The Gaia Trust (CIO)
- 5 trustees
- Income £101k (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, Environment/conservation/heritage, Economic/community Development/employment
- Where
- Cornwall, Devon
- Website
- www.gaiatrust.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2014
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£101k£118k
- 2024£118k£147k
- 2023£127k£113k
Earlier years
- 2022£126k£118k
- 2021£73k£128k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 37%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO SUPPORT AND PROMOTE SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE AND IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING:-1. TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE INDIGENOUS FLORA AND FAUNA AND IN PARTICULAR ENDANGERED SPECIES. 2. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN RURAL CRAFTS AND SKILLS AND IN SUBJECTS RELATED TO ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECOLOGICAL ISSUES.3. TO SECURE THE PRESERVATION PROTECTION DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF FEATURES OF HISTORIC AND PUBLIC INTEREST.
Grants received
3 grants · £40,620 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
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £23,700
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £16,920 (2 grants)
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
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.
5 trustees on the board
- Charles David Evans since 2016
- Laurence Phippen since 2022
- Mark John Steer since 2021
- Oliver Peterken since 2026
- Victoria Herbert since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Charles David Evans since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Charles David Evans since 2016
- Laurence Phippen since 2022
- Oliver Peterken since 2026
- Victoria Herbert since 2025
Portfolio (1)
- Mark John Steer since 2021
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.
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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1156047
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - Foundation Registered 06 Mar 2014
- Contact on the register
- 01837680171 · edworthy@gaiatrust.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th 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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