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Registered charity · North Devon

The North Devon Biosphere Foundation

  • 3 trustees
  • Income £843k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th 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
Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Devon
Website
www.northdevonbiosphere.org.uk/foundation.html (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The North Devon Biosphere Foundation
Registered
2014

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£843k£668k
  • 2024£868k£739k
  • 2023£579k£506k
Earlier years
  • 2022£638k£467k
  • 2021£372k£435k
Charitable objects

1) TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY:- THE PRESERVATION, CONSERVATION AND THE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE PRUDENT USE OF NATURAL RESOURCES;- THE PROMOTION OF SUSTAINABLE MEANS OF ACHIEVING ECONOMIC GROWTH AND REGENERATION.2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN SUBJECTS RELATED TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND THE PROTECTION, ENHANCEMENT AND REHABILITATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND TO PROMOTE STUDY AND RESEARCH IN SUCH SUBJECTS PROVIDED THAT THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH STUDY ARE DISSEMINATED TO THE PUBLIC AT LARGE.IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS, THE TRUSTEES MAY, IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION, SUPPORT THE AIMS AND ACTIVITIES OF THE UNESCO-DESIGNATED NORTH DEVON’S BIOSPHERE RESERVE. THE MEANING OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN THIS CONTEXT MEANS “DEVELOPMENT THAT MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE PRESENT WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE ABILITY OF FUTURE GENERATIONS TO MEET THEIR OWN NEEDS

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.

3 trustees on the board

9y median 8y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

19.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

3
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 3Education/training 3Environment/conservation/heritage 3

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

Professional services 8Construction 6Business services 2

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£843k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

8.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 0.0 in 2021

8 from 1 in 2022
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1156589
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 17/06/2002AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 28/10/2010NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 26/02/2014AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 15 SEP 2017
Companies House
Company number 04462420 · Active
Contact on the register
01271 388647 · ANDREW.BELL@DEVON.GOV.UK
Edition
Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
Labels
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