Registered charity · Southampton
Pondhead Conservation Trust
- 10 trustees
- Income £8k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Derek Arnold TippettsChair · since 2014
- Gary Wayne MeltonTrustee · since 2019
- Ian Philip BarkerTrustee · since 2018
- John Andrew StrideTrustee · since 2016
- Michael ThorneTrustee · since 2023
- Paul LewisTrustee · since 2022
- Perry BondTrustee · since 2016
- Peter FrostTrustee · since 2021
- Robin MairTrustee · since 2018
- Trevor John BumfreyTrustee · since 2024
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, Recreation
- Where
- Hampshire
- Website
- www.pondheadconservation.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2014
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£8k£6k
- 2024£8k£8k
- 2023£10k£7k
Earlier years
- 2022£12k£11k
- 2021£9k£12k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2023: Government grants 43%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
A. TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT OF PONDHEAD INCLOSURE, LYNDHURST, HAMPSHIRE, BY PROMOTING ITS BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY (FLORA AND FAUNA), INCLUDING BY ENSURING THAT THERE IS A SUCCESSION PLAN FOR ITS FUTURE COPPICE AND WOODLAND UNDERSTORY MANAGEMENT, AND FACILITATING PUBLIC ACCESS TO IT INSOFAR AS THIS IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE FOREGOING.B. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT OF PONDHEAD INCLOSURE, LYNDHURST, INCLUDING THROUGH SCHOOL VISITS AND THE PROMOTION OF VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES.
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.
10 trustees on the board
- Derek Arnold Tippetts Chair since 2014
- Gary Wayne Melton since 2019
- Ian Philip Barker since 2018
- John Andrew Stride since 2016
- Michael Thorne since 2023
- Paul Lewis since 2022
- Perry Bond since 2016
- Peter Frost since 2021
- Robin Mair since 2018
- Trevor John Bumfrey since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- Derek Arnold Tippetts Chair since 2014
- Gary Wayne Melton since 2019
- Ian Philip Barker since 2018
- John Andrew Stride since 2016
- Perry Bond since 2016
- Robin Mair since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Derek Arnold Tippetts Chair since 2014
- Gary Wayne Melton since 2019
- Ian Philip Barker since 2018
- John Andrew Stride since 2016
- Michael Thorne since 2023
- Paul Lewis since 2022
- Perry Bond since 2016
- Peter Frost since 2021
- Trevor John Bumfrey since 2024
Portfolio (1)
- Robin Mair since 2018
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- 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
- 1158297
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 20 JAN 2014AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 17/07/2014
- Contact on the register
- 07818038295 · info@pondheadconservation.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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