Registered charity (CIO) · Colchester
The Mersea Harbour Protection Trust
- 6 trustees
- Income £15k (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
- Animals, Environment/conservation/heritage, Economic/community Development/employment, Recreation
- Where
- Essex
- Website
- www.savemerseaharbour.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2014
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£15k£15k
- 2024£8k£8k
- 2023£14k£14k
Earlier years
- 2022£19k£19k
- 2021£44k£45k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 100%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT IN THE AREA OF WEST MERSEA HARBOUR, ESSEX, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:A) PROTECTING WEST MERSEA HARBOUR INCLUDING THE BAP EUROPEAN FLAT OYSTER BEDS FROM EXCESSIVE EROSION BY CLIMATE CHANGE STORM WAVES BUT STILL ALLOW NATURAL COASTAL PROCESS TO APPLY AND IMPACT;B) PROVIDING NEW AND MORE ROBUST NESTING SITES FOR THE BAP LITTLE TERN; ANDC) ENHANCING WHEREVER POSSIBLE WITHIN THE PROJECT, THE CONSERVATION DESIGNATION AND INTEGRITY OF PROTECTED SPECIES AND HABITATS.
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.
6 trustees on the board
- Alan Charles Leslie Mogridge since 2014
- David Robert Stoker since 2014
- JON French since 2014
- Mark Dixon since 2014
- Richard Taylor since 2014
- Simon Plater since 2015
Trustees past 6 years
- Alan Charles Leslie Mogridge since 2014
- David Robert Stoker since 2014
- JON French since 2014
- Mark Dixon since 2014
- Richard Taylor since 2014
- Simon Plater since 2015
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Alan Charles Leslie Mogridge since 2014
- David Robert Stoker since 2014
- JON French since 2014
- Mark Dixon since 2014
- Simon Plater since 2015
Portfolio (1)
- Richard Taylor since 2014
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
- 1159088
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - Association Registered 06 Nov 2014
- Contact on the register
- 01206382843 · info@savemerseaharbour.org
- 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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