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Registered charity (CIO) · Oxford

Amphibian & Reptile Groups of the UK

Amphibian & Reptile Groups of the UK is a registered charity (number 1165504) based in Oxford, governed by 10 trustees and chaired by Chris Monk since 2016. Latest income £41k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

Also known as Arguk (Charity Commission)

  • 10 trustees
  • Income £41k (2025)
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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
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
Website
www.arguk.org (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2016

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£41k£49k
  • 2024£67k£65k
  • 2023£34k£79k
Earlier years
  • 2022£65k£72k
  • 2021£99k£44k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 42% · Government grants 5%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:(1) THE PRESERVATION, CONSERVATION AND WELFARE OF NATIVE AMPHIBIANS, REPTILES AND THEIR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT IN THE UK FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY PROMOTING AND SUPPORTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NETWORK OF INDEPENDENT AMPHIBIAN AND REPTILE GROUPS (ARGS) INVOLVED IN THE CONSERVATION OF THE HERPETOFAUNA OF THE BRITISH ISLES.(2) TO PROMOTE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH ACTIVITIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AT LARGE RELEVANT TO SPECIES AND HABITAT CONSERVATION PERTINENT TO NATIVE AMPHIBIAN AND REPTILE POPULATIONS OF THE BRITISH ISLES AND TO PUBLISH THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.

Grants received

6 grants · £191,612 total

360Giving 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 · £100,000
  • Ministry of Justice · £51,612 (3 grants)
  • Garfield Weston Foundation · £40,000 (2 grants)

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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

5.7y median 5y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

1
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Animals 10Environment/conservation/heritage 10

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 1Tech and media 1

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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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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£41k latest income
47%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1165504
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - Association Registered 10 Feb 2016
Contact on the register
01865872162 · info@arguk.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
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