Registered charity (CIO) · County Durham
Durham BAT Group
- 10 trustees
- Income £7k (2024)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Claire DewsonTrustee · since 2017
- Clare RawcliffeTrustee · since 2017
- Craig Leonard BasfordTrustee · since 2023
- Debra GoldsmithTrustee · since 2023
- Ian Francis BondTrustee · since 2022
- Jodie MorganTrustee · since 2020
- Julie DysonTrustee · since 2023
- Lauren Amanda GibsonTrustee · since 2023
- Melissa YoungTrustee · since 2021
- Tine Jayne WiffenTrustee · since 2025
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Animals, Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- Gateshead, South Tyneside, Durham, Hartlepool and more
- Website
- www.durhambats.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2016
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2024£7k£3k
- 2023£3k£4k
- 2022£750£3k
Earlier years
- 2021£2k£3k
- 2020£3k£2k
Income trend, 2020 to 2024.
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE THE CONSERVATION AND WELFARE OF BATS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:WORKING WITHIN THE GEOGRAPHIC AREA COVERED BY DURHAM BAT GROUP, THAT IS PRIMARILY THE AREA BOUNDED BY THE RIVERS TEES AND TYNE, IN PROVIDING PRACTICAL ADVICE AND HELP TO ANY INDIVIDUAL OR ORGANISATION WITH REGARD TO BATS;EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT BATS BY MEANS OF PUBLIC TALKS, BAT WALKS, TALKS TO SCHOOL GROUPS ETC., AND TO ENCOURAGE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN BAT RELATED ACTIVITIES;STUDYING BATS IN ORDER TO FURTHER UNDERSTANDING OF THEIR BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY; ANDWORKING WITH OTHER ORGANISATIONS SHARING SIMILAR AIMS.
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
- Claire Dewson since 2017
- Clare Rawcliffe since 2017
- Craig Leonard Basford since 2023
- Debra Goldsmith since 2023
- Ian Francis Bond since 2022
- Jodie Morgan since 2020
- Julie Dyson since 2023
- Lauren Amanda Gibson since 2023
- Melissa Young since 2021
- Tine Jayne Wiffen since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Claire Dewson since 2017
- Clare Rawcliffe since 2017
- Jodie Morgan since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (10)
- Claire Dewson since 2017
- Clare Rawcliffe since 2017
- Craig Leonard Basford since 2023
- Debra Goldsmith since 2023
- Ian Francis Bond since 2022
- Jodie Morgan since 2020
- Julie Dyson since 2023
- Lauren Amanda Gibson since 2023
- Melissa Young since 2021
- Tine Jayne Wiffen since 2025
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
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
- 1170672
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 09 Dec 2016
- Contact on the register
- 07759837064 · dbgtrustees@durhambats.co.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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