Registered charity (CIO) · Cardiff
Crop Innovations CIO
- 5 trustees
- Income £21k (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
- Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage, Other Charitable Purposes
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Kenya, Zambia
- Website
- www.crop-innovations.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2017
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£21k£18k
- 2024£0£544
- 2023£124£1k
Earlier years
- 2022£0£912
- 2021£5£4k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 100%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS TO CONDUCT AND FOSTER EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND INFORMATION DISSEMINATION TO PROMOTE AND SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF UNDERUTILIZED CROPS (DEFINED AS CROPS OF LOCAL IMPORTANCE WHICH HAVE POTENTIAL FOR ENHANCED PRODUCTION AND WIDER USE) WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE BENEFITS WHICH WILL ACCRUE TO RURAL COMMUNITIES IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD IN TERMS OF IMPROVING THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE.
Grants received
1 grant · £18,307 total360Giving 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
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · £18,307
Most recent
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
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.
5 trustees on the board
- James Courtney Theobald Chair since 2019
- DR Andrew Bennett CMG since 2017
- Dr Charlotte Allender since 2017
- Dr Heather Louise Sanders since 2019
- Kevin Mark Stephens since 2026
Trustees past 6 years
- James Courtney Theobald Chair since 2019
- DR Andrew Bennett CMG since 2017
- Dr Charlotte Allender since 2017
- Dr Heather Louise Sanders since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- James Courtney Theobald Chair since 2019
- DR Andrew Bennett CMG since 2017
- Dr Charlotte Allender since 2017
- Dr Heather Louise Sanders since 2019
- Kevin Mark Stephens since 2026
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
- 1172669
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 20 Apr 2017
- Contact on the register
- 07504537266 · crop.innovations24@gmail.com
- 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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