Registered charity (CIO) · Southend-on-Sea
Friends of Wakering Common
- 5 trustees
- Income £1k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 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
- Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- Southend-on-sea
- Website
- www.wakeringcommon.com (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2017
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£1k£1k
- 2024£12k£1k
- 2023£3k£2k
Earlier years
- 2022£3k£1k
- 2021£3k£2k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND THE PEACEFUL ENJOYMENT OF THE GREAT WAKERING COMMON (AND AREA SURROUNDING THE COMMON).
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
- John Whatley Chair since 2017
- Christopher Wells since 2017
- Gillian Emily Cain since 2017
- Joanne Mcpherson since 2017
- Philip Hitchman since 2017
Trustees past 6 years
- John Whatley Chair since 2017
- Christopher Wells since 2017
- Gillian Emily Cain since 2017
- Joanne Mcpherson since 2017
- Philip Hitchman since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- John Whatley Chair since 2017
- Christopher Wells since 2017
- Gillian Emily Cain since 2017
- Philip Hitchman since 2017
Portfolio (1)
- Joanne Mcpherson since 2017
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.
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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1174836
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 25 Sep 2017
- Contact on the register
- 01702217324 · friends@wakeringcommon.com
- 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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