Registered charity (CIO) · Cambridge
Southern Thailand Elephant Foundation
- 11 trustees
- Income £250k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Dr Meredith Anne Smith PhD MrcvsChair · since 2024
- Christopher David MoxhamTrustee · since 2026
- Dr Amy Louise Jennet WheelerTrustee · since 2026
- Dr Andrew Higgins PhD FrcvsTrustee · since 2017
- Dr Fieke Marije Molenaar MSc MrcvsTrustee · since 2022
- Dr Michael Seton MSc MrcvsTrustee · since 2023
- Jakrapob Thaotad BSC, PgdipTrustee · since 2017
- Lisa Philpott BA MScTrustee · since 2024
- Lorraine Louise Miller BScTrustee · since 2023
- Rosalyn Joan Bird MciofTrustee · since 2024
- Sir Richard Armstrong CBETrustee · since 2017
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, Economic/community Development/employment
- Where
- Thailand
- Website
- www.southernthailandelephants.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2017
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£250k£142k
- 2024£93k£125k
- 2023£234k£180k
Earlier years
- 2022£93k£86k
- 2021£96k£88k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:(1) THE PROMOTION OF CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF ASIAN ELEPHANTS THROUGH BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE ESTABLISHMENT AND SUPPORT OF A SANCTUARY OR SANCTUARIES IN THAILAND THAT CARE FOR ASIAN ELEPHANTS.(2) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION OF ASIAN ELEPHANTS AND IMPROVEMENT OF THEIR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT.(3) THE PROMOTION OF HUMANE BEHAVIOUR TOWARDS ELEPHANTS BY PROVIDING APPROPRIATE CARE, PROTECTION, TREATMENT AND SECURITY FOR ELEPHANTS WHICH ARE IN NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION BY REASON OF SICKNESS, MALTREATMENT, POOR CIRCUMSTANCES OR ILL USAGE AND TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN MATTERS PERTAINING TO ELEPHANT WELFARE IN GENERAL AND THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY AND SUFFERING AMONG ELEPHANTS.
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.
11 trustees on the board
- Dr Meredith Anne Smith PhD Mrcvs Chair since 2024
- Christopher David Moxham since 2026
- Dr Andrew Higgins PhD Frcvs since 2017
- Dr Amy Louise Jennet Wheeler since 2026
- Dr Fieke Marije Molenaar MSc Mrcvs since 2022
- Dr Michael Seton MSc Mrcvs since 2023
- Jakrapob Thaotad BSC, Pgdip since 2017
- Lisa Philpott BA MSc since 2024
- Lorraine Louise Miller BSc since 2023
- Rosalyn Joan Bird Mciof since 2024
- Sir Richard Armstrong CBE since 2017
Trustees past 6 years
- Dr Andrew Higgins PhD Frcvs since 2017
- Jakrapob Thaotad BSC, Pgdip since 2017
- Sir Richard Armstrong CBE since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (10)
- Christopher David Moxham since 2026
- Dr Andrew Higgins PhD Frcvs since 2017
- Dr Amy Louise Jennet Wheeler since 2026
- Dr Fieke Marije Molenaar MSc Mrcvs since 2022
- Dr Michael Seton MSc Mrcvs since 2023
- Jakrapob Thaotad BSC, Pgdip since 2017
- Lisa Philpott BA MSc since 2024
- Lorraine Louise Miller BSc since 2023
- Rosalyn Joan Bird Mciof since 2024
- Sir Richard Armstrong CBE since 2017
Portfolio (1)
- Dr Meredith Anne Smith PhD Mrcvs Chair since 2024
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.
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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
- 1176322
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 18 Dec 2017
- Contact on the register
- 07440 514362 · info@southernthailandelephants.org
- 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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