Registered charity (CIO) · Oxfordshire
The Friends of SUN Rising
- 7 trustees
- Income £54k (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
- Environment/conservation/heritage, Other Charitable Purposes
- Where
- Warwickshire
- Website
- sunrising.co.uk/friends-of-sun-rising (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2019
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£54k£5k
- 2024£39k£3k
- 2023£29k£2k
Earlier years
- 2022£29k£773
- 2021£39k£853
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO (“THE OBJECTS”) ARE AS FOLLOWS:1. TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN, OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE, OF A NATURAL BURIAL GROUND AT SUN RISING NATURAL BURIAL GROUND AND NATURE RESERVE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT. 2. TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE CONSERVATION PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AT SUN RISING NATURAL BURIAL GROUND AND NATURE RESERVE, IN PARTICULAR BY PROMOTING BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY.
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.
7 trustees on the board
- Bruce Chatterton Chair since 2014
- Belou Fox-Furniss since 2020
- David ORR since 2012
- Dawn Elizabeth Short since 2023
- Emma Restall ORR since 2012
- Elizabeth Jane Townsend since 2019
- Martin John Head since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Bruce Chatterton Chair since 2014
- David ORR since 2012
- Emma Restall ORR since 2012
- Elizabeth Jane Townsend since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Bruce Chatterton Chair since 2014
- Belou Fox-Furniss since 2020
- David ORR since 2012
- Dawn Elizabeth Short since 2023
- Emma Restall ORR since 2012
- Elizabeth Jane Townsend since 2019
- Martin John Head 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
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
- 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.
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
- 1181570
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 15 Jan 2019
- Contact on the register
- 01295688488 · friends@sunrising.co.uk
- 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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