Registered charity · Surrey
The Mathers Foundation
- 3 trustees
- Income £165k (2026)
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
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- orchid.foundation (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Mathers Foundation
- Registered
- 2019
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2026£165k£143k
- 2025£850k£163k
- 2024£994k£154k
Earlier years
- 2023£964k£108k
- 2022£301k£88k
Income trend, 2022 to 2026.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE FOUNDATION ARE TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE PRESERVATION AND CONSERVATION OF RARE AND ENDANGERED SPECIES OF ORCHIDS AND THEIR HABITATS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:1. CONSERVING LIVING SPECIMENS OF HISTORICALLY COLLECTED ORCHIDS, DATING BACK TO THE VICTORIAN AGE;2. CONSERVING LIVING SPECIMENS OF HYBRIDISED ORCHIDS THAT HAVE CONTRIBUTED SIGNIFICANTLY TO MODERN HYBRIDS AND/OR WHICH STILL HAVE SIGNIFICANT POTENTIAL FOR FUTURE BREEDING LINES;3. DEVELOPING NEW BREEDING LINES OF ORCHIDS;4. PROVIDING PUBLIC ACCESS TO ORCHIDS AND THEIR HISTORY THROUGH ATTENDANCE AT PUBLIC SHOWS; AND 5. CONDUCTING AND/OR FUNDING SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH INTO ORCHIDS AND THEIR HABITATS AND DISSEMINATING THE RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH.
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.
3 trustees on the board
- Gillian Mathers Chair since 2019
- Anna Mathers since 2019
- Isabel Mathers since 2019
Trustees past 6 years
- Gillian Mathers Chair since 2019
- Anna Mathers since 2019
- Isabel Mathers since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- Gillian Mathers Chair since 2019
- Anna Mathers since 2019
- Isabel Mathers since 2019
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
- Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves
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
120.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1182172
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 15 FEB 2019
- Companies House
- Company number 11784587 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02089401678 · admin@orchid.foundation
- 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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