Registered charity (CIO) · Colchester
Irvine Road Community Orchard
- 7 trustees
- Income £3k (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, Recreation
- Where
- Essex
- Website
- www.irara.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2019
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£3k£657
- 2024£1k£44k
- 2023£46k£5k
Earlier years
- 2022£1k£464
- 2021£2k£337
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2023: Government grants 43%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT OF THE IRVINE ROAD ORCHARD, COLCHESTER.
Grants received
3 grants · £19,920 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
- Postcode Places Trust · £15,000
- Essex Community Foundation · £3,000
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £1,920
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- Postcode Places Trust
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
- Shaun Roger Thomas Chair since 2019
- Gavin Sandercock since 2019
- Katharine Sandercock since 2019
- Nicholas Binns since 2024
- Victoria Thomas since 2019
- Wayne Bennison since 2024
- Willi Otto Emrich since 2019
Trustees past 6 years
- Shaun Roger Thomas Chair since 2019
- Gavin Sandercock since 2019
- Katharine Sandercock since 2019
- Victoria Thomas since 2019
- Willi Otto Emrich since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Shaun Roger Thomas Chair since 2019
- Gavin Sandercock since 2019
- Katharine Sandercock since 2019
- Nicholas Binns since 2024
- Victoria Thomas since 2019
- Wayne Bennison since 2024
- Willi Otto Emrich 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
- 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
- 1183649
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 30 May 2019
- Contact on the register
- 01206764171 · info@irara.org.uk
- 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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