Registered charity (CIO) · Oxford
The Downforce Trust
- 3 trustees
- Income £1.2m (2026)
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
- Where
- Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi and more
- Website
- www.downforce.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2020
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2026£1.2m£665k
- 2025£1.3m£443k
- 2024£534k£379k
Earlier years
- 2023£1.1m£228k
- 2022£600k£50k
Income trend, 2022 to 2026.
Charitable objects
THE PURPOSE OF THE DOWNFORCE TRUST IS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT AND ITS OBJECTS ARE:(1) ACCELERATING THE DEPLOYMENT OF SYSTEMS THAT CAPTURE AND SUSTAINABLY STORE CARBON DIOXIDE IN ORDER TO REDUCE THE CONCENTRATION OF GREENHOUSE GASES IN THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE ('CARBON SEQUESTRATION').(2) ACCELERATING THE DEPLOYMENT OF SYSTEMS WHICH REDUCE THE EMISSION OF CARBON DIOXIDE AND OTHER GREENHOUSE GASES IN ORDER TO DECARBONISE THE GLOBAL ECONOMY ('EMISSIONS REDUCTION').(3) PROMOTING EDUCATION CONCERNING CARBON SEQUESTRATION AND EMISSIONS REDUCTION.(4) PROMOTING AND SUPPORTING SCIENTIFIC AND EDUCATIONAL STUDIES, RESEARCH AND PROJECTS AND THE PUBLICATION OF SCIENTIFIC AND EDUCATIONAL WORKS RELATING TO CARBON SEQUESTRATION AND EMISSIONS REDUCTION.THE BENEFICIARIES OF THE CIO SHALL BE HUMANKIND. THE CIOÆS AREA OF BENEFIT IS WORLDWIDE.
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
- Dr Adam Parr Chair since 2020
- Matthew Mungo Tristram Soggot since 2022
- Merrick Hugh Denton-Thompson OBE since 2022
Trustees past 6 years
- Dr Adam Parr Chair since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- Dr Adam Parr Chair since 2020
- Matthew Mungo Tristram Soggot since 2022
- Merrick Hugh Denton-Thompson OBE since 2022
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
- 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
71.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 120.0 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1187541
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 23 Jan 2020
- Contact on the register
- 02089036592 · info@downforce.org
- 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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