Registered charity · Newbury
Biocap Limited
- 3 trustees
- Income £125k (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
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- Throughout England
- Website
- www.biocap.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Biocap Limited
- Registered
- 2020
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£125k£104k
- 2024£32k£39k
- 2023£20k£17k
Earlier years
- 2022£49k£39k
Income trend, 2022 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 14% · Government grants 47%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
(1) TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT BY ENGAGING IN PROJECTS DESIGNED TO MITIGATE CLIMATE CHANGE AND ITS EFFECTSAND TO PROMOTE BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY BY FACILITATING PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT IN NATURE CONSERVATION AND PRACTICAL NATURE BASED WORK THAT CAN MITIGATE CLIMATE CHANGE AND BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY LOSS.2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE SUBJECT OF CLIMATE CHANGE, BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY LOSS AND THEIR MITIGATION AND TO PROMOTE RESEARCH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN ALL ASPECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND BIOLOGICALDIVERSITY LOSS AND TO PUBLISH THE USEFUL RESULTS.
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
- Edmund Ashley Cooper Chair since 2020
- Kevin Bushell since 2020
- William Pitt since 2020
Trustees past 6 years
- Edmund Ashley Cooper Chair since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (2)
- Kevin Bushell since 2020
- William Pitt since 2020
Portfolio (1)
- Edmund Ashley Cooper Chair since 2020
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
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1191824
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 01 APR 2020AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 14 OCT 2020
- Companies House
- Company number 12543544 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 07899794794 · ed.cooper@biocap.org.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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