Registered charity · Whitchurch
Nature's Safe
- 10 trustees
- Income £181k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Anthony David NobleTrustee · since 2022
- Jane Young WindsorTrustee · since 2024
- Katharine Elizabeth HainesTrustee · since 2025
- Kathryn Angela AshmoreTrustee · since 2020
- Matthew Timothy PettitTrustee · since 2020
- Robert James HumphreysTrustee · since 2020
- Stevie SheppardTrustee · since 2024
- Terri Elizabeth HillTrustee · since 2024
- Tullis Robert Vyvyan MatsonTrustee · since 2020
- Valerie Anne EdwardsTrustee · since 2020
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.natures-safe.com (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Nature's Safe
- Registered
- 2020
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£181k£128k
- 2024£73k£80k
- 2023£126k£101k
Earlier years
- 2022£65k£50k
- 2021£18k£22k
Charitable objects
1.1 TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE CONSERVATION PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT BY PROMOTING BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY THROUGH THE FOLLOWING MEANS:1.1.1 EFFECTIVELY CRYOPRESERVING AND FACILITATING THE LONG-TERM STORAGE OF TISSUES CONTAINING IMMATURE GAMETES, GAMETES (REPRODUCTIVE CELLS), EMBRYOS AND CELL LINES FROM ANIMALS THAT ARE THREATENED WITH EXTINCTION THAT ARE HOUSED IN ZOOS, WILDLIFE PARKS AND AQUARIA IN A MANNER TO ENABLE LIVE CELL REGENERATION FOR FUTURE USE IN ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY;1.1.2 WORKING COLLABORATIVELY WITH ORGANISATIONS, WHICH HAVE SIMILAR MISSIONS, AND PROVIDING A VIABLE SOURCE OF CRYOPRESERVED MATERIAL TO CONTRIBUTE TO POPULATION SUSTAINABILITY;1.1.3 RESEARCHING GAMETE DEVELOPMENT OF ENDANGERED SPECIES TO SUPPORT FUTURE ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGIES AND DISSEMINATING THE USEFUL RESULTS;1.1.4 RESEARCHING AND DEVELOPING CRYO-PRESERVATION, VITRIFICATION, THAWING AND REGENERATION TECHNIQUES FOR GAMETES AND CELL LINES FROM MULTIPLE ENDANGERED TAXA AND DISSEMINATING THE USEFUL RESULTS;1.1.5 DEVELOPING EFFECTIVE CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES FOR A RANGE OF ENDANGERED TAXA; AND1.1.6 DEVELOPING CAPACITY AND COMPETENCE TO CONTINUE TO ADVANCE SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE OF WILDLIFE CRYO-PRESERVATION AND REGENERATION.
Board analysis for researchers
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.
10 trustees on the board
- Anthony David Noble since 2022
- Jane Young Windsor since 2024
- Katharine Elizabeth Haines since 2025
- Kathryn Angela Ashmore since 2020
- Matthew Timothy Pettit since 2020
- Robert James Humphreys since 2020
- Stevie Sheppard since 2024
- Tullis Robert Vyvyan Matson since 2020
- Terri Elizabeth Hill since 2024
- Valerie Anne Edwards since 2020
Trustees past 6 years
- Kathryn Angela Ashmore since 2020
- Matthew Timothy Pettit since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Anthony David Noble since 2022
- Jane Young Windsor since 2024
- Katharine Elizabeth Haines since 2025
- Kathryn Angela Ashmore since 2020
- Matthew Timothy Pettit since 2020
- Robert James Humphreys since 2020
- Tullis Robert Vyvyan Matson since 2020
- Terri Elizabeth Hill since 2024
Portfolio (2)
- Stevie Sheppard since 2024
- Valerie Anne Edwards 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
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
- 1192876
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 30 JUN 2020NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 09 DEC 2020AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 18 DEC 2020
- Companies House
- Company number 12705779 · Active
- Contact on the register
- +447743780217 · office@natures-safe.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 20th 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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