The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Friends of the Towans

Registered charity 1196124 Registered since 2021

Operates: Cornwall

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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.

13 trustees on the board

3.6y median 5y
average tenure
5y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
4.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (13)

2
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Arts/culture/heritage/science 13Education/training 13Environment/conservation/heritage 13

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Business services 1Health and social care 1Other services 1

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.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 3 years.
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£23k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitehttps://friendsofthetowans.org.uk/
Emailcontact@friendsofthetowans.org.uk
Phone01736-752554
Address8 Lethlean Towans, Phillack, HAYLE, Cornwall, TR27 5AP

Finances

£23,349 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2022£11,525£2,875
2023£12,963£8,329
2024£23,349£22,058

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/scienceEnvironment/conservation/heritage

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION, AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT OF THE TOWANS AND ADJACENT LAND BETWEEN HAYLE AND GODREVY THROUGH DIRECT ACTION OR IN COOPERATION WITH OTHER INDIVIDUALS, GROUPS, LANDOWNERS OR ORGANISATIONS, AND IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:A) RAISING THE PROFILE OF THE TOWANS AND ITS PROTECTION AND CONSERVATION NEEDS WITHIN THE LOCAL AND WIDER COMMUNITY;B) ASSISTING IN THE MONITORING AND RECORDING OF FLORA, FAUNA AND HERITAGE WITHIN THE AREA;C) DEVELOPING UNDERSTANDING, THROUGH EDUCATION AND TRAINING, OF THE TOWANS, ITS PLANTS, WILDLIFE AND HISTORY;D) PROMOTING, CONDUCTING AND SUPPORTING RESEARCH INTO ALL ASPECTS OF THE TOWANS;E) OPPOSING ACTIVITIES HARMFUL TO THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT OR HERITAGE OF THE TOWANS;F) MAINTAINING AND SUPPORTING A GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS TO ASSIST IN MEETING OBJECTIVES (A) TO (E).

Governing document: CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 13 SEP 2021AS AMENDED ON 11 OCT 2021

Trustees (13)

13trustees
67median age
0aged 70+

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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