Registered charity (CIO) · Surrey
What Next?
What Next? is a registered charity (number 1196404) based in Surrey, governed by 7 trustees and chaired by Dr David Brian Foster Faraday since 2021. Latest income £5k (2026). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
- 7 trustees
- Income £5k (2026)
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
- Education/training, Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- Surrey
- Website
- whatnext.earth (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2021
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2026£5k£3k
- 2025£1k£3k
- 2024£8k£4k
Earlier years
- 2023£8k£5k
Income trend, 2023 to 2026.
Income source mix, 2026: Government grants 53%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT IN THE BOROUGH OF WAVERLEY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF ITS RESIDENTS AND THE WIDER COMMUNITY BY RAISING AWARENESS AND PROVIDING INFORMATION ON CLIMATE AND ECOLOGICAL ISSUES, WORKING COLLABORATIVELY WITH OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS, AND EDUCATING THE PUBLIC, LOCAL BUSINESS AND OTHER LOCAL BODIES ON THE IMPACT AND MITIGATION OF, AS WELL AS ADAPTATION TO, CLIMATE AND ECOLOGICAL CHANGES.
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
- Dr David Brian Foster Faraday Chair since 2021
- Cinzia Fontana since 2024
- Claire Matthes since 2021
- Dr Robert Anthony Oulton since 2021
- Jacqueline Drijver-Ludlam since 2021
- Mark Bray-Parry since 2021
- Theodoricus Drijver since 2021
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Dr David Brian Foster Faraday Chair since 2021
- Cinzia Fontana since 2024
- Claire Matthes since 2021
- Dr Robert Anthony Oulton since 2021
- Jacqueline Drijver-Ludlam since 2021
- Mark Bray-Parry since 2021
- Theodoricus Drijver since 2021
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- 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.
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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1196404
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 04 Nov 2021
- Contact on the register
- 01483421428 · david@whatnext.earth
- 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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