Registered charity (CIO) · Blackwood
Friends of the ECO Park
Friends of the ECO Park is a registered charity (number 1208421) based in Blackwood, governed by 11 trustees and chaired by Christopher Llewellyn Hawker since 2024. Latest income £4k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
- 11 trustees
- Income £4k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Christopher Llewellyn HawkerChair · since 2024
- Charlotte Louise BeardTrustee · since 2025
- Christine EdwardsTrustee · since 2024
- Diane Joan MurphyTrustee · since 2025
- Edward William ThomasTrustee · since 2024
- Gail SouthwoodTrustee · since 2025
- Helen Claire JohnsTrustee · since 2024
- Mary ThurlowTrustee · since 2017
- Michelle Sherry PewtnerTrustee · since 2024
- Teresa HeronTrustee · since 2024
- Zoe Clare LewisTrustee · since 2024
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, Environment/conservation/heritage, Recreation
- Where
- Caerphilly
- Registered
- 2024
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£4k£5k
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 54%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
1. TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF CEFN FFOREST AND THE SURROUNDING AREA THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS.2. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, PRIMARILY BY PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR LEARNING AND TRAINING ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT AND ANY RELATED ACTIVITIES.3. TO PROMOTE THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT OF A GREEN AREA KNOWN AS THE ECO PARK FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY OF CEFN FFOREST AND VISITORS, PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE GREEN AREA.
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.
11 trustees on the board
- Christopher Llewellyn Hawker Chair since 2024
- Charlotte Louise Beard since 2025
- Christine Edwards since 2024
- Diane Joan Murphy since 2025
- Edward William Thomas since 2024
- Gail Southwood since 2025
- Helen Claire Johns since 2024
- Mary Thurlow since 2017
- Michelle Sherry Pewtner since 2024
- Teresa Heron since 2024
- Zoe Clare Lewis since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- Mary Thurlow since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (11)
- Christopher Llewellyn Hawker Chair since 2024
- Charlotte Louise Beard since 2025
- Christine Edwards since 2024
- Diane Joan Murphy since 2025
- Edward William Thomas since 2024
- Gail Southwood since 2025
- Helen Claire Johns since 2024
- Mary Thurlow since 2017
- Michelle Sherry Pewtner since 2024
- Teresa Heron since 2024
- Zoe Clare Lewis since 2024
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
- Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity
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.
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1208421
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 28 May 2024
- Contact on the register
- 01443838715 · chris.edwards39@aol.co.uk
- 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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