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Registered charity (CIO) · City of Westminster

White Desert Foundation

  • 4 trustees
  • Income £635k (2026)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources

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, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Antarctica, South Africa
Website
www.white-desert.foundation (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2024

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2026£635k£474k
Charitable objects

(A) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT BY PROVIDING FUNDING AND ASSISTANCE TO SCIENTISTS UNDERTAKING RESEARCH AND DATA COLLECTION IN ANTARCTICA AND ENSURING THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH ARE DISSEMINATED; AND(B) TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT BY PROVIDING GRANTS FOR PROJECTS AIMED AT COUNTERING THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE INCLUDING HABITAT RESTORATION PROJECTS AND PROJECTS WHICH PLANT AND PRESERVE BLUE CARBON HABITATS.

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.

4 trustees on the board

2y median 2y
average tenure
2y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
4.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

1
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 4Environment/conservation/heritage 4General Charitable Purposes 4

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

Other 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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Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1210682
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 28 Oct 2024
Contact on the register
+27838826763 · foundation@white-desert.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
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