Registered charity (CIO) · Weybridge
The Surrey BAT Group
- 8 trustees
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Ross Donald BakerChair · since 2025
- Colleen Mary HintonTrustee · since 2025
- Derek John SmithTrustee · since 2025
- Dr Lynn Whitfield PhDTrustee · since 2025
- James Alvarez-BuyllaTrustee · since 2025
- Malgorzata TurzynskaTrustee · since 2026
- Martyn Richard CookeTrustee · since 2026
- Timothy William RickardTrustee · since 2025
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Animals, Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- Surrey
- Website
- www.surreybats.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2025
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE, TO PROMOTE THE CONSERVATION AND WELFARE OF BATS, THEIR ROOSTS, SWARMING SITES, FEEDING SITES AND HIBERNACULA, IN THE COUNTY OF SURREY FOR THE PUBLIC GOOD, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, BY; PROVIDING HELP, EDUCATION AND ADVICE TO THE PUBLIC REGARDING BATS; CARRYING OUT RESEARCH TO IMPROVE UNDERSTANDING OF THE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY OF BATS; TO UNDERTAKE PRACTICAL MEASURES TO CONSERVE BATS AND TO MAKE GRANTS TO INDIVIDUALS, CHARITIES, ASSOCIATIONS OR INSTITUTIONS THAT ADVANCE THESE OBJECTS.
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.
8 trustees on the board
- Ross Donald Baker Chair since 2025
- Colleen Mary Hinton since 2025
- Derek John Smith since 2025
- Dr Lynn Whitfield PhD since 2025
- James Alvarez-Buylla since 2025
- Malgorzata Turzynska since 2026
- Martyn Richard Cooke since 2026
- Timothy William Rickard since 2025
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Colleen Mary Hinton since 2025
- Derek John Smith since 2025
- Dr Lynn Whitfield PhD since 2025
- James Alvarez-Buylla since 2025
- Malgorzata Turzynska since 2026
- Martyn Richard Cooke since 2026
- Timothy William Rickard since 2025
Portfolio (1)
- Ross Donald Baker Chair since 2025
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
- 1213491
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 02 Jun 2025
- Contact on the register
- 03451300228 · enquiries@bats.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th 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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