Registered charity (CIO) · Basildon
Essex Field Club
- 15 trustees
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Simon TaylorChair · since 2012
- Christopher HarrisTrustee · since 2025
- Daniel Carey BlytonTrustee · since 2026
- Fiona Hutchings B.ScTrustee · since 2016
- James Robert Lumbard-SmithTrustee · since 2026
- James SilverstoneTrustee · since 2023
- John Cooke B.ScTrustee · since 2012
- John JohnsonTrustee · since 2025
- Martin HeywoodTrustee
- Michael John Pannell LLBTrustee · since 2020
- Peter Harvey DrTrustee
- Robert Charles Haig SmithTrustee · since 2022
- Simon WoodTrustee · since 2024
- William George BA, MclipTrustee · since 2016
- Yvonne Margaret Couch DrTrustee · since 2013
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- Essex, Southend-on-sea, Thurrock, Barking And Dagenham and more
- Website
- www.essexfieldclub.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2026
Charitable objects
(3.)THE OBJECTS OF THE CLUB SHALL BE: TO PROMOTE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT OF ESSEX (DEFINED HERE AS THE TOTAL OF THE TWO WATSONIAN VICE-COUNTIES OF NORTH ESSEX AND SOUTH ESSEX) AND TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN ITS NATURAL HISTORY (DEFINED HERE AS INCLUDING ITS FAUNA, FLORA, GEOLOGY AND LITHIC ARCHAEOLOGY) BY SUCH CHARITABLE MEANS AS THE COUNCIL SEES FIT, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY:(3.1)STUDYING AND RECORDING NATURAL HISTORY;(3.2)ENCOURAGING AND SUPPORTING THE MAINTENANCE OF AN UP-TO-DATE RECORD OF ALL LOCAL SITES OF NATURAL HISTORY; AND (3.3)PUBLISHING AND MAKING THE USEFUL RESULTS OF RESEARCH, DATA AND OTHER HISTORICAL MATERIAL AVAILABLE, WHERE APPROPRIATE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN FURTHERING THE ABOVE PURPOSES.
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.
15 trustees on the board
- Simon Taylor Chair since 2012
- Christopher Harris since 2025
- Daniel Carey Blyton since 2026
- Fiona Hutchings B.Sc since 2016
- James Robert Lumbard-Smith since 2026
- James Silverstone since 2023
- John Cooke B.Sc since 2012
- John Johnson since 2025
- Martin Heywood
- Michael John Pannell LLB since 2020
- Peter Harvey Dr
- Robert Charles Haig Smith since 2022
- Simon Wood since 2024
- William George BA, Mclip since 2016
- Yvonne Margaret Couch Dr since 2013
Trustees past 6 years
- Simon Taylor Chair since 2012
- Fiona Hutchings B.Sc since 2016
- John Cooke B.Sc since 2012
- Michael John Pannell LLB since 2020
- William George BA, Mclip since 2016
- Yvonne Margaret Couch Dr since 2013
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (13)
- Christopher Harris since 2025
- Daniel Carey Blyton since 2026
- Fiona Hutchings B.Sc since 2016
- James Robert Lumbard-Smith since 2026
- James Silverstone since 2023
- John Cooke B.Sc since 2012
- John Johnson since 2025
- Martin Heywood
- Michael John Pannell LLB since 2020
- Peter Harvey Dr
- Robert Charles Haig Smith since 2022
- Simon Wood since 2024
- William George BA, Mclip since 2016
Portfolio (2)
- Simon Taylor Chair since 2012
- Yvonne Margaret Couch Dr since 2013
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
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
- 1217515
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 08 Apr 2026
- Contact on the register
- 017085242 · efc@essexfieldclub.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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