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The Friends of Ashdown Forest
- 7 trustees
- Income £120k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 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
- Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- East Sussex
- Website
- www.friendsofashdownforest.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1962
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£120k£90k
- 2024£84k£33k
- 2023£24k£22k
Earlier years
- 2022£31k£23k
- 2021£26k£21k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE SOCIETY ARE AS FOLLOWS:-(A) BY VOLUNTARY EFFORT TO ASSIST IN THE CONSERVATION OF ASHDOWN FOREST AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CHARITABLE PURPOSES OF THE ASHDOWN FOREST ACT.(B) TO PROVIDE FUNDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUPPLEMENTING IN SUCH MANNER AS THE SOCIETY THINKS FIT THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO THE BOARD OF CONSERVATORS.(C) TO PROMOTE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY ENCOURAGING INTEREST IN THE CONSERVATION, MAINTENANCE, PRESERVATION AND PEACEFUL ENJOYMENT OF THE FOREST BY SUCH MEANS AS THE SOCIETY THINKS FIT.
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
- MRS P Arnold Chair
- Deborah Joan Barber MBE since 2019
- Hilary Jane Randall since 2013
- Janet Wirdnam
- Rosalind Roger Marriott since 2016
- Susan Jane Taylor since 2019
- William Neil Lovett since 2014
Trustees past 6 years
- Deborah Joan Barber MBE since 2019
- Hilary Jane Randall since 2013
- Rosalind Roger Marriott since 2016
- Susan Jane Taylor since 2019
- William Neil Lovett since 2014
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (2)
Portfolio (5)
- Deborah Joan Barber MBE since 2019
- Hilary Jane Randall since 2013
- Rosalind Roger Marriott since 2016
- Susan Jane Taylor since 2019
- William Neil Lovett since 2014
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
- 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
- 205245
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- RULES ADOPTED 30/12/1961AS AMENDED ON 23/09/1988AS AMENDED ON 08/11/2012
- Contact on the register
- 01892611414 · ashdownfriends@aol.com
- 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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