Registered charity · Liskeard
Dorset Down Sheep Breeders Association
Dorset Down Sheep Breeders Association is a registered charity (number 238688) based in Liskeard, governed by 18 trustees and chaired by Alun Wyn Evans since 2019. Latest income £12k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
- 18 trustees
- Income £12k (2025)
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Who leads it
- Alun Wyn EvansChair · since 2019
- Alexander Charles GibbsTrustee · since 2018
- Benn LugsdenTrustee
- Diane Susan RowberryTrustee
- Dr Jane McminnTrustee
- Henry Edward Richard BriceTrustee · since 2026
- James David Randolph ToryTrustee
- Leigh Rachel HextTrustee · since 2017
- Nicholas James BondTrustee
- Peter Robert VellacottTrustee · since 2022
- Richard HollowayTrustee
- Richard John HebditchTrustee
- Robert Geoffrey HydeTrustee
- Robert Henry BurroughTrustee · since 2018
- Ruth Elspeth WilkinsTrustee · since 2014
- Thomas William Kenneth OsborneTrustee
- Timothy Andrew WardTrustee
- William John HydeTrustee · since 2023
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Animals, Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- Devon, Dorset, Somerset
- Website
- www.dorsetdownsheep.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Dorset Down Sheep Breeders' Association
- Registered
- 1965
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£12k£12k
- 2024£13k£14k
- 2023£11k£10k
Earlier years
- 2022£11k£9k
- 2021£13k£8k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
ENCOURAGMENT OF THE BREEDING OF DORSET DOWN SHEEP AT HOME AND ABROAD, AND THE MAINTENANCE OF THE PURITY OF THE BREED. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 3 OF MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION).
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.
18 trustees on the board
- Alun Wyn Evans Chair since 2019
- Alexander Charles Gibbs since 2018
- Benn Lugsden
- Diane Susan Rowberry
- Dr Jane Mcminn
- Henry Edward Richard Brice since 2026
- James David Randolph Tory
- Leigh Rachel Hext since 2017
- Nicholas James Bond
- Peter Robert Vellacott since 2022
- Richard Holloway
- Richard John Hebditch
- Robert Geoffrey Hyde
- Robert Henry Burrough since 2018
- Ruth Elspeth Wilkins since 2014
- Thomas William Kenneth Osborne
- Timothy Andrew Ward
- William John Hyde since 2023
Trustees past 6 years
- Alun Wyn Evans Chair since 2019
- Alexander Charles Gibbs since 2018
- Leigh Rachel Hext since 2017
- Robert Henry Burrough since 2018
- Ruth Elspeth Wilkins since 2014
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (15)
- Alexander Charles Gibbs since 2018
- Benn Lugsden
- Diane Susan Rowberry
- Dr Jane Mcminn
- Henry Edward Richard Brice since 2026
- James David Randolph Tory
- Leigh Rachel Hext since 2017
- Nicholas James Bond
- Peter Robert Vellacott since 2022
- Richard Holloway
- Richard John Hebditch
- Robert Henry Burrough since 2018
- Ruth Elspeth Wilkins since 2014
- Thomas William Kenneth Osborne
- William John Hyde since 2023
Portfolio (3)
- Alun Wyn Evans Chair since 2019
- Robert Geoffrey Hyde
- Timothy Andrew Ward
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.
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
- 238688
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION 1ST JUNE 1905
- Companies House
- Company number 00084799 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01579320273 · secretary@dorsetdownsheep.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th 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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