Skip to content
Governance Register

Registered charity · Bristol

The Mendip Society

3. ObjectsThe purpose of the Society is the conservation and enhancement of Mendip and its surroundings paying due regard to it being a living, working, and recreational environment.In pursuance of this the Society will:(a) Support and encourage all...

  • 7 trustees
  • Income £15k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

Network

The large node is The Mendip Society. Red nodes are organisations, white nodes are people. Sign in free to explore further.

Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

Do you help lead this organisation? Set up its network · How it works

About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, Environment/conservation/heritage, Economic/community Development/employment
Where
Somerset, North Somerset, Bath And North East Somerset
Website
www.themendipsociety.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1971

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£15k£13k
  • 2024£10k£12k
  • 2023£21k£12k
Earlier years
  • 2022£12k£12k
  • 2021£24k£11k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

3. ObjectsThe purpose of the Society is the conservation and enhancement of Mendip and its surroundings paying due regard to it being a living, working, and recreational environment.In pursuance of this the Society will:(a) Support and encourage all forms of conservation and enhancement, with particular regard to landscape, wildlife habitat, archaeological, historical, and natural features.(b) Promote public access to the Mendip countryside whilst balancing the needs of users and where compatible with (a) above.(c) Promote and foster cleanliness of the countryside.(d) Acquire and hold in trust or control on such terms as may be arranged, property within the area, so that such property may be suitably preserved, managed and maintained.(e) Co-operate with all other interested bodies. Including, when deemed appropriate by the trustees, providing financial assistance, grants, sponsorship and specific payments for services received.(f) Ensure that all developments are of an improving and harmonious nature.(g) Encourage beneficial activities. (h) Communicate, by means of a Newsletter, website and social media to publicise the work of the Society and other matters of relevance to the membership and others.Changes are:3(e) Wording added to clause. "Including, when deemed appropriate by the trustees, providing financial assistance, grants, sponsorship and specific payments for services received."3(h) Wording added to clause. "website and social media ".

Grants received

2 grants · £7,571 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

Most recent

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

7.7y median 10y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (1)

2
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Economic/community Development/employment 7Environment/conservation/heritage 7General Charitable Purposes 7

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 2

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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.

🔒 Succession forecast is a Pro feature - the board seats likely to open in the next year and the ideal next trustee. Explore Pro →

Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£15k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
262867
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONSTITUTION ADOPTED MAY 1967 AS AMENDED MAY 1970 AND 22ND MAY 1971 AND MAY 1976 AND 24 MARCH 2001 as amended on 12 Apr 2025
Contact on the register
01761 221995 · secretary@themendipsociety.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th 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.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Report an issue · How we handle data