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Registered charity · Fordingbridge

The Lonsdale Trust

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £9k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
Education/training, Animals, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Scotland, Northern Ireland
Website
www.bds.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1975

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£9k£9k
  • 2024£8k£8k
  • 2023£8k£17k
Earlier years
  • 2022£8k£27k
  • 2021£8k£8k
Charitable objects

FOR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS WILL PROMOTE IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST RESEARCH INTO THE HABITS OF AND THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF DEER IN THE BRITISH ISLES AND PROMOTE IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST KNOWLEDGE OF METHODS OF MANAGEMENT AND HUMANE CONTROL OF DEER WHETHER SEMI-DOMESTICATED OR WILD WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO FORESTRY AGRICULTURE AND AREAS TO WHICH THE PUBLIC HAVE ACCESS.

Board analysis for researchers

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.

4.6y median 5y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

18.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Portfolio (2)

5
company-linked trustees

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

Animals 6Education/training 6Environment/conservation/heritage 5General Charitable Purposes 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Agriculture 6Professional services 6Education 2

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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£8k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
266244
Status
Registered
Governing document
TRUST DEED DATED 23RD MAY 1973
Contact on the register
01425655434 · info@bds.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
Labels
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