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Registered charity · Hampshire

The Countryside Education Trust

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £385k (2024)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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

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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty and 5 more
Where
Throughout England
Website
www.cet.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1975

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£385k£507k
  • 2023£548k£494k
  • 2022£611k£417k
Earlier years
  • 2021£358k£324k
  • 2020£419k£408k

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Income source mix, 2020: Government grants 9%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

(A) TO PROVIDE OR PROMOTE THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES WHEREBY THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL AND YOUNG PERSONS IN PARTICULAR MAY GAIN ACCESS TO THE COUNTRYSIDE IN GENERAL AND TO BEAULIEU MANOR AND THE NEW FOREST IN PARTICULAR AND WHEREBY THEY MAY BE EDUCATED ABOUT THE COUNTRYSIDE IN GENERAL AND ABOUT MATTERS CONCERNING THE COUNTRYSIDE AND THE ENJOYMENT THEREOF. (B) TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE AND TO STIMULATE PUBLIC INTEREST IN AND CARE FOR THE BEAUTY AND CHARACTER OF THE COUNTRYSIDE. (C) THE CONSERVATION OF THE NEW FOREST INCLUDING IN PARTICULAR THE RESTORATION AND PRESERVATION OF BUILDINGS OF NATIONAL HISTORIC OR SCIENTIFIC INTEREST.

Grants received

6 grants · £79,078 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

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £68,078 (3 grants)
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £10,000 (2 grants)
  • The Childhood Trust · £1,000

Most recent

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £8,0262024-04-01
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £24,0782024-04-01
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £35,9742023-04-01
  • The Childhood Trust £1,0002013-12-18
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £5,0002006-07-16
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.

8 trustees on the board

3.9y median 3y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (2)

2
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 8General Charitable Purposes 7The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 6Arts/culture/heritage/science 2Environment/conservation/heritage 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.

Other services 2Transport 2Arts and leisure 1

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£385k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
269546
Status
Registered
Governing document
TRUST DEED DATED 14TH MAY 1975 AS AMENDED BY SCHEME OF THE COMMISSION DATED 28 JANUARY 2005
Contact on the register
01590614632 · mail@cet.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
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