Registered charity · Royston
The Therfield Regulation Trust
The Therfield Regulation Trust is a registered charity (number 277881) based in Royston, governed by 4 trustees and chaired by Dr Nicholas Keep since 2021. Latest income £121k (2024). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
Also known as The Conservators of Therfield Heath and Greens (Charity Commission)
- 4 trustees
- Income £121k (2024)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 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
- Amateur Sport, Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- Hertfordshire
- Website
- www.therfieldheath.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1979
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2024£121k£141k
- 2023£152k£94k
- 2022£139k£116k
Earlier years
- 2021£98k£67k
- 2020£98k£38k
Income trend, 2020 to 2024.
Income source mix, 2024: Government grants 5%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO HOLD THE TRUST PROPERTY IN PERPETUITY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DIRECTIONS OF THE CONSERVATORS (AS DEFINED IN THE TRUST DEED) FOR SUCH EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE COMMON OF THERFIELD HEATH AND GREENS AND PUBLIC RECREATION THEREON AS ARE SET OUT IN THE COMMON REGULATION (THEREFIELD) PROVISIONAL ORDER CONFIRMATION ACT 1888 AND FOR SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES ANALOGOUS THERETO AND CONSISTENT THEREWITH (WHICH PURPOSES SHALL NOT BE CAPABLE OF ALTERATION IN ANY WAY BYT BE CAPABLE OF ALTERATION IN ANY WAY BY THE TRUSTEES) INCLUDING USE OF PART OF THE SAID LAND BY STORTFORD (1944) RIFLE CLUB REGISTERED UNDER SECTION 4 OF THE CHARITIES ACT 1960 UNDER NUMBER 270795 OR ANY OTHER CHARITABLE BODY WITH SIMILAR OBJECTS REGISTERED AS A CHARITY AS AFORESAID AND SUBJECT THERETO TO APPLY ANY INCOME THEREFROM AND ANY MONIES ARISING FROM ANY LEASE MORTGAGE OR CHARGE THEREOF FOR SUCH SIMILAR CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION (BUT SUBJECT TO ANY DIRECTIONS OF THE CONSERVATORS) FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.
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.
4 trustees on the board
- Dr Nicholas Keep Chair since 2021
- Colin David Smith since 2018
- David May since 2025
- Robert Lachlan Law since 2020
Trustees past 6 years
- Colin David Smith since 2018
- Robert Lachlan Law since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Dr Nicholas Keep Chair since 2021
- Colin David Smith since 2018
- David May since 2025
- Robert Lachlan Law since 2020
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
- 277881
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- TRUST DEED DATED 1ST MAY 1979
- Contact on the register
- 01000000000 · clerk@therfieldheath.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.
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