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CLA Charitable Trust
CLA Charitable Trust is a registered charity (number 280264) based in London, governed by 9 trustees. Latest income £288k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.
- 9 trustees
- Income £288k (2025)
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Who leads it
- Andrea BeddowsTrustee · since 2025
- Ben Qasim MonksTrustee · since 2023
- Caroline Emma WilsonTrustee · since 2022
- Giles Richard BowringTrustee · since 2020
- Hannah Lucy ConnorsTrustee · since 2023
- Jane LaneTrustee · since 2020
- Robin Williams ClarkeTrustee · since 2017
- Roger James DouglasTrustee · since 2020
- Tessa Clare GrayTrustee · since 2023
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Disability, Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.cla.org.uk/about-cla/cla-charitable-trust (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1980
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£288k£294k
- 2024£213k£255k
- 2023£364k£272k
Earlier years
- 2022£225k£261k
- 2021£226k£160k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
1. ADVANCING PEOPLE’S PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLBEING, THROUGH FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF CHARITIES, NOT FOR PROFIT ORGANISATIONS AND SOCIAL ENTERPRISES WHICH ARE DELIVERING ACCESS, RECREATIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN AND ABOUT THE COUNTRYSIDE.2. TO PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE EDUCATION IN SUSTAINABLE FARMING, FOOD PRODUCTION AND RURAL LAND MANAGEMENT.3. THE RELIEF OF POVERTY.4. SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.
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.
9 trustees on the board
- Andrea Beddows since 2025
- Ben Qasim Monks since 2023
- Caroline Emma Wilson since 2022
- Giles Richard Bowring since 2020
- Hannah Lucy Connors since 2023
- Jane Lane since 2020
- Robin Williams Clarke since 2017
- Roger James Douglas since 2020
- Tessa Clare Gray since 2023
Trustees past 6 years
- Robin Williams Clarke since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Andrea Beddows since 2025
- Ben Qasim Monks since 2023
- Caroline Emma Wilson since 2022
- Hannah Lucy Connors since 2023
- Jane Lane since 2020
- Robin Williams Clarke since 2017
- Roger James Douglas since 2020
- Tessa Clare Gray since 2023
Portfolio (1)
- Giles Richard Bowring 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.
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
- 280264
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- TRUST DEED DATED 29TH MAY 1980 AS AMENDED BY SUPPLEMENTAL DEED DATED 07 JUNE 2001AS AMENDED ON 15 MAR 2021
- Contact on the register
- 02072350511 · charitabletrust@cla.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 18th 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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