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Registered charity · Lancaster

National Hedgelaying Society

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £97k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 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, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Animals and 4 more
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
hedgelaying.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1984

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£97k£78k
  • 2024£88k£69k
  • 2023£64k£66k
Earlier years
  • 2022£69k£44k
  • 2021£43k£36k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

1). TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC OF THE NEED FOR THE CONSERVATION AND PROPER MANAGEMENT OF OUR HEDGEROWS AND HOW THIS IS ACHIEVED THROUGH THE TRADITIONAL CRAFT OF HEDGELAYING.2). TO ENCOURAGE LANDOWNERS AND OCCUPIERS TO UTILISE THE SERVICES OF THOSE SKILLED IN THE CRAFT OF HEDGELAYING TO MANAGE THEIR HEDGEROWS FOR THE BENEFIT OF WILDLIFE AND THE ENVIRONMENT.3). TO ENCOURAGE THE DEVELOPMENT OF HEDGEROW MANAGEMENT SKILLS THROUGH DEMONSTRATION, THE PROVISION OF STRUCTURED TRAINING WITH A SKILLS AWARD SYSTEM AND THROUGH COMPETITION, THEREBY PROVIDING THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO LEARN A SKILL WHICH IS OF PARTICULAR BENEFIT TO LAND-BASED WORKERS BUT WHICH IS ALSO A HEALTHY PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY DEMANDING RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY, THEREBY ENSURING THE CONTINUATION OF THIS TRADITIONAL CRAFT INTO THE FUTURE.

Grants received

1 grant · £5,000 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.

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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.

6 trustees on the board

3.2y median 2.5y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

3.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (1)

0
company-linked trustees

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

Arts/culture/heritage/science 6Education/training 6General Charitable Purposes 6

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on 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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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£97k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
288850
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 11/02/1984AS AMENDED ON 26/03/2011 AS AMENDED ON 23 MAR 2019 AS AMENDED ON 14 AUG 2021AS AMENDED ON 26 MAR 2022
Contact on the register
01524751276 · secretary@hedgelaying.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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