Registered charity · Surrey
Mendip Nature Research Committee
- 9 trustees
- Income £14k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Darrel InstrellTrustee · since 2018
- Gareth ThompsonTrustee · since 2011
- Howard Valentine John WaldenTrustee · since 2022
- IAN BarkerTrustee · since 2017
- James AbbottTrustee · since 2020
- Jennifer AbbottTrustee · since 2017
- Jon HoldenTrustee · since 2019
- Philip DayTrustee · since 2018
- Tony LittlerTrustee · since 2018
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Amateur Sport
- Where
- Somerset
- Website
- www.mnrc.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1984
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£14k£13k
- 2024£14k£10k
- 2023£12k£8k
Earlier years
- 2022£7k£9k
- 2021£9k£11k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO ADVANCE EDUCATION BY THE STUDY AND RESEARCH OF THE FLORA, FAUNA, GEOLOGY, ARCHAEOLOGY, SPELOLOGY AND ALLIED SCIENCES PRINCIPALLY ON MENDIP, AND TO PURSUE OTHER ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE THE SCIENTIFIC SPHERE AS MAY BE DETERMINED AND PROMOTED BY THE MNRC. ANY RESEARCH TO BE PUBLISHED OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.
Grants received
1 grant · £2,500 total360Giving 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
- Sport England · £2,500
Most recent
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
- Darrel Instrell since 2018
- Gareth Thompson since 2011
- Howard Valentine John Walden since 2022
- IAN Barker since 2017
- James Abbott since 2020
- Jennifer Abbott since 2017
- Jon Holden since 2019
- Philip Day since 2018
- Tony Littler since 2018
Trustees past 6 years
- Darrel Instrell since 2018
- Gareth Thompson since 2011
- IAN Barker since 2017
- James Abbott since 2020
- Jennifer Abbott since 2017
- Jon Holden since 2019
- Philip Day since 2018
- Tony Littler since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Darrel Instrell since 2018
- Gareth Thompson since 2011
- Howard Valentine John Walden since 2022
- IAN Barker since 2017
- James Abbott since 2020
- Jennifer Abbott since 2017
- Jon Holden since 2019
- Philip Day since 2018
- Tony Littler since 2018
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 289168
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 9TH OCTOBER 1983 AS AMENDED ON 06 MARCH 2004.
- Contact on the register
- 01306742551 · secretary@mnrc.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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