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The Child Beale Trust
The Child Beale Trust is a registered charity (number 300105) based in Reading, governed by 4 trustees. Latest income £2.6m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
Also known as Child-Beale Wildlife Trust (Charity Commission)
PROVIDING AND MAINTAINING A PUBLIC PARK OR PUBLIC PARKS IN THE COUNTIES OF BERKSHIRE AND OXFORD, FOR THE USE AND ENJOYMENT OF THE PUBLIC, MAKING GIFTS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS TO THE NATIONAL TRUST, CORPORATION OR OTHER ASSOCIATION EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE...
- 4 trustees
- Income £2.6m (2025)
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
- Education/training, Animals, Environment/conservation/heritage, Economic/community Development/employment
- Where
- Bracknell Forest, West Berkshire, Reading, Slough and more
- Website
- www.bealepark.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1964
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£2.6m£2.6m
- 2024£2.4m£2.6m
- 2023£2.1m£2.0m
Earlier years
- 2022£2.1m£1.7m
- 2021£2.3m£1.5m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 1% · Government grants 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
PROVIDING AND MAINTAINING A PUBLIC PARK OR PUBLIC PARKS IN THE COUNTIES OF BERKSHIRE AND OXFORD, FOR THE USE AND ENJOYMENT OF THE PUBLIC, MAKING GIFTS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS TO THE NATIONAL TRUST, CORPORATION OR OTHER ASSOCIATION EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE NATURE FORMED OR ESTABLISHED WHOLLY FOR PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR RECREATION. To promote the conservation of the physical and natural environment by promoting biodiversity
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
- David Carr
- Jim Bryce since 2023
- Michelle Carvell since 2015
- Paul Aitken since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Michelle Carvell since 2015
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- David Carr
- Jim Bryce since 2023
- Michelle Carvell since 2015
- Paul Aitken since 2025
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
21.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 27.4 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 300105
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- TRUST DEED DATED 14TH AUGUST, 1956. as amended on 24 Jul 2025
- Contact on the register
- 01189767480
- 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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