Registered charity · Axminster
Arthur Hitchcock
Arthur Hitchcock is a registered charity (number 300878) based in Axminster, governed by 10 trustees and chaired by John Michael Lavender. Latest income £4k (2026). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
Also known as Kilmington Playing Fields Committee (Charity Commission)
- 10 trustees
- Income £4k (2026)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- John Michael LavenderChair
- Arnold Peter John DareTrustee · since 2022
- Craig Allan Charles SewardTrustee · since 2024
- Luke ReedTrustee · since 2026
- Margaret Elizabeth Joy PurchaseTrustee · since 2023
- Olivia MillerTrustee · since 2023
- Peter BallTrustee · since 2023
- Peter HuscroftTrustee
- Ronald James SewardTrustee · since 2025
- Yvette TurnerTrustee · since 2023
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Amateur Sport, Recreation
- Where
- Devon
- Registered
- 1962
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2026£4k£2k
- 2025£4k£3k
- 2024£4k£5k
Earlier years
- 2023£3k£3k
- 2022£251£3k
Income trend, 2022 to 2026.
Charitable objects
(1) THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A RECREATION GROUND FOR THE USE OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE PARISH OF KILMINGTON WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, INCLUDING THE PROVISION, OR ASSISTANCE TOWARDS THE PROVISION, ON THE RECREATION GROUND OR ANY PART THEREOF OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION, WITH THE OBJECTS OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS. (2) THE LAND AND BUILDING SHALL BE HELD UPON TRUST FOR THE OBJECT OF THE CHARITY.
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.
10 trustees on the board
- John Michael Lavender Chair
- Arnold Peter John Dare since 2022
- Craig Allan Charles Seward since 2024
- Luke Reed since 2026
- Margaret Elizabeth Joy Purchase since 2023
- Olivia Miller since 2023
- Peter Huscroft
- Peter Ball since 2023
- Ronald James Seward since 2025
- Yvette Turner since 2023
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (10)
- John Michael Lavender Chair
- Arnold Peter John Dare since 2022
- Craig Allan Charles Seward since 2024
- Luke Reed since 2026
- Margaret Elizabeth Joy Purchase since 2023
- Olivia Miller since 2023
- Peter Huscroft
- Peter Ball since 2023
- Ronald James Seward since 2025
- Yvette Turner since 2023
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
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
- Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity
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
- 300878
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- SCHEME OF 28TH NOVEMBER 1989
- Contact on the register
- 0129732390 · summerleaze@hotmail.com
- 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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