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Registered charity · Burnley

Countryside Learning

Countryside Learning is a registered charity (number 327091) based in Burnley, governed by 12 trustees and chaired by Lord Francis Melfort William Stafford. Latest income £437k (2026). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

  • 12 trustees
  • Income £437k (2026)
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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
Education/training, Amateur Sport, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.countrysidelearning.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Countryside Learning
Registered
1986

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2026£437k£366k
  • 2025£406k£355k
  • 2024£307k£301k
Earlier years
  • 2023£289k£286k
  • 2022£230k£222k

Income trend, 2022 to 2026.

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE AND PROMOTE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND WHERE AND INSOFAR AS RELATED CIRCUMSTANCES APPLY IN THE USA AND WHERE APPROPRIATE ELSEWHERE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, EDUCATION CONCERNING THE BRITISH COUNTRYSIDE AND THE EFFECT OF COUNTRY SPORTS AND PASTIMES AND LEISURE ACTIVITIES (AND IN PARTICULAR THE EFFECT OF THEIR PRESERVATION, PROTECTION, DEVELOPMENT, MAINTENANCE, ABOLITION OR CURTAILMENT) UPON SUCH ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING AS THE FOUNDATION SHALL IN ITS ABSOLUTE DISCRETION FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE NAMELY (A) THE ECOLOGY (B) THE RURAL ENVIRONMENT (C) WILDLIFE (D) AGRICULTURE (E) THE WAY OF LIFE AND ECONOMY OF RURAL COMMUNITIES (F) THE INDUSTRIES AND BUSINESS CONNECTED THEREWITH AND EMPLOYMENT WITHIN THOSE INDUSTRIES AND BUSINESS PROVIDED THAT THE FOUNDATION SHALL NOT CARRY ON ANY ACTIVITIES OF A NATURE INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE FOUNDATION BEING ACCOUNTED IN LAW A COMPANY OF AN EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE NATURE.

Grants received

5 grants · £67,000 total

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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.

11.2y median 13y
average tenure
15y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

18y
average years in governance
11
company-linked trustees

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

Environment/conservation/heritage 12Education/training 11Amateur Sport 10General Charitable Purposes 2The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Education 14Professional services 9Business services 5

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£406k 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
327091
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 07/03/1986AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 20/05/1997AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 08/05/1997AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 08/06/2011
Companies House
Company number 01997554 · Active
Contact on the register
01422885566 · gary@countrysidelearning.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
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