Registered charity · Lichfield
Memorial to the Officers and MEN of the Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment)
- 13 trustees
- Income £0 (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Brigadier Edward WilkinsonTrustee
- Brigadier Retd Peter Dennis CBETrustee · since 2012
- Brigadier Retd Simon Banton OBETrustee · since 2011
- Colonel Retd David Sneath MA TD DLTrustee
- Colonel Retd Paul GilbyTrustee · since 2018
- Lieutenant Colonel James Francis TurnerTrustee · since 2026
- Lieutenant Colonel Nick TurnerTrustee
- Lieutenant Colonel Retd Keith Seddon MBE BEMTrustee · since 2021
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- Lieutenant General Ian Cave CBTrustee · since 2015
- Lord Lt Elizabeth Fothergill CBETrustee · since 2020
- Major Bob ProphetTrustee · since 2014
- Major Retd Harry John Cockburn Loveday TD BA DLTrustee
- Professor Lord Lt Veronica Pickering MBS HACTrustee · since 2026
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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People on this board also serve on 1 other charity:
- The Museum of the Mercian Regiment (Worcestershire & Sherwood Foresters Collection) · 3 shared trustees
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About
- What it does
- Environment/conservation/heritage, Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency, Other Charitable Purposes
- Where
- Cheshire East, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Staffordshire and more
- Website
- www.mercianregiment.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1979
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£0£0
- 2024£0£0
- 2023£0£0
Earlier years
- 2022£0£0
- 2021£0£0
Charitable objects
A MEMORIAL TOWER TO THE OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE SHERWOODFORESTERS (NOTTINGHAMSHIRE AND DERBYSHIRE REIGMENT WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR. SUCH TOWER TO BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC ON SUCH TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND AT SUCH TIMES AS THE SHERWOOD FORESTERS OLD COMRADES ASSOCIATION MAY FROM TIME TO TIME PRESCRIBE.
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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.
13 trustees on the board
- Brigadier Edward Wilkinson
- Brigadier Retd Peter Dennis CBE since 2012
- Brigadier Retd Simon Banton OBE since 2011
- Colonel Retd David Sneath MA TD DL
- Colonel Retd Paul Gilby since 2018
- Lieutenant Colonel James Francis Turner since 2026
- Lieutenant Colonel Nick Turner
- Lieutenant Colonel Retd Keith Seddon MBE BEM since 2021
- Lieutenant General Ian Cave CB since 2015
- Lord Lt Elizabeth Fothergill CBE since 2020
- Major Bob Prophet since 2014
- Major Retd Harry John Cockburn Loveday TD BA DL
- Professor Lord Lt Veronica Pickering MBS HAC since 2026
Trustees past 6 years
- Brigadier Retd Peter Dennis CBE since 2012
- Brigadier Retd Simon Banton OBE since 2011
- Colonel Retd Paul Gilby since 2018
- Lieutenant General Ian Cave CB since 2015
- Lord Lt Elizabeth Fothergill CBE since 2020
- Major Bob Prophet since 2014
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (10)
- Brigadier Retd Simon Banton OBE since 2011
- Colonel Retd David Sneath MA TD DL
- Colonel Retd Paul Gilby since 2018
- Lieutenant Colonel James Francis Turner since 2026
- Lieutenant Colonel Nick Turner
- Lieutenant Colonel Retd Keith Seddon MBE BEM since 2021
- Lieutenant General Ian Cave CB since 2015
- Lord Lt Elizabeth Fothergill CBE since 2020
- Major Bob Prophet since 2014
- Major Retd Harry John Cockburn Loveday TD BA DL
Portfolio (3)
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.
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
- 508172
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- INDENTURE DATED 28 FEBRUARY 1924 AND DEED OF GIFT DATED 8 JULY 1941.
- Contact on the register
- 01543434359 · communications@mercianregiment.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th September 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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