Registered charity · Knutsford
Cheshire and Wirral Ornithological Society
- 12 trustees
- Income £7k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Professor Edward Alan Lock Mibiol PHDChair
- David John HileyTrustee · since 2021
- David SteventonTrustee · since 2016
- Dermot SmithTrustee · since 2025
- Dr Andrew Derek WolfendenTrustee · since 2026
- Dr David Michael ParkerTrustee · since 2026
- Dr Jane TurnerTrustee · since 2022
- Hugh PulsfordTrustee
- Jane HileyTrustee · since 2025
- John Patterson Fcma CgmaTrustee · since 2013
- Malcolm WhiteTrustee · since 2026
- Roy Samuel LeighTrustee · since 2025
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- Wirral, Cheshire East, Halton, Warrington and more
- Website
- www.cawos.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1990
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£7k£7k
- 2024£7k£7k
- 2023£7k£6k
Earlier years
- 2022£8k£7k
- 2021£7k£6k
Charitable objects
TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN ORNITHOLOGY AND RELATED MATTERS AND IN PARTICULAR TO PROMOTE THE STUDY OF BIRDS AND OTHER WILDLIFE WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT. B) TO SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGE THE PRESERVATION, CONSERVATION AND STUDY OF WILD BIRDS AND PLACES OF ORNITHOLOGICAL INTEREST, ESPECIALLY WITHIN THE BENEFICIAL AREA AND TO PROTECT THESE FROM INJURY ILL-TREATMENT OR DESTRUCTION. C)TO PROMOTE THE RECORDING, STUDY AND RESEARCH INTO ALL ASPECTS OF THE AVIFAUNA OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE COUNTY OF CHESHIRE TOGETHER WITH THE METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF WIRRAL (INCLUDING THE HILBRE ISLANDS) AND TO COLLATE, MAINTAIN AND PUBLISHING THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RECORDING
Board analysis for researchers
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.
12 trustees on the board
- Professor Edward Alan Lock Mibiol PHD Chair
- Dermot Smith since 2025
- David John Hiley since 2021
- David Steventon since 2016
- Dr Andrew Derek Wolfenden since 2026
- Dr David Michael Parker since 2026
- Dr Jane Turner since 2022
- Hugh Pulsford
- John Patterson Fcma Cgma since 2013
- Jane Hiley since 2025
- Malcolm White since 2026
- Roy Samuel Leigh since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- David Steventon since 2016
- John Patterson Fcma Cgma since 2013
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Professor Edward Alan Lock Mibiol PHD Chair
- David John Hiley since 2021
- David Steventon since 2016
- Dr Andrew Derek Wolfenden since 2026
- Dr Jane Turner since 2022
- Hugh Pulsford
- John Patterson Fcma Cgma since 2013
- Jane Hiley since 2025
- Malcolm White since 2026
Portfolio (3)
- Dermot Smith since 2025
- Dr David Michael Parker since 2026
- Roy Samuel Leigh since 2025
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.
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
- 702484
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 9 OCTOBER 1989
- Contact on the register
- 01565830677 · treasurer@cawos.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 20th 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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