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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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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

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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.

3.5y median 1y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

5.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

Portfolio (3)

1
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 1General Charitable Purposes 1Recreation 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.

Other services 1

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£7k latest income

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
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