Discover SO40New Forest
Map of charities and companies in New Forest
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Charities are shown at their registered address and companies are grouped by the postcode of their registered office. Select a dot to see who is there and open their profile. A registered address is not always where an organisation works. Zoom in to see more. Sources: Charity Commission, OSCR and the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland via the GovReg place index; Companies House register, 2 October 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. This map outlines New Forest and its wards. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Organisations based here
Counted by registered address. A charity or company registered here may work elsewhere, and organisations from elsewhere may work here.
How do we know this?
| Figure | Source | Period | Geography | Method and limits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Organisation counts | Charity Commission, Companies House, Department for Education, NHS Public registers, via the GovReg place index Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0 | place index build, 10 Oct 2026 | New Forest | Counted by registered address or school postcode Active companies with a registered office in this area (Companies House). A registered office is not an operating location. Charities whose contact postcode (or nearest postcode) is in this area; not all serve only this area. NHS trust head offices located here; services are delivered across wider areas. Open schools in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland located here. |
Who serves this area
Charities, schools and the council. Each name links to its GovReg profile.
Largest charities by income
- The Game and Wildlife Conservation Trustincome £11.6m · 15 trustees
- The Oakhaven Trustincome £10.2m · 14 trustees
- Minstead Trustincome £8.7m · 11 trustees
- Ballard School Limitedincome £7.4m · 11 trustees
- The New Forest Agricultural Show Societyincome £7.3m · 10 trustees
- Walhampton School Trust Ltd.income £6.4m · 13 trustees
- The Wilverley Association, Trading As Everwood Care Charityincome £4.5m · 5 trustees
- Durlston Court School Trust Limitedincome £4.1m · 7 trustees
- The Stable Family Home Trustincome £4m · 7 trustees
- The Fortune Centre of Riding Therapyincome £3.7m · 8 trustees
Largest schools by pupils
- Ringwood School AcademySecondary · 1,592 pupils
- Hounsdown SchoolSecondary · 1,283 pupils
- Priestlands SchoolSecondary · 1,205 pupils
- Noadswood SchoolSecondary · 1,102 pupils
- The Burgate School and Sixth FormSecondary · 1,073 pupils
- The Arnewood SchoolSecondary · 839 pupils
- Testwood SchoolSecondary · 820 pupils
- Abbotswood Junior SchoolPrimary · 629 pupils
The council
- New ForestCouncillors, wards, party groups and their registered interests
NHS trusts with a head office here
- Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare Nhs Foundation Trust
578 charities are registered here; the 563 that report income have a combined income of £135.7m and a median of £18,959. Income is as reported to the Charity Commission, and a charity may spend it elsewhere.
Elected councillors (50)
New Forest has 50 elected councillors in this area. Only elected members are named, as public office holders.
Show all 50 councillors
| Councillor | Party | Ward |
|---|---|---|
| Geoff Blunden | Conservative and Unionist Party | Ashley, Bashley & Fernhill |
| Jill Cleary | Conservative and Unionist Party | Ashley, Bashley & Fernhill |
| Derek Brian Tipp | Conservative and Unionist Party | Ashurst, Bramshaw, Copythorne & Netley Marsh |
| Joe Reilly | Independent | Ashurst, Bramshaw, Copythorne & Netley Marsh |
| Neil Tungate | Conservative and Unionist Party | Ballard |
| Alan Dennis O'Sullivan | Conservative and Unionist Party | Barton & Becton |
| John Huw Adams | Conservative and Unionist Party | Barton & Becton |
| Keith Edward Craze | Conservative and Unionist Party | Barton & Becton |
| Jan Sutherland | Conservative and Unionist Party | Bransgore, Burley, Sopley & Ringwood East |
| Nigel Victor Linford | Independent | Bransgore, Burley, Sopley & Ringwood East |
| Richard Leslie Frampton | Conservative and Unionist Party | Bransgore, Burley, Sopley & Ringwood East |
| Adam William Parker | Green Party | Brockenhurst & Denny Lodge |
| Malcolm Spencer Wade | Liberal Democrats | Dibden & Dibden Purlieu |
| Steph Osborne | Liberal Democrats | Dibden & Dibden Purlieu |
| Janet Richards | Green Party | Downlands & Forest North |
| Alan Rutherford Alvey | Conservative and Unionist Party | Fawley, Blackfield, Calshot & Langley |
| Matthew James Hartmann | Conservative and Unionist Party | Fawley, Blackfield, Calshot & Langley |
| David Jonathan Millar | Liberal Democrats | Fordingbridge, Godshill & Hyde |
| Phil Woods | Liberal Democrats | Fordingbridge, Godshill & Hyde |
| Dan Poole | Conservative and Unionist Party | Forest & Solent |
| Allan Glass | Conservative and Unionist Party | Hardley, Holbury & North Blackfield |
| Peter Armstrong | Independent | Hardley, Holbury & North Blackfield |
| Alex Wade | Liberal Democrats | Hythe Central |
| Philip Dowd | Liberal Democrats | Hythe Central |
| Mark Clark | Liberal Democrats | Hythe South |
| Sean Daniel Cullen | Liberal Democrats | Hythe South |
| Barry Frank Dunning | Conservative and Unionist Party | Lymington |
| Jacqui England | Independent | Lymington |
| Hilary Brand | Liberal Democrats | Lyndhurst & Minstead |
| Patrick Armand Mballa | Liberal Democrats | Marchwood & Eling |
| Richard Mark Young | Conservative and Unionist Party | Marchwood & Eling |
| Alvin Reid | Conservative and Unionist Party | Milford & Hordle |
| Christine Vivenne Ward | Conservative and Unionist Party | Milford & Hordle |
| David Edmund Hawkins | Conservative and Unionist Party | Milford & Hordle |
| Steve Clarke | Conservative and Unionist Party | Milton |
| Steve Davies | Conservative and Unionist Party | Milton |
| Colm McCarthy | Liberal Democrats | Pennington |
| Jack Davies | Liberal Democrats | Pennington |
| John Haywood | Labour Party | Ringwood North & Ellingham |
| Michael Hamilton Thierry | Conservative and Unionist Party | Ringwood North & Ellingham |
| Jeremy David Heron | Conservative and Unionist Party | Ringwood South |
| Steve Rippon-Swaine | Conservative and Unionist Party | Ringwood South |
| Barry Rickman | Conservative and Unionist Party | Sway |
| Ian Alec Murray | Conservative and Unionist Party | Totton Central |
| John Hugh Sleep | Conservative and Unionist Party | Totton Central |
| David Maurice Penny | Conservative and Unionist Party | Totton North |
| Kathleen Veronica Crisell | Conservative and Unionist Party | Totton North |
| Neville Stuart Penman | Conservative and Unionist Party | Totton North |
| Caroline Louise Rackham | Liberal Democrats | Totton South |
| David Harrison | Liberal Democrats | Totton South |
Full profiles are on the council page.
Organisations that share board members
Among the 563 largest charities here with trustee data, 163 are linked to at least one other through 118 shared board members. This shows how boards overlap, which is not the same as influence or control, and in small communities the same volunteers often serve more than one cause.
- Barton on Sea Methodist Church and Christchurch and Wimborne Methodist Circuit6 shared board members
- Greyfriars Community Association Cio and Ringwood and District Community Association5 shared board members
- The Friends of Greyfriars and Ringwood and District Community Association3 shared board members
- Boldre War Memorial Hall and Boldre War Memorial Recreation Ground and Hall3 shared board members
- New Forest and District Sailability and New Forest Sailability3 shared board members
- The Montfort Missionary Society Cio and The Montfort Missionary Society3 shared board members
- 5th Marchwood Scout Group and Marchwood Scout & Guide Building Management Committee2 shared board members
- 12th Holbury Scout Group and Gang Warily Scout & Guide Hq2 shared board members
- Woodlands Pre-School and Netley Marsh Community Hall2 shared board members
- The Friends of Greyfriars and Greyfriars Community Association Cio2 shared board members
Connections between organisations through shared board members describe how boards overlap. They are not evidence of influence, control or coordination, and many overlaps are ordinary in small communities. Only elected councillors are named. No addresses or other personal details are shown; organisation links point to existing public GovReg profiles.
Sources used on this page
1- Charity Commission, Companies House, Department for Education, NHS England: Organisation registers, via the GovReg place indexA charity or company is counted where its registered address is, which is not necessarily where it works.
Registered offices are not operating locations. Ranks and deciles are never averaged. Census 2021 figures are labelled 2021.