# SEVERN GORGE COUNTRYSIDE TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1004508
- **Other names:** SGCT
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Oct. 8, 1991
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1004508


## Contact

- **Address:** The Severn Gorge Countryside Trust, Darby Road, Coalbrookdale, Telford
- **Postcode:** TF8 7EP
- **Phone:** 01952433880
- **Email:** staff@severngorge.org.uk
- **Website:** www.severngorge.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO PROVIDE MAINTAIN PRESERVE AND MANAGE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AREAS OF COUNTRYSIDE INCLUDING WOODLANDS OPEN SPACE AND OTHER LANDS WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.

**Activities:** The Trust manages land in the Ironbridge Gorge for the benefit of local people and for the benefit of visitors to the Gorge to balance public access, landscape, nature conservation, safeguarding historic and cultural features, with public engagement and developing awareness and knowledge of the Trust and its work.

**Area of benefit:** THE AREA OF THE SEVERN GORGE IN BRIDGNORTH AND THE WREKIN




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- **What:** Environment/conservation/heritage
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Shropshire
- Telford & Wrekin



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £412207 | £376073 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £345501 | £339149 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £327894 | £363826 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £287546 | £327750 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £307664 | £318788 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Maureen Bragg** (Chair)
- Alan John Taylor — appointed Jan. 17, 2020
- Andrew Paul Harrison — appointed Aug. 13, 2025
- Anthony Graham Peck — appointed Aug. 20, 2025
- CAROLYN HEALY
- Caroline Emma BAGNALL — appointed Jan. 12, 2022
- Cllr Paul Anthony Davis — appointed Jan. 21, 2025
- GINA HEATHER DIANA ROWE
- MAXWELL SPEKE — appointed Feb. 22, 2012
- Mark Boylan — appointed April 24, 2024
- NICHOLAS DENNIS DOWNES
- Philip John Revell — appointed Jan. 14, 2026