# COUNTRYSIDE LEARNING

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 327091
- **Other names:** THE COUNTRYSIDE FOUNDATION, THE COUNTRYSIDE FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** April 17, 1986
- **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=327091


## Contact

- **Address:** K M Chartered Accountants, Burnley Wharf, Manchester Road, BURNLEY
- **Postcode:** BB11 1JG
- **Phone:** 01422885566
- **Email:** gary@countrysidelearning.org
- **Website:** www.countrysidelearning.org



## Activities

**Objects:** TO ADVANCE AND PROMOTE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND WHERE AND INSOFAR AS RELATED CIRCUMSTANCES APPLY IN THE USA AND WHERE APPROPRIATE ELSEWHERE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, EDUCATION CONCERNING THE BRITISH COUNTRYSIDE AND THE EFFECT OF COUNTRY SPORTS AND PASTIMES AND LEISURE ACTIVITIES (AND IN PARTICULAR THE EFFECT OF THEIR PRESERVATION, PROTECTION, DEVELOPMENT, MAINTENANCE, ABOLITION OR CURTAILMENT) UPON SUCH ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING AS THE FOUNDATION SHALL IN ITS ABSOLUTE DISCRETION FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE NAMELY (A) THE ECOLOGY (B) THE RURAL ENVIRONMENT (C) WILDLIFE (D) AGRICULTURE (E) THE WAY OF LIFE AND ECONOMY OF RURAL COMMUNITIES (F) THE INDUSTRIES AND BUSINESS CONNECTED THEREWITH AND EMPLOYMENT WITHIN THOSE INDUSTRIES AND BUSINESS PROVIDED THAT THE FOUNDATION SHALL NOT CARRY ON ANY ACTIVITIES OF A NATURE INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE FOUNDATION BEING ACCOUNTED IN LAW A COMPANY OF AN EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE NATURE.

**Activities:** We organise events for schoolchildren, educating them about the countryside, and do teacher training sessions.

**Area of benefit:** THE UNITED KINGDOM AND OVERSEAS




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Human Resources, Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- **What:** Education/training, Amateur Sport, Environment/conservation/heritage
- **Who:** Children/young People, People With Disabilities, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £406131 | £355185 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £306757 | £301006 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £289153 | £285800 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £229763 | £222117 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £283745 | £283619 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **LORD FRANCIS MELFORT WILLIAM STAFFORD** (Chair)
- ANTHONY R DOWNS — appointed Jan. 26, 2012
- Antonia Kate Bury — appointed Sept. 11, 2019
- CLAIRE LOUISE BARKER — appointed Sept. 12, 2011
- DERMOT CHRISTOPHER DALY
- GEORGE EDWARD SPENCER SELIGMAN
- HAROLD HENDERSON
- MICHAEL THOMAS ELLIOT
- NATASHA VIVIEN BRANSTON — appointed Sept. 13, 2013
- SIMON PAUL ROBERTS
- Susannah Hall — appointed Sept. 11, 2019
- THE COUNTESS PEEL