Trustee Declarations of Interest as at 31 March 2026
Trustee: Tony Ballance
Appointments (voluntary or otherwise):
Flood Re Ltd
Cadent Foundation
Current employment / any previous employment in which there is a continued financial interest:
Chief Strategy & Regulation Officer, Cadent Gas Ltd
Connected person to other people, organisations, companies or institutions:
Lecturer London School of Economics (part-time)
Trustee: Bethany Cambridge
Current employment / any previous employment in which there is a continued financial interest:
Forestry England
Trustee: Penny Coates
Appointments (voluntary or otherwise):
Aurrigo International Ltd
National Forest Enterprises Ltd
National Space Centre
Chester Zoo Enterprises Ltd
Chester Zoo Hotels Ltd
Borthwick Butcher Boyle Ltd
Deputy Lieutenant for Leicestershire
Advisor to the Councils of Birmingham
Trustee, Leicester Cathedral
Treasurer, various local village bodies (Church, Staying Alive Ragdale)
Trustee: John Everitt
Appointments (voluntary or otherwise):
Director, National Forest Enterprises Ltd
Chair, Forestry and Woodlands Advisory Committee, East Midlands (Forestry Commission)
Vice Chair, Charnwood Forest Regional Park Board
Trustee, Charnwood Forest Geopark CIO
Member, Derbyshire Toyota City Partnership Board
Current employment / any previous employment in which there is a continued financial interest:
National Forest Company, Chief Executive
Membership of any professional bodies:
Fellow of The Royal Society of Arts, Manufacturers and Commerce
Trustee: Ruth Evans (Gadsden)
Current employment / any previous employment in which there is a continued financial interest:
Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE)
Trustee: Emma Hooper-Smith
Appointments (voluntary or otherwise):
Trustee, Art Reach Trust Ltd
Director, PE&W H-S Limited
Current employment / any previous employment in which there is a continued financial interest:
PE&W H-S Limited
Investment in companies, partnerships and other forms of business:
PE&W H-S Limited
Membership of any professional bodies:
ICAEW (FCA)
Trustee: Anne Jenkins
Appointments (voluntary or otherwise):
Roman Place Management Company Ltd
Current employment / any previous employment in which there is a continued financial interest:
Executive Director, Business Delivery, The National Heritage Memorial Fund
Trustee: John Lockhart
Current employment / any previous employment in which there is a continued financial interest:
Principal Consultant, Nicholsons
Membership of any professional bodies:
Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)
Fellow of the British Institute of Agricultural Consultants (BIAC)
Chartered Environmentalist – Society of the Environment (CEnv)
Connected person to other people, organisations, companies or institutions:
Country Land and Business Association
Game and Wildlife Conservancy Trust
British Association for Shooting and Conservation
Defra Tree Health Operations Forum
National Tree Safety Group – RICS representative
Other interested not covered above:
Forest Canopy Foundation, of which Nicholsons is a founding member
Trustee: Paul Orsi
Current employment / any previous employment in which there is a continued financial interest:
Director of Operations, Sylva Foundation
Membership of any professional bodies:
Fellow of ICF
Member of RICS
Trustee: Matthew Robinson
Current employment / any previous employment in which there is a continued financial interest:
Self employed