{"id":78,"date":"2016-03-31T16:39:34","date_gmt":"2016-03-31T15:39:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thefarminglifecentre.org.uk\/?page_id=78"},"modified":"2026-02-11T14:45:23","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T14:45:23","slug":"governance","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thefarminglifecentre.org.uk\/?page_id=78","title":{"rendered":"Governance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"Default\">The Farming Life Centre became a Charitable Company in 2009.&nbsp; It is governed by a Board of Trustees\/Directors which meets on a quarterly basis to receive a full project report from the Charity Manager, a full financial report from the Treasurer and to consider all strategic issues relating to the Centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Trustee<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Background<\/th><\/tr><tr><td>Nik Searston &#8211; Chair<\/td><td>Agriculture &#8211; SAI Global<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Kate Wainwright Moss<\/td><td>Accountant- agricultural and rural businesses<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Anne Morgan<\/td><td>Agriculture &#8211; Education &amp; Training<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Christopher Morris<\/td><td>Agriculture &#8211; Dairy&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>George Case<\/td><td>Agriculture &#8211; Education &amp; Training<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Mark Lowe<\/td><td>Agriculture &amp; Education<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Lorna Critchlow<\/td><td>Journalism &amp; Dairy Farmer<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Link to Charity Accounts- <a href=\"https:\/\/register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk\/en\/charity-search\/-\/charity-details\/4043560\/accounts-and-annual-returns?_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_organisationNumber=4043560\">Charity number: 1130259<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Farming Life Centre became a Charitable Company in 2009.&nbsp; It is governed by a Board of Trustees\/Directors which meets on a quarterly basis to receive a full project report from the Charity Manager, a full financial report from the Treasurer and to consider all strategic issues relating to the Centre. 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