Walden Countryside - who we are
- Walden Countryside is the trading name of the Organic-Countryside Community Interest Company. This
is a not-for-profit company owned by it shareholders who have provided
the capital funds for the purchase of Noakes Grove nature reserve. The
shareholders receive no dividends nor other income from the company. The
company owns Noakes Grove nature reserve and has leasehold use of two other reserves, all of which is used for traditional, pesticide-free, farming,
wildlife conservation and public access. We aim to achieve a trading
surplus to be used to benefit the environment that the company was
established to promote. The full details of the legal constitution are
given in our Memorandum & Articles of Association (download a printer friendly pdf file: (700Kb))
- What is a Community Interest Company? A CIC
is a limited company that can trade in the same way as any normal
company but its major purpose is to benefit the community that
it serves. - details of how CICs work are on the Companies House CIC regulator's web site
- What we do. We
exist to conserve and increase the variety of wildlife on our nature
reserve small-holdings. We also aim to promote nature conservation and
public access to the countryside in the area around Saffron Walden.
- Unlike many nature
reserves, our land produces food and this is sold locally. We also
encourage visitors to enjoy our reserves, this can be as unaccompanied
visits at any time and without charge, or at organised Open Days and
events for groups of children.
Documents for the year ended 31 Jan 2025, Approved at the AGM 20th August 2025
Current legal documents
Policy Documents
Here's our statement of the community we aim to serve and what we try to do :
- Create and manage nature reserves in northern Uttlesford for the benefit of wildlife and local people
- Use traditional (no pesticide or fertiliser) farmimg to improve the wildlife value of our farmed land.
- Encouraging the production of more pesticide-free food and its consumption
within the region of production
- Provide traditionally farmed, wildlife-rich, nature reserves open to public visitors and volunteer workers
- Encourage the love of the countryside amongst children who attend the children's sessions on our land
- NB Although all
our farming is done to organic standards we are not registered organic
producers and so cannot call our produce "organic".
Who are Walden Countryside's directors?
These
are the details of our present directors. The directors are elected
(or re-elected) at the Annual General Meeting by the shareholders of
the company.
Current Directors
| David Corke (executive director and company secretary) |
David
lectured in Wildlife Conservation & Ecology at the University of
East London where he was responsible for developing and running the
first UK degree course in wildlife conservation. |
Susie Boatman (deputy company secretary and data protection officer) |
Susie gained her
degree in mathematical engineering at Loughborough University. During
her undergraduate course she spent a year working with the Essex Wildlife Trust investigating
the potential for organic farming as a tool for wildlife conservation.
Today she works as a statistician in the Medical Research Council team
of Cambridge University. |
| David Buckley |
David
sheared his first sheep in the Orkneys in 1965 (non-electric) and has
owned a succession of border collies. A semi-retired professional
musician, he is trying to teach the old ladies at King's Field to sing. |
| Elaine Corke |
Elaine was educated
at the University of Ulster and Durham University. She tends the
Noakes Grove sheep in between sessions at her computer as a copy editor. |
| Emma Horton |
Emma lives round the corner from
Noakes Grove and works as a freelance editor. She finds visiting the
sheep a great antidote to sitting all day at a desk. |
| Dave Law |
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| Nikki Sammons |
Nikki is a relaxation therapist, some of whose classes are run at Noakes Grove. |
Peter Savic |
Peter retired as the Sales Director at
Radleys in Saffron Walden after a long career in scientific sales in
the chemical and biotech industries. He is the singer with local bands, The
Walden Buskers and Sharp Set. Loves nothing more than being in the
countryside with the sheep at Noakes Grove. |
Our contact details: Organic Countryside Community Interest Company
Company registered in England No 06794848 VAT No: 947 3003 31
Registered address: 23 Tye Green, Wimbish, Saffron Walden, Essex CB10 2XE
Phone: 01 799 599 643
Email: info@walden-countryside.co.uk
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