Our Values

Company History

Oracle Environmental Experts was established in 2014 by Dr Jon Burton and Dr Diane Watson with our head office in the Malvern Hills, Worcestershire. Our in-house capabilities and our team grew organically, and we established a team in Belfast in 2018 and opened other regional offices in Hampshire, Cornwall and Brighton in 2019, Pembrokeshire in 2020 and East Anglia in 2024.

We have over 40 highly skilled technical and engineering staff working from our 6 offices including geologists, hydrogeologists, aquatic ecologists and electrical and mechanical engineers.

Company Vision

 

  • To be a highly respected independent company founded on a passion for the environment, on technical expertise and on the strength of the commitment of its employees.

  • The expertise within Oracle Environmental provides a focal point for others who require technical advice and support, particularly with respect to the mitigation and assessment of risks to human health and the water environment.

  • We focus on providing high quality technical advice and solutions with our core strength in the assessment and mitigation of environmental impacts, risks and liabilities associated with pollution incidents and contaminated land.

  • We want every individual employed by the company to feel valued and to have pride in everything they do for the company.

  • We want all employees to put their heart and soul into their work and to know that their hard work will be rewarded.

  • The company’s strength will be in the passion and commitment of its employees and the company will be fully committed to its employees, ensuring appropriate training and personal and professional development, and allowing staff to work flexibly.

Community Engagement & Sponsorship

We are firm believers in giving back to the communities in which we work and to causes that our staff care about. To demonstrate that we are happy to be sponsors of local sports teams and over the years we have sponsored the following teams.

  • Newtown Sports Cerebral Palsy & PAN Disability Football Team

    A cerebral palsy juniors football team for children from 5+. Friendly, supportive and lots of fun. Based in Malvern and affiliated to Newtown Sports FC. CP Team - Newtown Sports Junior Football Club (newtownfootball.co.uk)

  • Cheltenham Cougars Lacrosse Club

    The club has men’s and ladies’ teams and play their home matches at Cheltenham Civil Service Sports Club. The team are always on the lookout for new players and members so get in touch! Cheltenham Lacrosse Club Cheltenham Lacrosse Men (pitchero.com)

  • Upton Rugby Club

    The club was established in 1981 and Oracle are proud to sponsor this local club which continues to play a major part in the local community Upton-upon-Severn RFC - Contacts (rfu.club)

  • Romsey Rugby Club

    The club was originally formed in the 1890s and are located close to our Hampshire office. Oracle are proud to sponsor the club where one of our consultants, Josh Doran, trains and plays.

  • Herefordshire Cricket

    With our MDs passion for cricket we have established a relationship with Herefordshire Cricket and we are proud to sponsor this long established club. You can find out more about them at the following link https://herefordshirecricket.co.uk/

  • Malvern Cricket Club

    Our MD has been a junior team manager at Malvern CC for 4 years and is really pleased to be able to help the club through their new sponsorship deals. Find out more about the club here https://www.malverncc.co.uk/

  • Worcester Cricket Club

    Our Director Luke Boulton, has a long history with Worcester CC and was keen to give back to a club who helped him in his youth as a young cricketer. Check out the latest news from the club here: https://www.facebook.com/WorcesterCricketClub/

  • Abberley & Malvern Hills Geopark

    We are proud sponsors of the Abberley and Malvern Hills Geopark which is an organization that seeks to celebrate the Geopark and achieve sustainable ventures through geotourism and associated initiatives.

    You can see from the information at the link below that the Geopark takes in parts of the five counties of Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire and Worcestershire. The geology across the Geopark spans 700 million years of the Earth’s history and has a wealth of ecological, historical, and cultural gems, which makes the Geopark a unique destination!

    We are delighted to be able to offer our support to the Geopark and we hope to be able to help in increasing awareness of the fantastic geology on our doorstep and in encouraging understanding of earth sciences. Find out more at the link below:

    http://geopark.org.uk/pub/

Charities & Fundraising

As part of our efforts to obtain regular customer feedback we ask our customers to recommend a charity to donate money to and over the years we have donated to all of the following charities:

Movember

We also encourage staff to join in charity fundraising events and to date we have raised money for men’s mental health and prostate and testicular cancer charity, Movember. We have grown moustaches, cycled, walked and run, all in an effort to raise awareness for the Movember movement!

OEE Charities Month 2023

For this year's OEE Charities Month we challenged our staff to reach their own goals, whether that meant hitting targets or giving up habits! The goals achieved included moving >175km, giving up coffee, 1000 press ups, learning a new song on the guitar and many more. We raised over £500 for the Stars Appeal, Hampshire and Isle of Wight Trust, Mind, Wythall Animal Sanctuary and Dementia UK. Great job team!

Severn Trent Mountain Challenge

We are regular attendees at the Severn Trent Mountain Challenge which is held most years in the Hope Valley in Derbyshire to raise money for Water Aid. Severn Trent Mountain Challenge | Charity Trek | WaterAid UK and most recently took part in July 2023. When we took part in 2019, we also managed to come away with the Vic Cocker trophy for being the team to raise the most sponsorship.

Over the years our MD Jon Burton has taken part in the challenge more than 10 times, and it is an event and a charity that we love to be involved with, and although it has nearly broken a few people including JB, we plan to keep on coming back!

Malvern Hills Challenge

In 2021 we entered a team into the Malvern Hills Challenge to raise money for Help for Heroes. The challenge was to walk the 18km length of the Malvern Hills which was enjoyable for most of the team who regularly enjoy a walk in the Hills! UK Armed Forces & Military Veterans Charity | Help for Heroes

Community Work

In the summer of 2022 a group of volunteers in our Head Office’s local village of Hanley Swan, Worcestershire, decided it was time to dredge the pond of its sediment which had accumulated over many years. We supplied fast-tanks for temporary storage of fish, pumps for dewatering the pond, fencing, trackmats and Geodams to help with the dewatering process.

The community really pulled together on this project and around 600 fish, including some rather large eels, were relocated during the process. Following the exercise we monitored the water quality of the pond to establish long-term trends in water quality indicators