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Registered charity · Cirencester

Cotswold Archaeology LTD

Cotswold Archaeology LTD is a registered charity (number 1001653) based in Cirencester, governed by 11 trustees and chaired by Dr Laura Helen Evis since 2018. Latest income £39m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

Also known as Cotswold Archaeology (Charity Commission)

  • 11 trustees
  • Income £39m (2025)
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About

What it does
Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Ireland, Scotland, Northern Ireland
Website
www.cotswoldarchaeology.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Cotswold Archaeology Limited
Registered
1991

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£39m£38m
  • 2024£30m£28m
  • 2023£24m£21m
Earlier years
  • 2022£25m£23m
  • 2021£19m£18m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts under 1% · Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE SUBJECT OF ARCHAEOLOGY AND THE APPRECIATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE CULTURAL HERITAGE AND HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD.

Grants received

4 grants · £87,574 total

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Top funders

  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport · £87,574 (4 grants)

Most recent

  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £25,0002024-04-01
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £7,1472024-04-01
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £49,1882024-04-01
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £6,2392018-01-18
Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

11 trustees on the board

4.2y median 1y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

Portfolio (1)

8
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 11Environment/conservation/heritage 11Arts/culture/heritage/science 10Other Charitable Purposes 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Professional services 11Finance 2Agriculture 1

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£39.2m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

5.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 3.0 in 2021

343 from 266 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.
1%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1001653
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 17/03/1989AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 20/12/1990AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 18/09/1996AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 05/11/1997AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 17/02/2004AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 02/08/2011AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 21/12/2011AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 13/01/2012 as amended on 23 Nov 2021 as amended on 20 Dec 2021
Companies House
Company number 02362531 · Active
Contact on the register
01285771022 · enquiries@cotswoldarchaeology.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
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