The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Cotswold Archaeology LTD

Registered charity 1001653 Registered since 1991

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Ireland, Scotland, Northern Ireland

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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

8.4y
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.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

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Contact

Websitewww.cotswoldarchaeology.co.uk
Emailenquiries@cotswoldarchaeology.co.uk
Phone01285771022
AddressCotswold Archaeology Ltd., Building 11, Cotswold Business Park, Kemble, CIRENCESTER, GL7 6BQ

Finances

£39,191,592 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£19,075,331£17,583,954
2022£25,231,191£23,356,911
2023£24,160,424£21,066,022
2024£29,631,840£28,097,783
2025£39,191,592£37,527,449

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/scienceEnvironment/conservation/heritage

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes Research

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.

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

Trustees (11)

11trustees
58median age
2aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Cotswold Archaeology Limited · 02362531 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 17/03/1989

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

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