Registered charity · Devon
The Chaucer Heritage Trust
- 3 trustees
- Income £235k (2026)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Registered
- 2015
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2026£235k£228k
- 2025£17k£43k
- 2024£16k£33k
Earlier years
- 2023£0£25k
- 2022£16k£32k
Charitable objects
TO FURTHER AMONG THE GENERAL PUBLIC INTEREST UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF THE WORKS OF GEOFFREY CHAUCER HIS LIFE TIMES AND INFLUENCE AND HIS POSITION IN ENGLISH AND WORLD LITERATURE
Board analysis for researchers
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.
3 trustees on the board
- David William Reffell since 2020
- Edward Geoffrey Case since 2021
- Professor Louise Miriam Sylvester since 2013
Trustees past 6 years
- David William Reffell since 2020
- Professor Louise Miriam Sylvester since 2013
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (2)
- David William Reffell since 2020
- Professor Louise Miriam Sylvester since 2013
Portfolio (1)
- Edward Geoffrey Case since 2021
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
- Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1014467
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- TRUST DEED DATED 27 AUGUST 1992AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 29 NOV 2016
- Contact on the register
- 07590429702 · edward@swellconsultants.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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