The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Association of Dress Historians

Registered charity 1014876 Registered since 1992

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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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.

6 trustees on the board

2.3y median 2y
average tenure
4y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
2.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

0
company-linked trustees

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

Arts/culture/heritage/science 6Education/training 6

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Narrow spread of causes across the board
  • Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity

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£14k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

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.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.dresshistorians.org
Emailtrustees@dresshistorians.org
Phone07403783580
Address61 Bainbridge Road, SEDBERGH, Cumbria, LA10 5AU

Finances

£14,430 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£22,436£5,203
2022£20,453£10,076
2023£11,496£14,117
2024£17,280£18,838
2025£14,430£25,613

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/science

Who

Other Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF ADH ARE;A) THE ADVANCEMENT OF PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE AND EDUCATION IN THE HISTORY OF DRESS ANDTEXTILES;B) THE ADVANCEMENT OF SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BEPROMOTED BY ADH.

Governing document: CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 13/07/1992AS AMENDED ON 14/12/2011 as amended on 04 Dec 2017 as amended on 07 Dec 2020 as amended on 07 Dec 2020 as amended on 05 Dec 2022

Trustees (6)

6trustees
0aged 70+

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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