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Registered charity · Colchester

Victoria County History of Essex Trust

  • 10 trustees
  • Income £29k (2024)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Essex
Website
vchessexhistory.org (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1994

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£29k£39k
  • 2023£30k£37k
  • 2022£36k£30k
Earlier years
  • 2021£26k£30k
  • 2020£19k£18k

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN HISTORY IN GENERAL AND IN THE HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF ESSEX ESPECIALLY 1.TO INCREASE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF HISTORY IN ESSEX AND IN PARTICULAR OF THE EXISTENCE AND ACTIVITIES OF THE VICTORIA COUNTY HISTORY OF ESSEX ("V.C.H. ESSEX") 2.TO PROMOTE STUDY AND RESEARCH IN THE HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF ESSEX PROVIDED THAT THE RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH SHALL BE PUBLISHED 3.TO PROMOTE OR DEVELOP FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC HISTORY AND HISTORICAL KNOWLEDGE 4.TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN HISTORY 5.TO PLAN AND OVERSEE ANY ACTIVITIES DESIGNED TO ACHIEVE THE PRECEDING OBJECTS AND DO ALL SUCH OTHER LAWFUL THINGS AS ARE NECESSARY FOR THE ATTAINMENT OF THE SAID OBJECTS.

Grants received

7 grants · £1,750 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

Most recent

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.

5.5y median 6y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

5.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (2)

2
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 10Environment/conservation/heritage 10Education/training 9General 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 1Tech and media 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£29k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1038801
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 30/03/1994AS AMENDED ON 24/11/2004AS AMENDED ON 20/03/2012AS AMENDED ON 23/09/2014
Contact on the register
07880721846 · sarah.manning-press@virginmedia.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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