The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

The Voluntary Action History Society

Registered charity 1044549 Registered since 1995

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.

5 trustees on the board

5.4y median 4y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

1
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 5Education/training 5

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

Other services 1

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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£1k latest income · income exceeded spending 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.vahs.org.uk
Emailmzimmeck@btinternet.com
Phone02078378735
AddressFlat 33, Queen Alexandra Mansions, Judd Street, London, WC1H 9DQ

Finances

£1,136 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£1,317£204
2022£943£512
2023£6,074£2,132
2024£6,822£505
2025£1,136£516

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/science

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary BodiesOther Defined Groups

How

Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC CONCERNING THE HISTORY OF CHARITABLE AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND IN FURTHERANCE OF THAT OBJECT TO PROMOTE THE HISTORICAL ANALYSIS OF VOLUNTARY ACTION AND THE STUDY OF THE HISTORY OF CHARITABLE AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS.

Governing document: CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 11 OCTOBER 1994 as amended on 15 Jul 2022

Trustees (5)

5trustees
78median age
1aged 70+

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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