The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Vectis Astronomical Society

Registered charity 1046091 Registered since 1995

Operates: Isle Of Wight

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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

10.3y median 13y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (1)

1
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 6General Charitable Purposes 6Environment/conservation/heritage 5Recreation 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.

Arts and leisure 2Education 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£3k latest income

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

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitehttp://www.wightastronomy.org
Emailsecretary@wightastronomy.org
Phone07594 339950
AddressVectis Astronomical Society, Watery Lane, Newchurch, Isle of Wight, PO36 0LX

Finances

£2,717 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£1,030£901
2022£1,494£1,504
2023£2,257£1,598
2024£1,567£1,679
2025£2,717£2,156

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingEnvironment/conservation/heritageEconomic/community Development/employmentRecreation

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesOther Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

TO ENCOURAGE THE STUDY AND PRACTICE OF THE SCIENCE OF ASTRONOMY AND ALLIED SCIENCES, FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF PUBLIC INTEREST THEREIN AND TO PROVIDE AN ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY FOR USE IN CONNECTION THEREWITH.

Governing document: CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 24 MARCH 1995, AS AMENDED 22 AUGUST 2003 AND 22 AUGUST 2008

Trustees (6)

6trustees
78median age
1aged 70+

Connected charities (1)

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