Registered charity · Oxford
Oxfordshire Victoria County History Trust
- 15 trustees
- Income £132k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Professor William Hadden WhyteChair · since 2019
- Amanda PonsonbyTrustee · since 2023
- Brigadier John Nigel Mogg DLTrustee · since 2000
- Christopher John Gorrill ParkerTrustee · since 2020
- Donald John RatcliffeTrustee · since 2018
- Dr Elizabeth GemmillTrustee · since 2024
- Dr Jill PellewTrustee · since 2005
- Dr Laura FlanniganTrustee · since 2024
- Graham HardingTrustee · since 2026
- Hilary Rose Hibbert-BilesTrustee · since 2018
- John Harwood DLTrustee · since 1997
- Michael HeatonTrustee · since 2021
- Professor Robert EvansTrustee · since 2003
- Sarah Jane TaylorTrustee · since 2011
- TOM Grafton Hassall OBETrustee · since 1997
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- Oxfordshire
- Website
- www.history.ac.uk/research/victoria-county-history/county-histories-progress/oxfordshire (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1997
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£132k£129k
- 2024£185k£155k
- 2023£241k£154k
Earlier years
- 2022£185k£159k
- 2021£142k£158k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO APPLY SUCH MONIES INVESTMENTS AND PROPERTY AS THE TRUSTEES RECEIVE IN THEIR CAPACITY AS TRUSTEES HEREOF FOR THE RESEARCH PREPARATION AND WRITING OF THE VICTORIA COUNTY HISTORY OF OXFORDSHIRE PROVIDED ALWAYS THAT SUCH OBJECT IS EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE.THE TRUSTEES SHALL HOLD THE CAPITAL AND INCOME OF THE TRUST FUND UPON TRUST FOR THE OBJECT HEREIN BEFORE DECLARED AND IN DEFAULT OF WHICH UPON TRUST FOR SUCH CHARITABLE OBJECTS FOR THE STUDY OF LOCAL HISTORY AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT.
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.
15 trustees on the board
- Professor William Hadden Whyte Chair since 2019
- Amanda Ponsonby since 2023
- Brigadier John Nigel Mogg DL since 2000
- Christopher John Gorrill Parker since 2020
- Donald John Ratcliffe since 2018
- Dr Elizabeth Gemmill since 2024
- Dr Jill Pellew since 2005
- Dr Laura Flannigan since 2024
- Graham Harding since 2026
- Hilary Rose Hibbert-Biles since 2018
- John Harwood DL since 1997
- Michael Heaton since 2021
- Professor Robert Evans since 2003
- Sarah Jane Taylor since 2011
- TOM Grafton Hassall OBE since 1997
Trustees past 6 years
- Professor William Hadden Whyte Chair since 2019
- Brigadier John Nigel Mogg DL since 2000
- Christopher John Gorrill Parker since 2020
- Donald John Ratcliffe since 2018
- Dr Jill Pellew since 2005
- Hilary Rose Hibbert-Biles since 2018
- John Harwood DL since 1997
- Professor Robert Evans since 2003
- Sarah Jane Taylor since 2011
- TOM Grafton Hassall OBE since 1997
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Brigadier John Nigel Mogg DL since 2000
- Christopher John Gorrill Parker since 2020
- Dr Elizabeth Gemmill since 2024
- Dr Laura Flannigan since 2024
- Graham Harding since 2026
- Hilary Rose Hibbert-Biles since 2018
- John Harwood DL since 1997
- Michael Heaton since 2021
- TOM Grafton Hassall OBE since 1997
Portfolio (6)
- Professor William Hadden Whyte Chair since 2019
- Amanda Ponsonby since 2023
- Donald John Ratcliffe since 2018
- Dr Jill Pellew since 2005
- Professor Robert Evans since 2003
- Sarah Jane Taylor since 2011
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
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1064776
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- TRUST DEED DATED 19 SEPTEMBER 1997
- Contact on the register
- 01865425909 · michael@mimomul.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 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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