The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Folklore Society

Registered charity 1074552 Registered since 1999

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.

2.8y median 3.5y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

3.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

5
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

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 6Tech and media 3

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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£92k 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.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.folklore-society.com
Emailthefolkloresociety@gmail.com
Phone0203 915 3034
AddressTHE FOLKLORE SOCIETY, 50 Fitzroy Street, LONDON, W1T 5BT

Finances

£92,059 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£79,758£60,905
2021£108,850£57,915
2022£122,155£61,336
2023£87,217£67,253
2024£92,059£136,653

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/science

Who

Other Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE RESEARCH INTO AND THE RECORDING OF FOLKLORE IN ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD AND TO MAKE AVAILABLE ACADEMICALLY AND CULTURALLY THE RESULTS OF ITS STUDIES TO ALL PERSONS WHETHER MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY OR NOT.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 17TH DECEMBER 1998 as amended on 16 Jun 2023

Trustees (6)

6trustees
56median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Folklore Society · 03685496 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 17/12/1998

1 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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