Registered charity · Norwich
The Broads Society
The Broads Society is a registered charity (number 1078434) based in Norwich, governed by 6 trustees and chaired by Dr Nicholas Mark Collins since 2023. Latest income £22k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
- 6 trustees
- Income £22k (2025)
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Amateur Sport, Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- Norfolk, Suffolk
- Website
- www.broads-society.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1999
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£22k£24k
- 2024£37k£17k
- 2023£15k£17k
Earlier years
- 2022£16k£18k
- 2021£16k£15k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK BROADS. TO MAINTAIN, RESTORE, CONSERVE, IMPROVE AND DEVELOP, OBJECTS, FEATURES, BUILDINGS AND SITES OF HISTORICAL, SOCIAL, ARTISTIC, ECOLOGICAL AND SCIENTIFIC INTEREST RELATING TO THE NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK BROADS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT
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.
6 trustees on the board
- Dr Nicholas Mark Collins Chair since 2023
- Anthony Lumbard since 2022
- Christopher Balls since 2025
- Dr Keith Bacon since 2024
- Linda Ibbitson-Elks since 2024
- Paul Hayden since 2025
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Dr Nicholas Mark Collins Chair since 2023
- Anthony Lumbard since 2022
- Dr Keith Bacon since 2024
- Paul Hayden since 2025
Portfolio (2)
- Christopher Balls since 2025
- Linda Ibbitson-Elks since 2024
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1078434
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- RULES ADOPTED ON 30 OCTOBER 1999 AND AS AMENDED 23 NOVEMBER 2002, 18 NOVEMBER 2006 AND 14 NOVEMBER 2009 as amended on 11 Nov 2024
- Contact on the register
- 07827 937845 · admin@broads-society.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th 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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