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Registered charity · Oxford

Oxford Historical Society

  • 14 trustees
  • Income £2k (2024)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
word.oxhistsoc.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2003

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£2k£12k
  • 2023£4k£2k
  • 2022£17k£164
Earlier years
  • 2021£19k£25
  • 2020£11k£3k

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC CONCERNING THE HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSITY, COLLEGES AND CITY OF OXFORD BY UNDERTAKING OR PROCURING THE EDITING, PUBLICATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF DOCUMENTS RELATING TO SUCH HISTORY.

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.

8.8y median 8.5y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure
11.3y
average years in governance
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 14Education/training 14Environment/conservation/heritage 2Other Charitable Purposes 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 3Hospitality 3Education 2

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.

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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£2k latest income

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1101069
Status
Registered
Governing document
DECLARATION OF TRUST EXECUTED 4TH NOVEMBER 2003.
Contact on the register
01865777674 · elizabeth.wells@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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