The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

The Herculaneum Society

Registered charity 1104632 Registered since 2004

Operates: United States, Throughout England And Wales, Italy

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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.

3.3y median 1y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (3)

9
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 11Environment/conservation/heritage 11Arts/culture/heritage/science 1General 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.

Professional services 9Business services 2Arts and leisure 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
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2025
incomespending£46k 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.herculaneum.ox.ac.uk/
Emailherculaneum@classics.ox.ac.uk
Phone02476524918
AddressHERCULANEUM SOCIETY, Dept of Classics & Ancient History, Faculty of Arts Building, 2nd floor, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL

Finances

£45,714 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£13,480£11,367
2022£10,287£11,457
2023£92,659£88,844
2024£45,752£53,545
2025£45,714£34,497

What it does

What

Education/trainingEnvironment/conservation/heritage

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

3.1 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC CONCERNING THE WORLD HERITAGE SITE AT HERCULANEUM 3.2 TO PROMOTE RESEARCH INTO HERCULANEUM, INCLUDING THE CONTINUED INVESTIGATION OF THE VILLA OF THE PAPYRI AT HERCULANEUM AND ITS PAPYRI, AND THE PUBLICATION OF THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH 3.3 TO PROMOTE THE CONSERVATION, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, OF THE ARTEFACTS AND BUILDINGS AT HERCULANEUM.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 15 JUNE 2004 as amended on 23 Nov 2024

Trustees (11)

11trustees
55median age
2aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Herculaneum Society · 05153841 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 15/06/2004

4 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (3)

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