The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Friends of Devon's Archives

Registered charity 1107394 Registered since 2004

Operates: Devon

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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.

4 trustees on the board

13y median 14y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

16.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Portfolio (1)

1
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 4Education/training 4Environment/conservation/heritage 1

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 4 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£7k 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

Websitewww.foda.org.uk
Emailfriends_info@foda.org.uk
Phone01392384253
AddressDevon Heritage Centre, GREAT MOOR HOUSE, BITTERN ROAD, SOWTON INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, EXETER, EX2 7NL

Finances

£1,377 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£1,605£5,423
2022£2,062£5,826
2023£9,545£12,775
2024£6,902£5,163
2025£1,377£4,982

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/science

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

THE OBJECT OF THE ASSOCIATION IS TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF DEVON AND ITS PEOPLE BY(A) PROMOTING, SUPPORTING AND ASSISTING IN THE COLLECTION, PRESERVATION AND CONSERVATION OF RECORDS AND OTHER MATERIAL OF HISTORICAL INTEREST HELD IN THE ARCHIVES OF THE DEVON COUNTY COUNCIL ('THE COUNCIL') AND ELSEWHERE, INCLUDING THE DEVON AND NORTH DEVON RECORD OFFICES, AND PROMOTING PUBLIC ACCESS TO SUCH RECORDS AND MATERIAL;(B) PUBLISHING MATERIAL AND HOLDING MEETINGS, LECTURES, EXHIBITIONS AND VISITS RELATING TO LOCAL HISTORY; AND(C) ADVANCING THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE USE OF ARCHIVES AND THEIR VALUE AS A RESOURCE FOR HISTORICAL RESEARCH.

Governing document: CONSTITUTION ADOPTED ON 07 OCTOBER 1998 AS AMENDED ON 30 OCTOBER 2004

Trustees (4)

4trustees
81median age
1aged 70+

Connected charities (2)

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