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Registered charity · Cumbria

Shap Local History Society

  • 4 trustees
  • Income £15k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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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, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Cumbria
Website
www.shaplocalhistorysociety.wordpress.com (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2006

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£15k£15k
  • 2024£8k£9k
  • 2023£18k£16k
Earlier years
  • 2022£21k£5k
  • 2021£5k£6k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION BY DEVELOPING THE INTEREST OF THE PUBLIC IN ALL ASPECTS OF LOCAL HISTORY, AND ALSO ENCOURAGE AND FOSTER INTEREST IN LOCAL HISTORY IN YOUNG PEOPLE OF THE AREA BY:A) UNDERTAKING ORIGINAL RESEARCH INTO ASPECTS OF SHAP'S HISTORYB) MAKING AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC THE RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCHC) UNDERTAKING THE COMPILATION AND ORGANISATION OF LOCAL HISTORY MATERIAL WHICH SHALL FORM THE ARCHIVES OF THE SOCIETYD) ORGANISING EXHIBITIONS AND DISPLAYS OF LOCAL HISTORY MATERIALE) PROVIDING COMMENT, AND GIVING ADVICE, WHEN REQUIRED, ON MATTERS RELATING TO THE HISTORY AND HERITAGE OF SHAPF) INVITING GUEST SPEAKERS TO ADDRESS MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY ON SUBJECTS OF AN HISTORICAL NATUREG) ORGANISING VISITS TO PLACES OF LOCAL AND GENERAL HISTORICAL INTEREST

Grants received

3 grants · £51,926 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £51,926 (3 grants)

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £42,4002007-03-08
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £4,9322006-08-31
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £4,5942002-07-11
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.

5y median 5y
average tenure
5y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
4.8y
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.

Education/training 4Environment/conservation/heritage 4General 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.

Other services 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
2024
2025
incomespending£15k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1117146
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 14/03/2001AS AMENDED ON 24/04/2006AS AMENDED ON 26/04/2010
Contact on the register
01931716671 · liz.amos68@gmail.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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