The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 13th September 2026

The Thoresby Society

Registered charity 1126086 Registered since 2008

Operates: Leeds City

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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.

12 trustees on the board

4y median 2.5y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (4)

12
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 12Education/training 12Environment/conservation/heritage 12

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 15Health and social care 2Other services 2

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£30k 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

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.thoresby.org.uk
Emailsecretary@thoresby.org.uk
Phone01132453071
AddressTHE LEEDS LIBRARY, 18 COMMERCIAL STREET, LEEDS, LS1 6AL

Finances

£43,014 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£21,085£18,590
2022£22,778£23,355
2023£31,118£19,295
2024£29,593£33,111
2025£43,014£38,346

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/scienceEnvironment/conservation/heritage

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

I TO BE THE PREMIER HISTORY SOCIETY OF LEEDS AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD AND ACCORDINGLY TO CULTIVATE AN INTEREST IN THE HISTORY OF LEEDS AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD THROUGH THE COLLECTION AND PRESERVATION OF BOOKS AND OTHER MATTER THAT MAY ASSIST THIS PURPOSE;II TO PROMOTE THE DISSEMINATION OF KNOWLEDGE BY ALL APPROPRIATE MEANS OF THE HISTORY OF LEEDS AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD AND TO PROMOTE A WIDE PUBLIC INTEREST THEREIN;III TO OVERSEE THE PUBLICATION OF DOCUMENTS, MONOGRAPHS AND PAPERS RELATING TO THE HISTORY OF LEEDS AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 17 JULY 2008

Trustees (12)

12trustees
71median age
6aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Thoresby Society · 06649783 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 17/07/2008

2 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (7)

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