Registered charity · Leicester
Leicestershire Victoria County History Trust
Leicestershire Victoria County History Trust is a registered charity (number 1128575) based in Leicester, governed by 7 trustees and chaired by Gordon Drake Arthur since 2013. Latest income £39k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.
- 7 trustees
- Income £39k (2025)
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Who leads it
- Gordon Drake ArthurChair · since 2013
- Dr David Lewis WykesTrustee · since 2024
- Dr Richard Luther Caradoc JonesTrustee · since 2021
- Professor Christopher Charles Dyer CBE, FBATrustee
- Professor Elizabeth Caroline TingleTrustee · since 2023
- Professor Marilyn Upstone MBE FSATrustee · since 2019
- Simon Morford GravettTrustee · since 2013
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- Leicestershire, Leicester City
- Website
- leicestershirehistory.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Leicestershire Victoria County History Trust
- Registered
- 2009
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£39k£31k
- 2024£33k£25k
- 2023£14k£18k
Earlier years
- 2022£16k£21k
- 2021£9k£26k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
1 TO FURTHER THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF LEICESTERSHIRE AND ITS COMMUNITIES AND TO PROMOTE AND FOSTER PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE, UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF THE HISTORY OF THE AREA IN GENERAL2 TO COMMISSION, FACILITATE AND PROMOTE RESEARCH INTO THE HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF LEICESTERSHIRE AND ITS COMMUNITIES AND TO DISSEMINATE THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT
Grants received
1 grant · £382,800 total360Giving 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 · £382,800
Most recent
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
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.
7 trustees on the board
- Gordon Drake Arthur Chair since 2013
- Dr David Lewis Wykes since 2024
- Dr Richard Luther Caradoc Jones since 2021
- Professor Christopher Charles Dyer CBE, FBA
- Professor Marilyn Upstone MBE FSA since 2019
- Professor Elizabeth Caroline Tingle since 2023
- Simon Morford Gravett since 2013
Trustees past 6 years
- Gordon Drake Arthur Chair since 2013
- Professor Marilyn Upstone MBE FSA since 2019
- Simon Morford Gravett since 2013
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (2)
- Dr Richard Luther Caradoc Jones since 2021
- Professor Marilyn Upstone MBE FSA since 2019
Portfolio (5)
- Gordon Drake Arthur Chair since 2013
- Dr David Lewis Wykes since 2024
- Professor Christopher Charles Dyer CBE, FBA
- Professor Elizabeth Caroline Tingle since 2023
- Simon Morford Gravett since 2013
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1128575
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 28 AUGUST 2008 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION 11 FEBRUARY 2009
- Companies House
- Company number 06683052 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01162596547 · smg45@le.ac.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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