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Registered charity · Winchelsea

Winchelsea and Area Archaeological and Historical Society

Winchelsea and Area Archaeological and Historical Society is a registered charity (number 1143524) based in Winchelsea, governed by 7 trustees and chaired by Grace O'Neill since 2024. Latest income £16k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

Also known as WAS (Charity Commission)

  • 7 trustees
  • Income £16k (2025)
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About

What it does
Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
East Sussex
Website
www.winchelsea.com/the-town-story/archaeology (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2011

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£16k£1k
  • 2024£3k£1k
  • 2023£2k£264
Earlier years
  • 2022£2k£245
  • 2021£140£718

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

1) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE HERITAGE AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL IMPORTANCE OF WINCHELSEA (HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS "THE AREA OF BENEFIT") BY PROMOTING RESEARCH INTO THAT SUBJECT AND TO PUBLISH THE USEFUL RESULTS, BY CONDUCTING OR ASSISTING SURVEYS AND OTHER INVESTIGATIONS OF THE LOCAL ARCHAEOLOGY AND HISTORY AND BY SUCH OTHER MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY DETERMINE.2) TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF FEATURES OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL IMPORTANCE IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.

Grants received

4 grants · £18,623 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 · £14,945 (2 grants)
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £3,678 (2 grants)

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £6782011-01-20
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £10,0002008-06-11
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £3,0002008-06-10
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £4,9452001-11-23
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

2.7y median 2y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

4.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

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 7Environment/conservation/heritage 7

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 1

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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£16k latest income · income exceeded spending 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
1143524
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 04/07/2011AS AMENDED ON 22/08/2011 as amended on 14 Dec 2024
Contact on the register
07507181229 · grace.oneill@yahoo.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
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