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World WAR TWO Escape Lines Memorial Society

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £17k (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
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Environment/conservation/heritage and 2 more
Where
Slovenia, Andorra, Belgium, Denmark and more
Website
www.ww2escapelines.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2012

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£17k£23k
  • 2024£24k£30k
  • 2023£16k£11k
Earlier years
  • 2022£9k£7k
  • 2021£13k£4k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

(1) TO PROMOTE GOOD CITIZENSHIP AND THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORY OF THE WW2 ESCAPE LINES, THROUGH EDUCATIONAL AND REMEMBRANCE ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING:• THE MAINTENANCE AND DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION HELD IN THE COLLECTIVE ARCHIVES OF ELMS MEMBERS;• TALKS AND VISITS TO SCHOOLS AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS; AND• THE STAGING OF REMEMBRANCE SERVICES AND COMMEMORATIVE TUTORIAL WALKS (WALKING MEMORIALS) ALONG ESCAPE LINE ROUTES.(2) THE RELIEF AND ASSISTANCE OF ANY PERSONS WHO ASSISTED MEMBERS OF THE ALLIED ARMED FORCES TO ESCAPE OR AVOID CAPTURE FROM ENEMY ARMED FORCES IN WW2 WHO ARE NOW IN NEED THEMSELVES THROUGH POVERTY, DISABILITY, SICKNESS OR OTHERWISE SUFFERING FROM ILL HEALTH AS A RESULT OF THEIR WARTIME ACTIVITIES.

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.

6 trustees on the board

13.3y median 14y
average tenure
15y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

15.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

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 6General Charitable Purposes 6The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 6

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Education 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 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£17k 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
1148116
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 30/04/2011AS AMENDED ON 28/04/2012AS AMENDED ON 30 APR 2016 as amended on 27 Apr 2019 as amended on 04 Dec 2022
Contact on the register
01423508667 · ROGERSTANTON.ELMS@TPIZ.CO.UK
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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