Registered charity (CIO) · Southampton
Black Heritage Southampton Community Association
Black Heritage Southampton Community Association is a registered charity (number 1158710) based in Southampton, governed by 4 trustees and chaired by Beverley Dowdell since 2002. Latest income £2k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
- 4 trustees
- Income £2k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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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, Recreation
- Where
- Southampton City
- Website
- blackheritage.btck.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2014
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£2k£4k
- 2024£5k£4k
- 2023£1k£3k
Earlier years
- 2022£9k£7k
- 2021£18k£104k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2022: Government grants 91%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
1. TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF SOUTHAMPTON AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD (HEREINAFTER CALLED "THE AREA OF BENEFIT"), AND IN PARTICULAR THE MEMBERS OF THE AFRICAN AND CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY WITHOUT DISTINCTION OR SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINION, BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID INHABITANTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS. 2. TO ESTABLISH, OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF, A COMMUNITY CENTRE (HEREINAFTER CALLED "THE CENTRE") AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE THE SAME, (WHETHER ALONE OR IN CO-OPERATION WITH ANY LOCAL AUTHORITY OR OTHER PERSON OR BODY) IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS. THE ASSOCIATION SHALL BE NON-PARTY IN POLITICS AND NON-SECTARIAN IN RELIGION.
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.
4 trustees on the board
- Beverley Dowdell Chair since 2002
- Jackie Mac Liesh since 2018
- Lorenzo Geddes since 2018
- Sandra Davidson since 2018
Trustees past 6 years
- Beverley Dowdell Chair since 2002
- Jackie Mac Liesh since 2018
- Lorenzo Geddes since 2018
- Sandra Davidson since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Beverley Dowdell Chair since 2002
- Jackie Mac Liesh since 2018
- Lorenzo Geddes since 2018
- Sandra Davidson since 2018
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
- 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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1158710
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - Association Registered 29 Sep 2014
- Contact on the register
- 02380366488 · blackheritage-southampton@hotmail.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th 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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