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Registered charity (CIO) · Harwich

The Harwich Society

  • 11 trustees
  • Income £111k (2025)
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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
Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Essex
Website
www.harwich-society.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2015

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£111k£87k
  • 2024£102k£72k
  • 2023£73k£81k
Earlier years
  • 2022£63k£49k
  • 2021£85k£48k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 15%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE SOCIETY IS ESTABLISHED FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT FOR THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES IN THE AREA COMPRISING THE TOWN OF HARWICH AND THE PARISHES OF RAMSEY AND PARKESTON, WRABNESS, WIX, GREAT OAKLEY AND LITTLE OAKLEY WHICH AREA SHALL HEREINAFTER BE REFERRED TO AS, "THE HARWICH AREA".A) TO STIMULATE PUBLIC INTEREST IN HARWICH AREA. B) TO PROMOTE HIGH STANDARDS OF PLANNING AND ARCHITECTURE IN THE HARWICH AREA. C) TO SECURE THE PRESERVATION, PROTECTION, DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF FEATURES OF HISTORIC OR PUBLIC INTEREST IN THE HARWICH AREA.

Grants received

6 grants · £324,823 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 · £256,538 (2 grants)
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport · £62,285 (3 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £6,000

Most recent

  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £29,8032024-04-01
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £246,5382023-11-23
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £29,8032023-04-01
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £2,6792022-11-04
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £6,0002022-11-04
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.

11 trustees on the board

7.9y median 9y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (11)

1
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Environment/conservation/heritage 11

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 1Health and social care 1Property 1

Gaps to watch

  • 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.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£111k 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
1161931
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - Association Registered 01 Jun 2015
Contact on the register
01255880868 · info@harwich-society.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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