The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 12th July 2026

The Harwich Society

Registered charity 1161931 CIO Registered since 2015

Operates: Essex

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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

9.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (11)

1
company-linked trustees

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

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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£111k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.harwich-society.co.uk
Emailinfo@harwich-society.co.uk
Phone01255880868
Address5 Church Street, HARWICH, CO12 3DR

Finances

£110,741 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£84,715£48,042
2022£62,641£48,638
2023£73,219£81,281
2024£102,410£72,247
2025£110,741£87,031

What it does

What

Environment/conservation/heritage

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes Research

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.

Governing document: CIO - Association Registered 01 Jun 2015

Trustees (11)

11trustees
79median age
1aged 70+

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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