Registered charity (CIO) · Newport
OUR Chartist Heritage
- 6 trustees
- Income £34k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Dr Melinda Jane DrowleyChair · since 2018
- Christopher John Harold EnglandTrustee · since 2019
- Dr Elin Mair JonesTrustee · since 2018
- Heather Louise VaughanTrustee · since 2018
- John Charles FerrisTrustee · since 2018
- Priyesh DaveTrustee · since 2024
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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People on this board also serve on 4 other charities:
- Newport Civic Society · 2 shared trustees
- Rotary Club of Newport Benevolent Fund · 1 shared trustee
- Newport Street Pastors · 1 shared trustee
- Friends of the Newport Ship · 1 shared trustee
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Economic/community Development/employment
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.our-chartist-heritage.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2018
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£34k£64k
- 2024£100k£103k
- 2023£94k£54k
Earlier years
- 2022£22k£23k
- 2021£7k£27k
Charitable objects
THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE HISTORY AND HERITAGE OF THE CHARTIST MOVEMENT BY THE PROVISION OF ARTS EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES, TALKS, EXHIBITIONS, CONFERENCES, SPORTS AND HEALTH RELATED ACTIVITIES, EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS AND BY SUCH OTHER MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.
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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.
6 trustees on the board
- Dr Melinda Jane Drowley Chair since 2018
- Christopher John Harold England since 2019
- Dr Elin Mair Jones since 2018
- Heather Louise Vaughan since 2018
- John Charles Ferris since 2018
- Priyesh Dave since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- Dr Melinda Jane Drowley Chair since 2018
- Christopher John Harold England since 2019
- Dr Elin Mair Jones since 2018
- Heather Louise Vaughan since 2018
- John Charles Ferris since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Dr Melinda Jane Drowley Chair since 2018
- Dr Elin Mair Jones since 2018
- Heather Louise Vaughan since 2018
- Priyesh Dave since 2024
Portfolio (2)
- Christopher John Harold England since 2019
- John Charles Ferris since 2018
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1176673
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 15 Jan 2018 as amended on 03 Jul 2019 as amended on 08 May 2025
- Contact on the register
- 07808328127 · CHRISJH.ENGLAND@BTINTERNET.COM
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th September 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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