Registered charity (CIO) · Gloucester
Gloucestershire County History Trust CIO
- 12 trustees
- Income £30k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Nicholas William KingsleyChair · since 2019
- David Harold Aldred BSC MATrustee · since 2019
- Dr Rose WallisTrustee · since 2020
- Grace OwenTrustee · since 2024
- Heather Margaret Forbes Marad FaraTrustee · since 2019
- Richard Randolph MullingsTrustee · since 2024
- Robert Walter WhiteTrustee · since 2026
- Sally Patricia SelfTrustee · since 2022
- SIR Charles Nicholas Mander Bt FSA MATrustee · since 2019
- Susan Barbara ParsonsTrustee · since 2022
- Susan Elizabeth BrownTrustee · since 2020
- Thomas Mark Hamilton ShearerTrustee · since 2024
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training
- Where
- Bristol City, Gloucestershire, South Gloucestershire
- Website
- www.victoriacountyhistory.ac.uk/counties/gloucestershire (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2019
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£30k£39k
- 2024£87k£39k
- 2023£31k£43k
Earlier years
- 2022£71k£34k
- 2021£58k£37k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORY OF THE HISTORIC COUNTY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE (INCLUDING SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE) AND OF THE CITY OF BRISTOL, AND TO FOSTER PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE, UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF THE HISTORY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE AND BRISTOL BY:(A) ADVANCING RESEARCH AND OTHER WORK IN CONNECTION WITH THE PREPARATION OF THE VICTORIA COUNTY HISTORY OF ENGLAND RELATING TO THE HISTORIC COUNTY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE AND THE CITY OF BRISTOL; AND(B) ENCOURAGING, PROMOTING AND SUPPORTING LOCAL HISTORY RESEARCH AND WRITING IN OR ABOUT THE HISTORIC COUNTY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE AND THE CITY OF BRISTOL, DRAWING ESPECIALLY ON THE USE OF HISTORICAL RESOURCES AND FURTHERING THE ACTIVE PARTICIPATION OF THE PUBLIC THROUGH EDUCATION AND LEARNING AND PROVIDING THE MEANS OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THOSE INVOLVED WITH LOCAL HISTORY.NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO FOR THE PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005 AND SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008.
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.
12 trustees on the board
- Nicholas William Kingsley Chair since 2019
- David Harold Aldred BSC MA since 2019
- Dr Rose Wallis since 2020
- Grace Owen since 2024
- Heather Margaret Forbes Marad Fara since 2019
- Richard Randolph Mullings since 2024
- Robert Walter White since 2026
- SIR Charles Nicholas Mander Bt FSA MA since 2019
- Sally Patricia Self since 2022
- Susan Barbara Parsons since 2022
- Susan Elizabeth Brown since 2020
- Thomas Mark Hamilton Shearer since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- Nicholas William Kingsley Chair since 2019
- David Harold Aldred BSC MA since 2019
- Dr Rose Wallis since 2020
- Heather Margaret Forbes Marad Fara since 2019
- SIR Charles Nicholas Mander Bt FSA MA since 2019
- Susan Elizabeth Brown since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (2)
- Robert Walter White since 2026
- Sally Patricia Self since 2022
Portfolio (10)
- Nicholas William Kingsley Chair since 2019
- David Harold Aldred BSC MA since 2019
- Dr Rose Wallis since 2020
- Grace Owen since 2024
- Heather Margaret Forbes Marad Fara since 2019
- Richard Randolph Mullings since 2024
- SIR Charles Nicholas Mander Bt FSA MA since 2019
- Susan Barbara Parsons since 2022
- Susan Elizabeth Brown since 2020
- Thomas Mark Hamilton Shearer since 2024
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
- 1181794
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 29 Jan 2019
- Contact on the register
- 01275542263 · nick.kingsley@blueyonder.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th 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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