Registered charity (CIO) · London
The Byron Society
- 7 trustees
- Income £126k (2024)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- The RT. HON Robert James ByronChair · since 2021
- Bernard Geoffrey BeattyTrustee · since 2021
- Dr Christine Kenyon JonesTrustee · since 2023
- Dr David Robert Sterry WoodhouseTrustee · since 2022
- Dr Karen CainesTrustee · since 2025
- Gill WoodcockTrustee · since 2024
- Kenneth Macdonald RobbieTrustee · since 2021
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Throughout England, Scotland, Northern Ireland
- Website
- www.thebyronsociety.com (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2021
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2024£126k£70k
- 2023£90k£58k
- 2022£0£0
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE SOCIETY ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN, AND TO PROMOTE KNOWLEDGE OF AND RESEARCH INTO THE LIFE AND WORKS OF THE POET LORD BYRON AND THE HISTORY, LITERATURE, PHILOSOPHY AND CULTURE ASSOCIATED WITH HIM AND TO PUBLISH THE USEFUL RESULTS OF THE RESEARCH.
Board analysis for researchers
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.
7 trustees on the board
- The RT. HON Robert James Byron Chair since 2021
- Bernard Geoffrey Beatty since 2021
- Dr Christine Kenyon Jones since 2023
- Dr David Robert Sterry Woodhouse since 2022
- Dr Karen Caines since 2025
- Gill Woodcock since 2024
- Kenneth Macdonald Robbie since 2021
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Bernard Geoffrey Beatty since 2021
- Dr Christine Kenyon Jones since 2023
- Dr David Robert Sterry Woodhouse since 2022
- Dr Karen Caines since 2025
- Gill Woodcock since 2024
Portfolio (2)
- The RT. HON Robert James Byron Chair since 2021
- Kenneth Macdonald Robbie since 2021
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
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
- 1197293
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 23 Dec 2021
- Contact on the register
- +447786261648 · CONTACT@THEBYRONSOCIETY.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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