Registered charity (CIO) · Hertfordshire
Voluntary Sector Studies Network
- 14 trustees
- Income £18k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Bethany Anne SikesTrustee · since 2024
- Caitlin McmullinTrustee · since 2025
- Clare HarewoodTrustee · since 2026
- Daniel HaslamTrustee · since 2023
- Dr Amy Frances SandersTrustee · since 2022
- Dr Ellen BennettTrustee · since 2023
- Dr Jurgen Ludwig GrotzTrustee · since 2019
- Dr Vita TerryTrustee · since 2019
- Joanne VincettTrustee · since 2023
- Kate BurnsTrustee · since 2026
- Peter HornerTrustee · since 2026
- Petra BuresovaTrustee · since 2024
- Professor James Edward ReesTrustee · since 2024
- Stephen Mark CrakerTrustee · since 2022
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
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.vssn.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2022
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£18k£16k
- 2024£22k£17k
- 2023£18k£14k
Income trend, 2023 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE THE ADVANCEMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION CONCERNING THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR:(1) BY THE PROMOTION AND DIFFUSION OF KNOWLEDGE; AND(2) BY THE PUBLICATION OF RESEARCH; AND(3) BY THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF CONTACT BETWEEN WORKERS IN RELEVANT FIELDS OF ENQUIRY; AND(4) BY UNDERTAKING SUCH OTHER ACTIVITIES (BEING CHARITABLE IN LAW) AS SHALL BE CONDUCIVE TO THE ATTAINMENT OF THESE OBJECTS.
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.
14 trustees on the board
- Bethany Anne Sikes since 2024
- Caitlin Mcmullin since 2025
- Clare Harewood since 2026
- Daniel Haslam since 2023
- Dr Amy Frances Sanders since 2022
- Dr Ellen Bennett since 2023
- Dr Jurgen Ludwig Grotz since 2019
- Dr Vita Terry since 2019
- Joanne Vincett since 2023
- Kate Burns since 2026
- Peter Horner since 2026
- Petra Buresova since 2024
- Professor James Edward Rees since 2024
- Stephen Mark Craker since 2022
Trustees past 6 years
- Dr Jurgen Ludwig Grotz since 2019
- Dr Vita Terry since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (13)
- Bethany Anne Sikes since 2024
- Caitlin Mcmullin since 2025
- Clare Harewood since 2026
- Dr Amy Frances Sanders since 2022
- Dr Ellen Bennett since 2023
- Dr Jurgen Ludwig Grotz since 2019
- Dr Vita Terry since 2019
- Joanne Vincett since 2023
- Kate Burns since 2026
- Peter Horner since 2026
- Petra Buresova since 2024
- Professor James Edward Rees since 2024
- Stephen Mark Craker since 2022
Portfolio (1)
- Daniel Haslam since 2023
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.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1197827
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 08 Feb 2022 as amended on 11 Mar 2024
- Contact on the register
- 07503192258 · execofficer@vssn.org.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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