The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Shaw Society

Registered charity 1200279 Registered since 2022

Operates: Throughout England

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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.

12 trustees on the board

2.7y median 2y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

Portfolio (3)

2
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Arts/culture/heritage/science 12Education/training 12Environment/conservation/heritage 1General Charitable Purposes 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 1

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 3Other services 2

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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 2 years.
2023
2024
incomespending£39k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024

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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.shawsociety.org.uk
EmailMAUREEN@SHAWSOCIETY.ORG.UK
Phone07919446246
Address12 Somali Road, LONDON, NW2 3RL

Finances

£37,290 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2023£14,411£2,261
2024£38,681£23,479
2025£37,290£17,632

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/science

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE WORKS OF GEORGE BERNARD SHAW (GBS) THROUGH PUBLIC PERFORMANCES, LECTURES, TALKS AND BY MAKING AWARDS AND BURSARIES AND IN SUCH OTHER WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT.

Governing document: CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 26 SEP 2020AS AMENDED ON 02 SEP 2022

Trustees (12)

12trustees
81median age
2aged 70+

Connected charities (4)

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