Registered charity (CIO) · London
The Brockley Society
The Brockley Society is a registered charity (number 1201209) based in London, governed by 9 trustees and chaired by Ursula Clare Cowen since 2023. Latest income £24k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
- 9 trustees
- Income £24k (2025)
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Who leads it
- Ursula Clare CowenChair · since 2023
- Catherine GoddardTrustee · since 2023
- Christopher Robert JohnsonTrustee · since 2023
- Elizabeth MorssTrustee · since 2025
- Joseff ThomasTrustee · since 2023
- Laura CunninghamTrustee · since 2023
- Michelle RoseTrustee · since 2025
- Rebecca Lauenstein-DeanTrustee · since 2026
- Richard Geoffrey FreestonTrustee · since 2023
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage, Economic/community Development/employment
- Where
- Lewisham
- Website
- www.brockleysociety.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2022
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£24k£27k
- 2024£24k£27k
- 2023£23k£19k
Income trend, 2023 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2023: Government contracts 10%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
1. TO PROMOTE HIGH STANDARDS OF PLANNING AND ARCHITECTURE IN OR AFFECTING THE BROCKLEY CONSERVATION AREA AND ELSEWHERE IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF LEWISHAM. 2. TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE GEOGRAPHY, HISTORY, NATURAL HISTORY, CULTURE AND ARCHITECTURE OF THE BROCKLEY CONSERVATION AREA AND ELSEWHERE IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF LEWISHAM. 3. TO SECURE THE PRESERVATION, PROTECTION, DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF FEATURES OR AREAS OF HISTORIC OR PUBLIC INTEREST IN THE BROCKLEY CONSERVATION AREA AND ELSEWHERE IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF LEWISHAM.IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS BUT NOT OTHERWISE THE TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE THE POWER TO ESTABLISH A NEIGHBOURHOOD FORUM FOR THE BROCKLEY CONSERVATION AREA AND ELSEWHERE IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF LEWISHAM TO PROMOTE AND OR IMPROVE THE SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL WELL-BEING OF THE AREA.
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.
9 trustees on the board
- Ursula Clare Cowen Chair since 2023
- Catherine Goddard since 2023
- Christopher Robert Johnson since 2023
- Elizabeth Morss since 2025
- Joseff Thomas since 2023
- Laura Cunningham since 2023
- Michelle Rose since 2025
- Rebecca Lauenstein-Dean since 2026
- Richard Geoffrey Freeston since 2023
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Ursula Clare Cowen Chair since 2023
- Christopher Robert Johnson since 2023
- Elizabeth Morss since 2025
- Joseff Thomas since 2023
- Michelle Rose since 2025
- Rebecca Lauenstein-Dean since 2026
- Richard Geoffrey Freeston since 2023
Portfolio (2)
- Catherine Goddard since 2023
- Laura Cunningham 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.
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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
- 1201209
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 02 Dec 2022
- Contact on the register
- 02086923829 · chair@brockleysociety.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th October 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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