Registered charity (CIO) · Reading
Berkshire Family History Society
- 10 trustees
- Income £47k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Nicholas Paul PrinceChair · since 2023
- Alison Clare PedleyTrustee · since 2024
- Andrew John RiceTrustee · since 2025
- David John PurlingTrustee · since 2024
- John DunneTrustee · since 2023
- Leigh Trevor DworkinTrustee · since 2023
- Paul Ferberd BarrettTrustee · since 2026
- Sandra BarkwithTrustee · since 2023
- Vanessa Anne ChappellTrustee · since 2026
- Victoria Claire ChestermanTrustee · since 2023
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
- Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Reading, West Berkshire
- Website
- berksfhs.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2023
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£47k£50k
- 2024£42k£55k
Income trend, 2024 to 2025.
Charitable objects
(1) TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN RESEARCH INTO FAMILY HISTORY AND GENEALOGY, PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE PRE 1974 ROYAL COUNTY OF BERKSHIRE, AND, (2) TO WORK TO PROMOTE THE PRESERVATION, TRANSCRIPTION, INDEXING AND READY PUBLIC ACCESSIBILITY OF RELATED RECORDS AND INFORMATION.
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.
10 trustees on the board
- Nicholas Paul Prince Chair since 2023
- Andrew John Rice since 2025
- Alison Clare Pedley since 2024
- David John Purling since 2024
- John Dunne since 2023
- Leigh Trevor Dworkin since 2023
- Paul Ferberd Barrett since 2026
- Sandra Barkwith since 2023
- Vanessa Anne Chappell since 2026
- Victoria Claire Chesterman since 2023
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Nicholas Paul Prince Chair since 2023
- Andrew John Rice since 2025
- Alison Clare Pedley since 2024
- David John Purling since 2024
- John Dunne since 2023
- Paul Ferberd Barrett since 2026
- Sandra Barkwith since 2023
- Vanessa Anne Chappell since 2026
- Victoria Claire Chesterman since 2023
Portfolio (1)
- Leigh Trevor Dworkin 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.
Gaps to watch
- Narrow spread of causes across 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
- 1204390
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 17 Aug 2023
- Contact on the register
- 01189509553 · secretary@berksfhs.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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