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Registered charity (CIO) · Chelmsford

Essex Shire Hall Trust

  • 7 trustees
  • Income £38k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources

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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, Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage and 1 more
Where
Essex
Registered
2023

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£38k£35k
  • 2024£0£0

Income trend, 2024 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 100%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

1. THE PRESERVATION AND RESTORATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF THE HISTORIC GRADE 11* LISTED BUILDING KNOWN AS THE ‘SHIRE HALL, CHELMSFORD’ AND THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN ITS HERITAGE AND THE HERITAGE OF CHELMSFORD AND THE COUNTY OF ESSEX.2. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ARTS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THROUGH THE PUBLIC DISPLAY AND EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS AND ARTWORK OF ARTISTIC MERIT AT THE SHIRE HALL, CHELMSFORD.3. TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN CHELMSFORD AND THE SURROUNDING AREA IN THE WELFARE RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITION OF LIFE.

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.

1y median 0y
average tenure
3y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
15.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Portfolio (3)

5
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 7General Charitable Purposes 7Arts/culture/heritage/science 5Economic/community Development/employment 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.

Property 5Arts and leisure 4Health and social care 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.
2024
2025
incomespending£38k latest income
72 days
Latest accounts filed after the due dateiFiled after the due dateDate the accounts were received minus the reporting due date, latest filed cycle, Charity Commission register.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1204500
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 29 Aug 2023
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
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