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Registered charity · Taunton

The Somerset Archaeological and Natural History Society

The Somerset Archaeological and Natural History Society is a registered charity (number 201929) based in Taunton, governed by 3 trustees. Latest income £571k (2024). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

  • 3 trustees
  • Income £571k (2024)
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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
Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Somerset, North Somerset, Bath And North East Somerset
Website
www.sanhs.org (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1962

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£571k£85k
  • 2023£435k£68k
  • 2022£54k£39k
Earlier years
  • 2021£87k£125k
  • 2020£81k£100k

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Income source mix, 2024: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE THE STUDY OF ARCHAEOLOGY, NATURAL HISTORY AND HISTORY, WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE HISTORIC COUNTY OF SOMERSET, IN SUCH WAYS, INCLUDING PUBLICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, AS THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES MAY DEEM APPROPRIATE.

Grants received

5 grants · £124,800 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

Most recent

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.

3 trustees on the board

3.3y median 3y
average tenure
5y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
13.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (1)

Portfolio (2)

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 3Education/training 3Environment/conservation/heritage 2Other Charitable Purposes 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.

Arts and leisure 2Education 1Health and social care 1

Gaps to watch

  • Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves

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 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£571k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

0.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months

1
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
201929
Status
Registered
Governing document
INDENTURE DATED 20TH JANUARY 1890. RULES OF 1959 AS AMENDED MAY 1971, 18 AUGUST 1975, 12 MAY 1979, 19 MAY 1984, 20 JUNE 1992, 28 MAY 1994, 19 MAY 2001, 18 MAY 2002, 17 MAY 2003 AND 19 APRIL 2006 AS AMENDED 17 MAY 2014 AS AMENDED ON 02 DEC 2017 as amended on 07 Dec 2019 as amended on 16 Jul 2022 as amended on 20 May 2023 as amended on 04 May 2024
Contact on the register
01823272429 · office@sanhs.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
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