The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

The Somerset Archaeological and Natural History Society

Registered charity 201929 Registered since 1962

Operates: Somerset, North Somerset, Bath And North East Somerset

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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.

3 trustees on the board

3.3y median 3y
average tenure
5y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
13y
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.

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.

Related organisations

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.sanhs.org
Emailoffice@sanhs.org
Phone01823272429
AddressSomerset Heritage Centre, Brunel Way, Norton Fitzwarren, Taunton, TA2 6SF

Finances

£570,696 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£80,806£99,600
2021£87,494£125,455
2022£53,939£39,237
2023£434,989£67,513
2024£570,696£85,290

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/scienceEnvironment/conservation/heritage

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchActs As An Umbrella Or Resource BodyOther Charitable Activities

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.

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

Trustees (3)

3trustees
70median age
1aged 70+

Connected charities (2)

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