The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 12th July 2026

Swedenborg Society

Registered charity 209172 Registered since 1964

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Scotland

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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.

7 trustees on the board

3.6y median 4y
average tenure
5y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
13.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (1)

3
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 1General 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.

Other services 2Professional services 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 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£497k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024

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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.swedenborg.org.uk
Emailadmin@swedenborg.org.uk
Phone02074057986
AddressThe Swedenborg Society, 21 Bloomsbury Way, London, WC1A 2TH

Finances

£496,646 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£504,663£408,397
2021£984,571£471,707
2022£467,072£545,108
2023£479,104£643,123
2024£496,646£708,939

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/science

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE SOCIETY SHALL BE TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE STUDY OF GENEALOGY. IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECT BUT NOT FURTHER OR OTHERWISE THE SOCIETY MAY:-A) COLLECT, PUBLISH, CO-ORDINATE AND MAKE ACCESSIBLE IN THE INTERESTS OF GENEALOGY ANY DOCUMENTS OR RECORDS PARTICULARLY RELATING TO THE COUNTY OF HAMPSHIRE AND THE ISLE OF WIGHT.B) PROMOTE THE PRESENTATION OF SUCH DOCUMENTS AND RECORDS.C) HOLD LECTURES, OUTINGS, MEETINGS AND DISCUSSIONS AND ISSUE PUBLICATIONS.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 20 NOVEMBER 1925, AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION OF OCTOBER 1963. AS AMENDED ON 08 OCT 2018AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 27 SEP 2018

Trustees (7)

7trustees
61median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Swedenborg Society(the) · 00209822 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 20/11/1925

2 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

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