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Registered charity · London

The Ancient Monuments Society

  • 11 trustees
  • Income £236k (2024)
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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
Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.ancientmonumentssociety.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1962

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£236k£421k
  • 2023£191k£289k
  • 2022£344k£213k
Earlier years
  • 2021£402k£236k
  • 2020£806k£134k

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Income source mix, 2024: Government grants 20%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE CONSERVATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE NATION OF HISTORIC INTEREST, ANCIENT MONUMENTS, HISTORIC BUILDINGS AND EXAMPLES FINE CRAFTSMANSHIP THROUGHOUT GREAT BRITAIN, TO MAKE REPRESENTATIONS IN COLLABORATION WITH OTHER BODIES OR OTHERWISE TO THE PERSON OR AUTHORITIES CONCERNED TO SECURE THE MAINTENANCE AND CONSERVATION OF ANCIENT MONUMENTS AND HISTORIC BUILDINGS; TO ASSIST, FINANCIALLY OR OTHERWISE, IN THE MAINTENANCE AND CONSERVATION OF OBJECTS OF HISTORIC INTEREST, AND TO GIVE GUIDANCE AND ASSISTANCE, SO FAR AS IN THE POWER OF THE SOCIETY, TO ANY PERSON OR ORGANIZATIONS WITH THESE OBJECTS IN VIEW.

Grants received

13 grants · £458,122 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

  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport · £181,373 (2 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £135,110 (4 grants)
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport · £101,025 (6 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport · £40,615

Most recent

  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £8,0502024-04-01
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £45,1742024-04-01
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £2,9502024-04-01
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £1,7502024-03-05
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £10,0002024-02-28
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.

11 trustees on the board

4.4y median 2y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Portfolio (7)

3
company-linked trustees

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

Environment/conservation/heritage 11Arts/culture/heritage/science 7

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Health and social care 3Professional services 3Arts and leisure 1

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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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£236k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
209605
Status
Registered
Governing document
RULES AS SETTLED 20TH MAY 1957 AND AMENDED AT SUBSEQUENT DATES AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 21ST JUNE 1980 AND 29TH JUNE 1999
Contact on the register
02072363934 · office@ancientmonumentssociety.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
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