College of Arms Trust
Registered charity 211253 Registered since 1962
Operates: City Of London
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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
- The Duke of Norfolk DL Chair
- David Vines White since 2021
- Earl of Arundel Henry Miles Fitzalan-Howard since 2020
- Lady Celestria Magdalen Hales since 2024
- Richard Andrew Fitzalan Howard
- Susan Mary Wood since 2020
- Sir Thomas Woodcock Kcvo DL
4.8y median 5.5y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure
Trustees past 6 years
- Earl of Arundel Henry Miles Fitzalan-Howard since 2020
- Susan Mary Wood since 2020
17.7y
average years in governance
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (2)
- Earl of Arundel Henry Miles Fitzalan-Howard since 2020
- Lady Celestria Magdalen Hales since 2024
Portfolio (5)
- The Duke of Norfolk DL Chair
- David Vines White since 2021
- Richard Andrew Fitzalan Howard
- Susan Mary Wood since 2020
- Sir Thomas Woodcock Kcvo DL
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 7Education/training 3Arts/culture/heritage/science 2General Charitable Purposes 2Other Charitable Purposes 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.
Finance 10Education 4Health and social care 3
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.
incomespending£92k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
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
- Marc Fitch Fund 1 shared trustee
- Slaidburn Archive 1 shared trustee
- Arundel Castle Trustees Limited 1 shared trustee
- The Global Fund for Forgotten People, Order of Malta 1 shared trustee
- Tower Hill Trust 1 shared trustee
- The Harleian Society Incorporated 1902 1 shared trustee
Deterministic, from public records.
Contact
| enquiries@college-of-arms.gov.uk | |
| Phone | 02072367728 |
| Address | COLLEGE OF ARMS, 130 QUEEN VICTORIA STREET, LONDON, EC4V 4BT |
Finances
£91,897 latest income
| Year | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | £94,756 | £33,482 |
| 2022 | £66,951 | £93,557 |
| 2023 | £103,399 | £76,997 |
| 2024 | £102,519 | £89,348 |
| 2025 | £91,897 | £66,544 |
What it does
What
Environment/conservation/heritageWho
Other Defined GroupsHow
Makes Grants To OrganisationsCharitable objects
(A) PRESERVATION AND REPAIR OF THE HERALDS' COLLEGE QUEEN VICTORIA STREET, LONDON, E.C.4. (B) ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE FOR BENEFIT OF PUBLIC OF MUSEUM FOR EXHIBITION OF BOOKS MANUSCRIPTS AND ITEMS OF HERALDIC AND HISTORIC INTEREST.
Governing document: TRUST DEED DATED 24 MAY 1956 AS AMENDED BY DEED OF VARIATION EXECUTED 22 MAY 2003
Trustees (7)
7trustees
68median age
1aged 70+
- The Duke of Norfolk DL Chair
- David Vines Whiteage band 60-64 since 2021
- Earl of Arundel Henry Miles Fitzalan-Howard since 2020
- Lady Celestria Magdalen Hales since 2024
- Richard Andrew Fitzalan Howardage band 70-74
- Susan Mary Woodage band 65-69 since 2020
- Sir Thomas Woodcock Kcvo DL
Connected charities (9)
- Arundel Castle Trustees Limited 1 shared trustee
- Marc Fitch Fund 1 shared trustee
- The Winston Churchill Memorial Trust 1 shared trustee
- Peter S Winfield Foundation 1 shared trustee
- The Harleian Society Incorporated 1902 1 shared trustee
- The Lancashire Parish Register Society 1 shared trustee
- The Global Fund for Forgotten People, Order of Malta 1 shared trustee
- Tower Hill Trust 1 shared trustee
- Slaidburn Archive 1 shared trustee
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