The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Selden Society

Registered charity 211536 Registered since 1962

Operates: Tower Hamlets

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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.

8.9y median 11y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure
7.8y
average years in governance
2
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 36Arts/culture/heritage/science 3Accommodation/housing 1Amateur Sport 1Disability 1Environment/conservation/heritage 1General Charitable Purposes 1Religious Activities 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 1Other services 1

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£117k latest income

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

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.seldensociety.ac.uk
Emailselden-society@qmul.ac.uk
Phone02078823968
AddressQUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON, 327 MILE END ROAD, LONDON, E1 4NS

Finances

£116,834 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£100,912£100,455
2021£103,920£118,635
2022£128,116£147,959
2023£140,185£177,823
2024£116,834£76,761

What it does

What

Education/training

Who

Other Defined Groups

How

Provides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

TO ENCOURAGE THE STUDY AND ADVANCE THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE HISTORY OF ENGLISH LAW, ESPECIALLY BY THE PUBLICATION OF ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS AND THE REPRINTING OR EDITING OF WORKS OF SUFFICENT RARITY AND IMPORTANCE.

Governing document: RULES ADOPTED JANUARY 1961 AND AMENDED JULY 2004

Trustees (36)

36trustees
52median age
0aged 70+

Connected charities (11)

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