Registered charity · Colchester
The Essex Society for Archaeology and History
- 11 trustees
- Income £29k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Adam Nicholas Wightman BSc MATrustee · since 2024
- Anthony Barry CrosbyTrustee · since 2014
- Dr Mark Edward CurteisTrustee · since 2021
- Howard Brooks BA FSATrustee · since 2017
- Laura Elizabeth April Pooley BA, MATrustee · since 2023
- MR Martin StuchfieldTrustee
- Neil Robert Wiffen BA MATrustee · since 2024
- Philip John Wise MA FSA AMATrustee · since 2024
- Samara King BATrustee · since 2024
- Teresa O'Connor MSc, McifaTrustee · since 2022
- William AbbottTrustee · since 2018
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- Barking And Dagenham, Havering, Newham, Redbridge and more
- Website
- www.esah1852.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1962
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£29k£23k
- 2024£34k£39k
- 2023£26k£25k
Earlier years
- 2022£30k£40k
- 2021£44k£31k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
(A) TO PROMOTE THE STUDY OF ARCHAEOLOGY AND HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF ESSEX. (B) TO COLLECT AND PUBLISH THE RESULTS OF SUCH STUDIES IN ANNUAL ISSUES OF "TRANSACTIONS" AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS. (C) TO ORGANISE CONFERENCES, LECTURES AND VISITS; TO EDUCATE THE WIDER COMMUNITY IN THE HISTORICAL AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL HERITAGE OF ESSEX. (D) TO PROVIDE LIBRARY FACILITIES FOR MEMBERS AND APPROVED STUDENTS
Grants received
1 grant · £5,000 total360Giving 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
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £5,000
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
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
- Anthony Barry Crosby since 2014
- Adam Nicholas Wightman BSc MA since 2024
- Dr Mark Edward Curteis since 2021
- Howard Brooks BA FSA since 2017
- Laura Elizabeth April Pooley BA, MA since 2023
- MR Martin Stuchfield
- Neil Robert Wiffen BA MA since 2024
- Philip John Wise MA FSA AMA since 2024
- Samara King BA since 2024
- Teresa O'Connor MSc, Mcifa since 2022
- William Abbott since 2018
Trustees past 6 years
- Anthony Barry Crosby since 2014
- Howard Brooks BA FSA since 2017
- William Abbott since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Anthony Barry Crosby since 2014
- Adam Nicholas Wightman BSc MA since 2024
- Howard Brooks BA FSA since 2017
- Laura Elizabeth April Pooley BA, MA since 2023
- Neil Robert Wiffen BA MA since 2024
- Samara King BA since 2024
- Teresa O'Connor MSc, Mcifa since 2022
- William Abbott since 2018
Portfolio (3)
- Dr Mark Edward Curteis since 2021
- MR Martin Stuchfield
- Philip John Wise MA FSA AMA since 2024
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 213218
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 07/09/1963AS AMENDED ON 07/06/1980AS AMENDED ON 03/06/1989AS AMENDED ON 14/06/2003AS AMENDED ON 26/09/2015
- Contact on the register
- 01206282920 · howard000brooks@gmail.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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