The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Spalding Gentlemen's Society

Registered charity 216131 Registered since 1963

Operates: Lincolnshire

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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.

12 trustees on the board

5.4y median 5.5y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

14.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (5)

12
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 12Environment/conservation/heritage 10General Charitable Purposes 2Accommodation/housing 1Education/training 1Religious Activities 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 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 12Property 3Professional services 2

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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£719k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

0.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 22.0 in 2020

2 from 1 in 2022
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

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.

Related organisations

Connected through a shared trustee

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitesgsoc.org
Emailinfo@sgsoc.org
Phone01775840369
AddressThe Museum, Broad Street, Spalding, Lincs, PE11 1TB

Finances

£719,435 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£71,617£55,669
2021£134,106£88,100
2022£966,127£140,631
2023£120,222£213,490
2024£719,435£780,044

What it does

What

Arts/culture/heritage/scienceEnvironment/conservation/heritage

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Other Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

The Society's objects ("Objects") are specifically restricted to the following:To promote and foster among the public knowledge, appreciation and the study of the Arts, Humanities and Science including by continuing to maintain and improve the Society's library, archive and museum collections and the organisation and provision of lectures

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 13 JANUARY 1955 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION PASSED 1 DECEMBER 2006 as amended on 03 May 2019

Trustees (12)

12trustees
70median age
6aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Spalding Gentlemen's Society · 00543260 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 13/01/1955

3 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (6)

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