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Spalding Gentlemen's Society

Spalding Gentlemen's Society is a registered charity (number 216131) based in Lincs, governed by 12 trustees. Latest income £719k (2024). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

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...

12 trustees
Income £719k (2024)

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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: Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where: Lincolnshire
Website: sgsoc.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company: Spalding Gentlemen's Society
Registered: 1963

Income and spending

YearIncomeSpending
2024£719k£780k
2023£120k£213k
2022£966k£141k

Earlier years

2021£134k£88k
2020£72k£56k

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Income source mix, 2022: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

Grants received

10 grants · £2,535,333 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 & Sport · £1,845,335
The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £672,758 (4 grants)
The National Lottery Community Fund · £9,820
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £7,420 (4 grants)

Most recent

The National Lottery Heritage Fund £594,7382025-03-05
Department for Culture, Media & Sport £1,845,3352024-01-25
The National Lottery Heritage Fund £48,1202023-06-29
The National Lottery Community Fund £9,8202022-04-08
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £4752020-04-01

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.

12 trustees on the board

5.2y median 5.5y

average tenure

12y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Dr Michael Gilbert since 2019
Elizabeth Jane Sneath since 2016
Graham Dayes since 2019
Ian Hoult since 2014
Melvyn Price since 2020
Petronella Gerarda Keeling since 2019

14.8y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (6)

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 9Education/training 2General Charitable Purposes 2Religious Activities 2Accommodation/housing 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 12Education 3Property 3

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.

Sources

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

Record details

Registered charity number: 216131
Status: Registered
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
Companies House: Company number 00543260 · Active
Contact on the register: 01775840369 · info@sgsoc.org
Edition: Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
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