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Registered charity · Liverpool

The Merseyside Civic Society

The Merseyside Civic Society is a registered charity (number 221700) based in Liverpool, governed by 7 trustees. Latest income £7k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

  • 7 trustees
  • Income £7k (2025)
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Who leads it

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
Knowsley, Liverpool City, Sefton, St Helens and more
Website
www.merseysidecivicsociety.org (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1964

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£7k£4k
  • 2024£5k£8k
  • 2023£4k£9k
Earlier years
  • 2022£17k£16k
  • 2021£11k£4k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2022: Government contracts 42%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

(A) TO STIMULATE PUBLIC INTEREST IN THE ARE COMPRISING THE MERSEYSIDE COUNTY COUNCIL HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS "THE AREA OF BENEFTI" (B) TO PROMOTE HIGH STANDARDS OF TOWN PLANNING AND ARCHITECTURE IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT. (C) TO SECURE THE PRESERVATION, CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF FEATURES OF GENERAL PUBLIC OR HISTORIC OR PULBIC INTEREST IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.

Grants received

2 grants · £7,290 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 Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £7,290 (2 grants)

Most recent

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £3,7902022-01-27
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £3,5002022-01-27
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.

7 trustees on the board

5.8y median 6y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

1
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 7Environment/conservation/heritage 7

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 2

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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£5k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
221700
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONSTITUTION AS AMENDED 12 JUNE 1964 AND FURTHER AMENDED 25 MAY 1976
Contact on the register
07715 123489 · secretary@merseysidecivicsociety.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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