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Registered charity · Kent

The Canterbury Historical and Archaeological Society

The Canterbury Historical and Archaeological Society is a registered charity (number 227491) based in Kent, governed by 8 trustees. Latest income £2k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

Also known as Canterbury Historical Archaeological Society (Charity Commission)

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £2k (2025)
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About

What it does
Arts/culture/heritage/science
Where
Kent
Website
www.canterbury-archaeology.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1965

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£2k£3k
  • 2024£2k£942
  • 2023£2k£1k
Earlier years
  • 2022£5k£1k
  • 2021£2k£936

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC: (A) TO ENCOURAGE THE STUDY OF THE HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE CITY AND ITS SURROUNDINGS. (B) TO PRESERVE THE ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES AND CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CITY. (C) TO PROMOTE ARCHAELOGICAL AND ANTIQUARIAN INTERESTS BY RESEARCH AND PUBLICATION, AND TO SUPPORT THE CANTERBURY ARCHAEOLOGICAL TRUST.

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.

8 trustees on the board

2.5y median 1y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

5.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (2)

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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 7Accommodation/housing 1Education/training 1Environment/conservation/heritage 1General Charitable Purposes 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.

Business 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£2k latest income · income exceeded spending 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
227491
Status
Registered
Governing document
RULES AS AMENDED JANUARY 1961, 23 /01/1965, 22/03/1986, 17/03/1990, 18/03/2006 AND 15/10/2011
Contact on the register
01227 761076 · stephen.smith333@btopenworld.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
Labels
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