The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

The Canterbury Historical and Archaeological Society

Registered charity 227491 Registered since 1965

Operates: Kent

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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.

8 trustees on the board

2.5y median 1y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

5.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (2)

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 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

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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.canterbury-archaeology.org.uk
Emailstephen.smith333@btopenworld.com
Phone01227 761076
AddressLittle Bourne House, Littlebourne Road, CANTERBURY, Kent, CT3 4AE

Finances

£2,288 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£1,645£1,687
2021£1,649£936
2022£4,509£1,426
2023£1,896£1,147
2024£2,288£942

What it does

What

Arts/culture/heritage/science

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsProvides Human ResourcesSponsors Or Undertakes Research

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.

Governing document: RULES AS AMENDED JANUARY 1961, 23 /01/1965, 22/03/1986, 17/03/1990, 18/03/2006 AND 15/10/2011

Trustees (8)

8trustees
71median age
1aged 70+

Connected charities (6)

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