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The Hoddesdon Society

The Hoddesdon Society is a registered charity (number 234800) based in Hertfordshire, governed by 4 trustees. Latest income £275 (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

Also known as Hodsoc (Charity Commission)

  • 4 trustees
  • Income £275 (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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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
Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Hertfordshire
Website
thehoddesdonsociety.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1967

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£275£68
  • 2024£306£78
  • 2023£340£61
Earlier years
  • 2022£489£241
  • 2021£371£136

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

1) TO ENCOURAGE HIGH STANDARDS OF ARCHITECTURE AND TOWN PLANNING IN THE HODDESDON URBAN DISTRICT.2) TO STIMULATE PUBLIC INTEREST IN AND CARE FOR THE BEAUTY, HISTORY AND CHARACTER OF THE AREA OF THE TOWN AND ITS SURROUNDINGS.3) TO ENCOURAGE THE PRESERVATION, DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF FEATURES OF GENERAL PUBLIC AMENITY OR HISTORIC INTEREST.4) TO PURSUE THESE ENDS BY MEANS OF MEETINGS, EXHIBITIONS, LECTURES, PUBLICATIONS, OTHER FORMS OF INSTRUCTION AND PUBLICITY, AND PROMOTION OF SCHEMES OF A CHARITABLE NATURE.

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.

4 trustees on the board

7y median 7y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

0
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Environment/conservation/heritage 4

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • 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£306 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
234800
Status
Registered
Governing document
RULES ADOPTED 10 DECEMBER 1964
Contact on the register
07841914064 · thehoddesdonsociety@gmail.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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