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Registered charity · West Yorkshire

Wakefield Civic Society

  • 16 trustees
  • Income £18k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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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
City Of Wakefield
Website
www.wakefieldcivicsociety.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1964

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£18k£17k
  • 2024£22k£17k
  • 2023£18k£17k
Earlier years
  • 2022£22k£22k
  • 2021£10k£6k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 5%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

(A) TO ENCOURAGE HIGH STANDARDS OF ARCHITECTURE AND TOWN PLANNING IN WAKEFIELD AND DISTRICT. (B) TO STIMULATE PUBLIC INTEREST IN AND CARE FOR THE BEAUTY HISTORY AND CHARACTER OF THE AREA OF THE CITY AND ITS SURROUNDINGS. (C) TO ENCOURAGE THE PRESERVATION, DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF FEATURES OF GENERAL PUBLIC AMENITY OR HISTORIC INTEREST. (D) 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.

7.3y median 5y
average tenure
36y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (11)

Portfolio (5)

3
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 16Environment/conservation/heritage 16Education/training 2General Charitable Purposes 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.

Other services 3Arts and leisure 1Health and social care 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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£18k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
236034
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONSTITUTION AND RULES ADOPTED 20 APRIL 1964 as amended on 13 Dec 2018
Contact on the register
07967 516841 · secretary@wakefieldcivicsociety.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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