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Registered charity · Colchester

Colchester Civic Society

The Objectives of the Society shall be to promote and encourage the following objectives by charitable means only:(a) To encourage high standards of architecture and Town Planning in the City of Colchester.(b) To stimulate public interest in and...

  • 10 trustees
  • Income £9k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
Education/training, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Essex
Website
www.colchestercivicsociety.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1965

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£9k£7k
  • 2024£7k£9k
  • 2023£45k£4k
Earlier years
  • 2022£4k£6k
  • 2021£6k£6k
Charitable objects

The Objectives of the Society shall be to promote and encourage the following objectives by charitable means only:(a) To encourage high standards of architecture and Town Planning in the City of Colchester.(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 and of historic interest.(d) To pursue these ends by means of meetings, exhibitions, lectures, publications, other forms of instruction and publicity and the promotion of schemes of a charitable nature.(e) To co-operate with other local, regional and national organisations in the pursuit of similar Objectives on a broader geographical basis.

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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.

10 trustees on the board

4.8y median 3y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (3)

2
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 10Environment/conservation/heritage 9General Charitable Purposes 2Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Religious Activities 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.

Education 2Other services 2Arts and leisure 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£7k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
237885
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONSTITUTION ADOPTED ON THE 22 SEPTEMBER 1964 AS REVISED ON THE 7 DECEMBER 1964 AND AMENDED ON THE 15 MARCH 1972, 10 APRIL 1995 AND 16TH APRIL 2002 as amended on 10 Jun 2025
Contact on the register
01206 766372
Edition
Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
Labels
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