Registered charity · Kendal
Kendal Civic Society
- 10 trustees
- Income £4k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- John Anthony BatesonChair · since 2015
- Daniel Richard James ClahaneTrustee · since 2026
- Graham Norman HarrisonTrustee · since 2026
- Ian Richard GibbardTrustee · since 2023
- Margaret Jenny Watson WilsonTrustee · since 2025
- MR JON RobinsonTrustee · since 2015
- MRS Toni YatesTrustee
- Richard PealingTrustee · since 2025
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- Robin Timothy YatesTrustee
- Thomas Townley MacanTrustee · since 2025
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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People on this board also serve on 2 other charities:
- Outgate Reading Room Trust · 1 shared trustee
- The Kendal Charity for the Aged and Infirm · 1 shared trustee
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About
- What it does
- Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- Cumbria
- Website
- www.kendalcivicsociety.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1964
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£4k£4k
- 2024£16k£5k
- 2023£4k£5k
Earlier years
- 2022£9k£7k
- 2021£3k£6k
Charitable objects
1) THE MAKING AND MAINTAINING OF KENDAL AS AN ATTRACTIVE LOCALITY.2) HIGH STANDARDS IN ARCHITECTURE, BUILDING AND TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING.3) PRESERVATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, OF BUILDINGS AND FEATURES OF BEAUTY AND HISTORIC OR ARCHITECTURAL INTEREST.
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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
- John Anthony Bateson Chair since 2015
- Daniel Richard James Clahane since 2026
- Graham Norman Harrison since 2026
- Ian Richard Gibbard since 2023
- MR JON Robinson since 2015
- MRS Toni Yates
- Margaret Jenny Watson Wilson since 2025
- Robin Timothy Yates
- Richard Pealing since 2025
- Thomas Townley Macan since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- John Anthony Bateson Chair since 2015
- MR JON Robinson since 2015
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- John Anthony Bateson Chair since 2015
- Daniel Richard James Clahane since 2026
- Graham Norman Harrison since 2026
- Ian Richard Gibbard since 2023
- MR JON Robinson since 2015
- MRS Toni Yates
- Margaret Jenny Watson Wilson since 2025
- Robin Timothy Yates
Portfolio (2)
- Richard Pealing since 2025
- Thomas Townley Macan since 2025
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- 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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 238470
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION
- Contact on the register
- 01539733252 · robin@phonecoop.coop
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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