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Registered charity · Hertfordshire

The Heraldry Society

  • 11 trustees
  • Income £65k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 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
Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.theheraldrysociety.com (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Heraldry Society
Registered
1965

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£65k£51k
  • 2024£72k£61k
  • 2023£48k£37k
Earlier years
  • 2022£45k£30k
  • 2021£56k£31k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE THE STUDY AND KNOWLEDGE OF AND TO FOSTER AND EXTEND INTEREST IN THE ART AND SCIENCE OF HERALDRY ARMORY ETC., AND TO PROMOTE MEETINGS, LECTURES AND ASSIST RESEARCH IN CONNECTION THEREWITH. TO ESTABLISH A REFERENCE LIBRARY AND PUBLISH BOOKS IN CONNECTION WITH HERALDRY.

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.

6.2y median 6y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure
7.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

Portfolio (1)

8
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 11Education/training 11Environment/conservation/heritage 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 8Education 1Property 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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£65k 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
241456
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 11TH OCTOBER 1956 AS AMENDED ON THE 16TH DECEMBER 1971 AND 19TH DECEMBER 1974 as amended on 10 Nov 2022
Companies House
Company number 00572778 · Active
Contact on the register
07795971282 · treasurer@theheraldrysociety.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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