Registered charity · Huddersfield
Huddersfield Civic Society
- 11 trustees
- Income £9k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Ann Elspeth DenhamTrustee · since 2024
- Bernard AinsworthTrustee · since 2017
- Christopher Rolfe MarsdenTrustee · since 2026
- Geoffrey Christopher HughesTrustee · since 2019
- Gideon RichardsTrustee · since 2019
- John EastwoodTrustee · since 2017
- Michael Howard SmithTrustee · since 2024
- Michael Sains WoodwardTrustee · since 2025
- Professor Adrian Christopher PittsTrustee · since 2026
- Robert TaylorTrustee · since 2023
- Sylvia JohnsonTrustee · since 2023
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
- Kirklees
- Website
- www.huddersfieldcivicsociety.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1965
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£9k£6k
- 2024£3k£6k
- 2023£4k£4k
Earlier years
- 2022£4k£3k
- 2021£5k£3k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE SOCIETY IS ESTABLISHED FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT FOR THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES IN THE AREA COMPRISING THE FORMER COUNTY BOROUGH OF HUDDERSFIELD (THE AREA OF BENEFIT):(1) TO PROMOTE HIGH STANDARDS OF PLANNING AND ARCHITECTURE IN OR AFFECTING THE AREA OF BENEFIT.(2) TO STIMULATE PUBLIC INTEREST IN AND CARE FOR THE GEOGRAPHY, HISTORY, NATURAL HISTORY, BEAUTY, CHARACTER AND ARCHITECTURE IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.(3) TO ENCOURAGE THE PRESERVATION, PROTECTION, DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF FEATURES OF HISTORIC INTEREST OR GENERAL PUBLIC AMENITY IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.
Grants received
5 grants · £85,545 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £83,745 (4 grants)
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £1,800
Most recent
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
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.
11 trustees on the board
- Ann Elspeth Denham since 2024
- Bernard Ainsworth since 2017
- Christopher Rolfe Marsden since 2026
- Geoffrey Christopher Hughes since 2019
- Gideon Richards since 2019
- John Eastwood since 2017
- Michael Howard Smith since 2024
- Michael Sains Woodward since 2025
- Professor Adrian Christopher Pitts since 2026
- Robert Taylor since 2023
- Sylvia Johnson since 2023
Trustees past 6 years
- Bernard Ainsworth since 2017
- Geoffrey Christopher Hughes since 2019
- Gideon Richards since 2019
- John Eastwood since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (10)
- Ann Elspeth Denham since 2024
- Bernard Ainsworth since 2017
- Christopher Rolfe Marsden since 2026
- Geoffrey Christopher Hughes since 2019
- Gideon Richards since 2019
- John Eastwood since 2017
- Michael Howard Smith since 2024
- Michael Sains Woodward since 2025
- Professor Adrian Christopher Pitts since 2026
- Robert Taylor since 2023
Portfolio (1)
- Sylvia Johnson since 2023
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
- 242397
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION RECEIVED 31 MAY 1965 AS AMENDED ON 17 OCTOBER 2011
- Contact on the register
- 07787424924 · geoffhughes56@aol.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th 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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