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Registered charity · Colchester

Dedham Vale Society

Dedham Vale Society is a registered charity (number 246007) based in Colchester, governed by 10 trustees and chaired by Charles Clover. Latest income £46k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

  • 10 trustees
  • Income £46k (2025)
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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
Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Essex, Suffolk
Website
www.dedhamvalesociety.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1966

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£46k£19k
  • 2024£30k£21k
  • 2023£13k£8k
Earlier years
  • 2022£3k£7k
  • 2021£12k£27k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 12%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE MAINTENANCE, PROTECTION AND, IF POSSIBLE, THE ENHANCEMENT OF THE NATURAL AND ARCHITECTURAL BEAUTIES AND AMENITIES OF THE AREA OF OUTSTANDING NATURAL BEAUTY KNOWN AS DEDHAM VALE AND TO STIMULATE PUBLIC CONSCIOUSNESS OF THESE ENDS.

Grants received

1 grant · £1,000 total

360Giving 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

Most recent

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.

10 trustees on the board

4.9y median 2y
average tenure
15y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (1)

Portfolio (9)

2
company-linked trustees

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

Environment/conservation/heritage 10Other Charitable Purposes 7Accommodation/housing 1Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Education/training 1General Charitable Purposes 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 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.

Health and social care 1Other services 1Property 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£30k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
246007
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 23/01/1959AS AMENDED ON 03/03/1960AS AMENDED ON 26/04/1962AS AMENDED ON 15/05/1964AS AMENDED ON 26/06/1969AS AMENDED ON 04/06/1974AS AMENDED ON 23/02/1976AS AMENDED ON 04/02/2011AS AMENDED ON 28 SEP 2015 as amended on 26 Oct 2020
Contact on the register
01206262437 · adam.sedgwick@yahoo.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
Labels
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