The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Dedham Vale Society

Registered charity 246007 Registered since 1966

Operates: Essex, Suffolk

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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

4.9y median 2y
average tenure
15y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.4y
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

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Related organisations

Connected through a shared trustee

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Contact

Websitewww.dedhamvalesociety.org.uk
Emailadam.sedgwick@yahoo.co.uk
Phone01206262437
AddressDowns House, The Downs, Stoke by Nayland, COLCHESTER, CO6 4TQ

Finances

£29,986 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£7,706£6,237
2021£12,003£26,590
2022£2,683£6,919
2023£13,308£8,319
2024£29,986£21,361

What it does

What

Environment/conservation/heritage

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Advocacy/advice/informationActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

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.

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

Trustees (10)

10trustees
82median age
2aged 70+

Connected charities (7)

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