Registered charity · Somerset
Halsway Manor Society Limited
4.1 The Society is established for the following objects: -4.1.1 to advance education and inform and promote participation in all aspects of the folk heritage, especially as found in England including; traditional folk music, dances, songs,...
- 9 trustees
- Income £1.4m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Stephen Charles EarwickerChair · since 2017
- Anthony Michael Jon MillyardTrustee · since 2018
- Deborah WoodTrustee · since 2022
- Fiona CoopeTrustee · since 2023
- James RobertsonTrustee · since 2020
- Julie WilliamsTrustee · since 2013
- Peter RowlstoneTrustee · since 2025
- Russ PalmerTrustee · since 2015
- Sophie Jessica GreenTrustee · since 2025
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Accommodation/housing, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.halswaymanor.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Halsway Manor Society Limited
- Registered
- 1966
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£1.4m£1.1m
- 2024£1.2m£1.1m
- 2023£1.2m£914k
Earlier years
- 2022£869k£809k
- 2021£564k£525k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2022: Government grants 7%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
4.1 The Society is established for the following objects: -4.1.1 to advance education and inform and promote participation in all aspects of the folk heritage, especially as found in England including; traditional folk music, dances, songs, stories, folklore, drama, choirs and orchestras, visual arts, crafts, traditional games and other related traditional and cultural activities. To preserve and encourage the practice of them in their traditional forms and to use and maintain Halsway Manor as a hub for these activities, and to provide residential board and accommodation and refreshment facilities in connection therewith.4.1.2 to promote historical research into 4.1.1 and make available to the public the results of such research4.1.3 to the extent that the income and property of the Halsway Manor Society Ltd cannot be used for the above objects they shall be used for the advancement of the education of the public (but so that nothing hereinafter contained shall be deemed to empower the Society to pursue any ancillary object which is not exclusively charitable).4.2 To further these objects the Society will: 4.2.1 promote and co-operate in demonstrations, festivals and other like performances of folk dances, songs, folk traditions, folklore, tales and drama whether held in England or not.4.2.2 prepare and publish, issue and make use of, for sale, performance or otherwise, such books, journals, records, reports, and other literature, and means and apparatus for the visual and mechanical reproduction of folk dances, songs, folk traditions, folklore, and music as may seem desirable to further the education of the public in these arts.4.2.3 To make, obtain and distribute, by sale or otherwise, instruments and other articles of whatever description, requisite for the performance or practice of folk dances, songs, folk traditions, folklore, and music in accordance with the above objects. 4.2.4 solicit and receive subscriptions and gifts of all kinds, whether absolute or conditional for the purposes of the Society.4.2.5 subject to these articles, take and hold any buildings and lands, and property of any kind, whether absolutely or on trust and to maintain it and equip it for use, including, in particular, the property known as Halsway Manor, Crowcombe, Somerset4.2.6 borrow money and charge the whole or any part of the property belonging to the Society as security for repayment or as security for a grant or the discharge of an obligation.4.2.7 do all or any such lawful things as may be conducive or incidental to the attainment of the Objects.
Grants received
6 grants · £736,900 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 · £508,900 (2 grants)
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £154,000
- Somerset Community Foundation · £39,000
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £25,000
- SHAREGIFT · £10,000
Most recent
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
- 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.
9 trustees on the board
- Stephen Charles Earwicker Chair since 2017
- Anthony Michael Jon Millyard since 2018
- Deborah Wood since 2022
- Fiona Coope since 2023
- James Robertson since 2020
- Julie Williams since 2013
- Peter Rowlstone since 2025
- Russ Palmer since 2015
- Sophie Jessica Green since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Stephen Charles Earwicker Chair since 2017
- Anthony Michael Jon Millyard since 2018
- Julie Williams since 2013
- Russ Palmer since 2015
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Stephen Charles Earwicker Chair since 2017
- Deborah Wood since 2022
- Fiona Coope since 2023
- Peter Rowlstone since 2025
- Russ Palmer since 2015
- Sophie Jessica Green since 2025
Portfolio (3)
- Anthony Michael Jon Millyard since 2018
- James Robertson since 2020
- Julie Williams since 2013
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
- 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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
3.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 2.3 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 247230
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION AS AMENDED 30 JANUARY 1966, 6 OCTOBER 2002, 2 OCTOBER 2005, 1 OCTOBER 2006 AND 7 OCTOBER 2007.AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 05/10/2014AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 31/07/2015 as amended on 19 Dec 2018 as amended on 31 Dec 2018 as amended on 13 Nov 2021
- Companies House
- Company number 00849615 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01984618274 · accounts@halswaymanor.org.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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