The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Hymn Society of Great Britain and Ireland

Registered charity 248225 Registered since 1966

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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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.

2.3y median 2y
average tenure
3y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
12.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (1)

Portfolio (4)

1
company-linked trustees

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

Religious Activities 5Education/training 4Arts/culture/heritage/science 1General Charitable Purposes 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.

Education 2

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
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incomespending£36k latest income

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

Also active in the same field

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Contact

Websitewww.hymnsocgbi.org
Emailmichaelgarland368@btinternet.com
Phone01452720872
Address6 Whimbrel Road, Quedgeley, GLOUCESTER, GL2 4LJ

Finances

£29,095 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£13,188£12,509
2022£30,928£37,849
2023£35,780£35,879
2024£35,570£32,731
2025£29,095£36,703

What it does

What

Religious Activities

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To Individuals

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH THROUGH THE STUDY AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE HYMN AS AN EXPRESSION OF WORSHIP AND IN FURTHERANCE OF THAT OBJECT BUT NOT FURTHER OR OTHERWISE THE SOCIETY MAY BRING TOGETHER FOR STUDY, RESEARCH AND FELLOWSHIP THOSE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN HYMS, WHETHER IN THEIR WORDS OR MUSIC, AND MAKE INTERNATIONAL CONTACTS TO THIS END. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CONSTITUTION).

Governing document: CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 31ST JULY 1973 as amended on 25 Jul 2019

Trustees (5)

5trustees
76median age
1aged 70+

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