Registered charity · Cumbria
The British Agricultural History Society
- 13 trustees
- Income £45k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Dr Alex Spike GibbsTrustee · since 2022
- Dr Carol BeardmoreTrustee · since 2025
- Dr Derek ShepherdTrustee · since 2021
- Dr Elizabeth RhodesTrustee · since 2024
- Dr Jane RowlingTrustee · since 2024
- Dr John MorganTrustee · since 2020
- Dr Mark HailwoodTrustee · since 2025
- Dr Paul Simon WardeTrustee · since 2019
- Dr Samantha Shave BA MSc PhDTrustee · since 2022
- Dr Sarah HollandTrustee · since 2022
- Dr Sarah SpoonerTrustee · since 2025
- Professor Annie TindleyTrustee · since 2021
- Professor Nicola VerdonTrustee · since 2019
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- Scotland, Northern Ireland, Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.bahs.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1967
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£45k£49k
- 2024£51k£33k
- 2023£36k£34k
Earlier years
- 2022£39k£37k
- 2021£34k£46k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE SOCIETY SHALL BE TO PROMOTE, ENCOURAGE, FOSTER AND COORDINATE THE STUDY AND UNDERSTANDING OF AGRICULTURAL AND RURAL HISTORY, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE BRITISH ISLES.
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.
13 trustees on the board
- Dr Alex Spike Gibbs since 2022
- Dr Carol Beardmore since 2025
- Dr Derek Shepherd since 2021
- Dr Elizabeth Rhodes since 2024
- Dr Jane Rowling since 2024
- Dr John Morgan since 2020
- Dr Mark Hailwood since 2025
- Dr Paul Simon Warde since 2019
- Dr Sarah Spooner since 2025
- Dr Samantha Shave BA MSc PhD since 2022
- Dr Sarah Holland since 2022
- Professor Annie Tindley since 2021
- Professor Nicola Verdon since 2019
Trustees past 6 years
- Dr John Morgan since 2020
- Dr Paul Simon Warde since 2019
- Professor Nicola Verdon since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (13)
- Dr Alex Spike Gibbs since 2022
- Dr Carol Beardmore since 2025
- Dr Derek Shepherd since 2021
- Dr Elizabeth Rhodes since 2024
- Dr Jane Rowling since 2024
- Dr John Morgan since 2020
- Dr Mark Hailwood since 2025
- Dr Paul Simon Warde since 2019
- Dr Sarah Spooner since 2025
- Dr Samantha Shave BA MSc PhD since 2022
- Dr Sarah Holland since 2022
- Professor Annie Tindley since 2021
- Professor Nicola Verdon since 2019
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on 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
- 251851
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 13 APRIL 1953 AS AMENDED 10 APRIL 1973, 8 APRIL 1975, 10 APRIL 1979, 6 APRIL 1993, 2 APRIL1996, 8 APRIL 1997 AND 12 APRIL 2000AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 04 APR 2016
- Contact on the register
- 00496211812253 · secretary@bahs.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 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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