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Registered charity · Dorset

The Thomas Hardy Society

  • 15 trustees
  • Income £44k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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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
Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.hardysociety.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Thomas Hardy Society
Registered
1968

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£44k£35k
  • 2024£40k£46k
  • 2023£31k£38k
Earlier years
  • 2022£40k£56k
  • 2021£17k£38k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE WORKS OF THOMAS HARDY BY PROMOTING IN EVERY PART OF THE WORLD APPRECIATION AND STUDY OF THOSE WORKS.

Grants received

1 grant · £10,000 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

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £10,000

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £10,0002019-12-04
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.

15 trustees on the board

2.6y median 2y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

4.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (14)

Portfolio (1)

10
company-linked trustees

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

Arts/culture/heritage/science 15Education/training 15Environment/conservation/heritage 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.

Tech and media 11Other services 1Professional services 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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£40k latest income · spending exceeded income 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
254248
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 22ND JUNE 1967 AND AMENDED 21 JUNE 1968, 13 JUNE 1973, 22 SEPTEMBER 1978, 11 NOVEMBER 1983, 4 JUNE 1988,13 JULY 1991, 29 JULY 1992 AND SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 24 JULY 1993, 1 JULY 1995 AND 12/12/98 as amended on 01 Aug 2026
Companies House
Company number 00909018 · Active
Contact on the register
07934253060 · info@hardysociety.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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