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Registered charity · Buckinghamshire

The High Wycombe Society

  • 12 trustees
  • Income £6k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources

Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Buckinghamshire
Website
www.highwycombesociety.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1969

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£6k£8k
  • 2024£5k£7k
  • 2023£9k£10k
Earlier years
  • 2022£6k£6k
  • 2021£5k£4k
Charitable objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ("THE OBJECTS") ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN HIGH WYCOMBE AND THE SURROUNDING AREA: - TO PROMOTE THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT, IN PARTICULAR THE PUBLIC REALM AND THE HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT; - TO ENCOURAGE HIGH STANDARDS IN THE MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE BUILT AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT; - TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT BY THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT, AND THE PROMOTION OF THE PRUDENT USE OF RESOURCES (SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT BEING DEVELOPMENT THAT MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE PRESENT WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE ABILITY OF FUTURE GENERATIONS TO MEET THEIR OWN NEEDS); - TO FOSTER CIVIC PRIDE AND STIMULATE AND EDUCATE THE PUBLIC, IN PARTICULAR BY PROMOTING UNDERSTANDING OF THE BEAUTY, HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY AND CHARACTER OF DIFFERENT LOCALITIES; - TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES TO UNDERSTAND AND TAKE ACTION TO CONSERVE, PROTECT AND IMPROVE THE QUALITY, BEAUTY AND CHARACTER OF THEIR LOCALITY; - TO PROMOTE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED BY THE TRUSTEES, INCLUDING THE ASSISTANCE OF OTHER CHARITIES.

Board analysis for researchers

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.

6.3y median 4y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (11)

Portfolio (1)

3
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 12

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Arts and leisure 2Business services 2Professional services 2

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of causes across 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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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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£6k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
257897
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 29/11/1968AS AMENDED ON 30/04/1971AS AMENDED ON 27/04/1973AS AMENDED ON 16/04/1992AS AMENDED ON 16/05/2014 as amended on 23 Mar 2018
Contact on the register
07724881440 · chairman@highwycombesociety.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
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