Registered charity · Buckinghamshire
The High Wycombe Society
- 12 trustees
- Income £6k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Brian TranterTrustee · since 2014
- Christopher Russell BalkwillTrustee · since 2026
- David Raymond SnoxellTrustee · since 2014
- Gillian Patricia HumphreysTrustee · since 2022
- Malcolm Ivor ConnellTrustee · since 2013
- Nigel John PhillipsTrustee · since 2014
- Peter John LernerTrustee · since 2026
- Stephanie Anne OsbornTrustee · since 2024
- Stephen Peter StruttTrustee · since 2022
- Thomas Anthony HattonTrustee · since 2022
- Tony MealingTrustee · since 2022
- William Bryce ReidTrustee · since 2017
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.
12 trustees on the board
- Brian Tranter since 2014
- Christopher Russell Balkwill since 2026
- David Raymond Snoxell since 2014
- Gillian Patricia Humphreys since 2022
- Malcolm Ivor Connell since 2013
- Nigel John Phillips since 2014
- Peter John Lerner since 2026
- Stephanie Anne Osborn since 2024
- Stephen Peter Strutt since 2022
- Thomas Anthony Hatton since 2022
- Tony Mealing since 2022
- William Bryce Reid since 2017
Trustees past 6 years
- Brian Tranter since 2014
- David Raymond Snoxell since 2014
- Malcolm Ivor Connell since 2013
- Nigel John Phillips since 2014
- William Bryce Reid since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (11)
- Christopher Russell Balkwill since 2026
- David Raymond Snoxell since 2014
- Gillian Patricia Humphreys since 2022
- Malcolm Ivor Connell since 2013
- Nigel John Phillips since 2014
- Peter John Lerner since 2026
- Stephanie Anne Osborn since 2024
- Stephen Peter Strutt since 2022
- Thomas Anthony Hatton since 2022
- Tony Mealing since 2022
- William Bryce Reid since 2017
Portfolio (1)
- Brian Tranter since 2014
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
- 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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
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
- 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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