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Isle of Wight Natural History and Archaeological Society

  • 11 trustees
  • Income £36k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Isle Of Wight
Website
www.iwnhas.org (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1970

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£36k£28k
  • 2024£125k£26k
  • 2023£25k£24k
Earlier years
  • 2022£18k£37k
  • 2021£46k£20k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

(1) TO PROMOTE THE STUDY OF NATURAL HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY ESPECIALLY IN RELATION TO THE ISLE OF WIGHT. (2) TO PROMOTE IN EVERY WAY POSSIBLE THE CONSERVATION OF THE FLORA AND FAUNA OF THE ISLE OF WIGHT AND THE PROPER PRESERVATION OF ALL OBJECTS OF SPECIAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND GEOLOGICAL INTEREST. (3) TO PLACE ON RECORD SUCH DISCOVERIES AND OBSERVATIONS OF SCIENTIFIC VALUE OR INTERESTS AS MAY BE CONSIDERED WORTHY OF NOTE. (4) TO ACT IN CLOSE CO-OPERATON WITH OTHER SOCIETIES OR INSTITUTIONS WHOSE OBJECTS OR ACTIVITIES ARE SIMILAR TO THOSE OF THE SOCIETY.

Grants received

1 grant · £3,750 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 · £3,750

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £3,7501999-08-26
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.

6.6y median 6y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

4.4y
average years in governance
0
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 11

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • 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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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£36k latest income · income exceeded spending 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
260747
Status
Registered
Governing document
RULES REVISED 1977; FEBRUARY 1979 AND 24TH JANUARY 1981 AND JANUARY 1982 AND FEBRUARY 1995 AND FEBRUARY 1999 AND AGM 2000, FEBRUARY 2001 AND 27 MARCH 2010. as amended on 14 Aug 2021
Contact on the register
01983282596 · iwnhas@btconnect.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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