Registered charity · Devon
The Devon History Society
- 10 trustees
- Income £9k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Katherine Jane FindlayChair · since 2021
- Brian CarpenterTrustee · since 2015
- Dr Julia Frances NevilleTrustee · since 2023
- Dr Timothy LomasTrustee · since 2018
- Edmund GreavesTrustee · since 2026
- Maisie JepsonTrustee · since 2024
- Martin Alan SmithTrustee · since 2014
- Professor Henry Richards FrenchTrustee · since 2014
- Robert CampbellTrustee · since 2025
- Shreya RakshitTrustee · since 2026
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Devon, Plymouth City, Torbay
- Website
- www.devonhistorysociety.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1971
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£9k£10k
- 2024£9k£5k
- 2023£7k£4k
Earlier years
- 2022£7k£5k
- 2021£5k£4k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY THE STUDY OF LOCAL HISTORY IN THE COUNTY OF DEVON. (FOR DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 2 OF CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 10 MAY 1970.)
Grants received
1 grant · £9,100 total360Giving 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 · £9,100
Most recent
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
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.
10 trustees on the board
- Katherine Jane Findlay Chair since 2021
- Brian Carpenter since 2015
- Dr Julia Frances Neville since 2023
- Dr Timothy Lomas since 2018
- Edmund Greaves since 2026
- Martin Alan Smith since 2014
- Maisie Jepson since 2024
- Professor Henry Richards French since 2014
- Robert Campbell since 2025
- Shreya Rakshit since 2026
Trustees past 6 years
- Brian Carpenter since 2015
- Dr Timothy Lomas since 2018
- Martin Alan Smith since 2014
- Professor Henry Richards French since 2014
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Katherine Jane Findlay Chair since 2021
- Brian Carpenter since 2015
- Dr Julia Frances Neville since 2023
- Edmund Greaves since 2026
- Martin Alan Smith since 2014
- Maisie Jepson since 2024
- Professor Henry Richards French since 2014
- Robert Campbell since 2025
- Shreya Rakshit since 2026
Portfolio (1)
- Dr Timothy Lomas since 2018
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.
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
- 262485
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 10 MAY 1970 AS AMENDED 10 MAY 1980 AND 15 OCTOBER 1994. as amended on 13 Oct 2018 as amended on 09 Oct 2021
- Contact on the register
- 01769579604 · treasurer@devonhistorysociety.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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