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The Wisbech Society and Preservation Trust LTD

The Wisbech Society and Preservation Trust LTD is a registered charity (number 263115) based in Wisbech, governed by 11 trustees. Latest income £8k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

Also known as The Wisbech Society (Charity Commission)

  • 11 trustees
  • Income £8k (2025)

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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
Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage, Economic/community Development/employment
Where
Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk
Website
www.wisbech-society.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Wisbech Society & Preservation Trust Limited
Registered
1971

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£8k£10k
  • 2024£6k£10k
  • 2023£7k£11k
Earlier years
  • 2022£25k£23k
  • 2021£26k£11k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2022: Government grants 79%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO PRESERVE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE AMENITIES OF THE BOROUGH OF WISBECH, IN THE ISLE OF ELY AND COUNTY OF CAMBRIDGE AND ITS SURROUNDINGS, AND FOR THAT PURPOSE TO ACQUIRE LAND AND BUILDINGS IN THE VICINITY OF WISBECH AND TO CONSERVE THE NATURAL FEATURES AND TO PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT OF SUCH LAND AND BUILDINGS UPON LINES CONSONANT WITH THE OBJECTS OF THE TRUST.

Grants received

2 grants · £347,500 total

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Top funders

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £327,500
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £20,000

Most recent

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £20,0002021-03-08
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £327,5002016-03-17
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.

5.6y median 5y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

18.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

Portfolio (2)

11
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 11Environment/conservation/heritage 11Economic/community Development/employment 10Education/training 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.

Professional services 12Education 3Arts and leisure 2

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£8k 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
263115
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 20TH MARCH 1939
Companies House
Company number 00350808 · Active
Contact on the register
01945475388 · treasurer@wisbech-society.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
Labels
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