Registered charity · Lincoln
The Tennyson Society
The Tennyson Society is a registered charity (number 266107) based in Lincoln, governed by 10 trustees. Latest income £7k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
- 10 trustees
- Income £7k (2025)
The people who lead this organisation are listed below. Create a free account to save it, get alerts and check how you are connected.
Official record Charity Commission · updated 25th October 2026 · Sources · Free, no card or password
Network
The large node is The Tennyson Society. Red nodes are organisations, white nodes are people. Dashed links are historical or inferred. Click any node to explore.
Who leads it
- Dr Clive SextonTrustee · since 2010
- Dr Jim CheshireTrustee · since 2017
- Dr Marion SherwoodTrustee · since 2014
- Dr Matthew Campbell ProfessorTrustee · since 1995
- Jillian BostTrustee · since 2019
- Lynne CarrollTrustee · since 2022
- Prof Valerie PurtonTrustee
- Professor David Stocker ProfessorTrustee · since 2024
- Professor Roger EbbatsonTrustee
- Rosalind BoyceTrustee
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
Do you help lead this organisation? Set up its network · How it works
Similar charities are matched by type of organisation or purpose and listed by latest income; shared trustees are formal board links. Neither is proof the organisations work together.
About
- What it does
- Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Isle Of Wight, Lincolnshire
- Website
- www.tennysonsociety.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1973
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£7k£7k
- 2024£7k£7k
- 2023£6k£6k
Earlier years
- 2022£9k£9k
- 2021£5k£5k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO STIMULATE PUBLIC INTEREST IN AND KNOLEDGE OF LORD TENNYSON'S LIFE AND WORK AND FAMILY.
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
- Dr Clive Sexton since 2010
- Dr Jim Cheshire since 2017
- Dr Marion Sherwood since 2014
- Dr Matthew Campbell Professor since 1995
- Jillian Bost since 2019
- Lynne Carroll since 2022
- Prof Valerie Purton
- Professor Roger Ebbatson
- Professor David Stocker Professor since 2024
- Rosalind Boyce
Trustees past 6 years
- Dr Clive Sexton since 2010
- Dr Jim Cheshire since 2017
- Dr Marion Sherwood since 2014
- Dr Matthew Campbell Professor since 1995
- Jillian Bost since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Dr Clive Sexton since 2010
- Dr Jim Cheshire since 2017
- Dr Marion Sherwood since 2014
- Dr Matthew Campbell Professor since 1995
- Jillian Bost since 2019
- Lynne Carroll since 2022
- Prof Valerie Purton
- Professor Roger Ebbatson
- Rosalind Boyce
Portfolio (1)
- Professor David Stocker Professor since 2024
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
- 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
- 266107
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED THE 31ST MAY 1973
- Contact on the register
- 01522687837 · kathleen.jefferson@lincolnshire.gov.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th October 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.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Report an issue · How we handle data