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Registered charity · Hertfordshire

The Historic Commercial Vehicle Society

  • 10 trustees
  • Income £62k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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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
Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Scotland, Northern Ireland, Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.hcvs.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Historic Commercial Vehicle Society
Registered
1976

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£62k£60k
  • 2024£62k£62k
  • 2023£69k£64k
Earlier years
  • 2022£69k£49k
  • 2021£67k£47k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

TO PRESERVE, RESTORE AND OPERATE HISTORIC COMMERCIAL VEHICLES AS A PERMANENT PUBLIC EXHIBITION AND MUSEUM FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF TECHNICAL, HISTORICAL AND GENERAL EDUCATION AND FOR THE PERMANENT PRESERVATION DISPLAY AND DEMONSTRATION OF HISTORIC COMMERCIAL VEHICLES EQUIPMENT, MACHINERY AND RELICS OF HISTORICAL, OPERATIONAL AND GENERAL INTEREST AND EDUCATIONAL VALUE

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

1.5y median 0.5y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

4.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

6
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 10Education/training 10Environment/conservation/heritage 10

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Other services 6Arts and leisure 1

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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£62k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
271123
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 21 JAN 1976AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 03 APR 1993AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 09 APR 1994AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 28 MAR 2015AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 18 MAR 2017 as amended on 12 Apr 2025
Companies House
Company number 01241335 · Active
Contact on the register
01342894564 · info@hcvs.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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