Registered charity · Lewes
The Baptist Historical Society
- 13 trustees
- Income £17k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Dr Tim MiddletonTrustee · since 2023
- John Raymond HowesTrustee · since 2017
- Judith Anne GardinerTrustee · since 2026
- Melvin Raymond PoolTrustee · since 2025
- Professor Paul Stuart FiddesTrustee · since 2013
- Rev Dr Andrew Jonathan GoodliffTrustee · since 2016
- Rev Dr Gale RichardsTrustee · since 2026
- REV DR Ruth Mary Boyd GouldbourneTrustee
- Rev Dr Sally NelsonTrustee · since 2026
- Rev Dr Simon Patrick WoodmanTrustee · since 2012
- REV K E SmithTrustee
- Rev Stephen Leonard CopsonTrustee
- The Revd Dr Keith Grant JonesTrustee · since 2013
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Religious Activities, Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.baptisthistory.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1976
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£17k£13k
- 2024£12k£8k
- 2023£11k£11k
Earlier years
- 2022£16k£11k
- 2021£11k£7k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH AND IN PARTICULAR TO PROMOTE THE CARE OF BAPTIST RECORDS AND PLACES OF HISTORIC INTEREST TO BAPTISTS, TO ASSIST THOSE STUDYING BAPTIST HISTORY AND PRINCIPLES AND TO RECORD BAPTIST HISTORY THROUGH LECTURES AND PUBLICATIONS.
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.
13 trustees on the board
- Dr Tim Middleton since 2023
- John Raymond Howes since 2017
- Judith Anne Gardiner since 2026
- Melvin Raymond Pool since 2025
- Professor Paul Stuart Fiddes since 2013
- REV DR Ruth Mary Boyd Gouldbourne
- REV K E Smith
- Rev Dr Andrew Jonathan Goodliff since 2016
- Rev Dr Gale Richards since 2026
- Rev Dr Sally Nelson since 2026
- Rev Dr Simon Patrick Woodman since 2012
- Rev Stephen Leonard Copson
- The Revd Dr Keith Grant Jones since 2013
Trustees past 6 years
- John Raymond Howes since 2017
- Professor Paul Stuart Fiddes since 2013
- Rev Dr Andrew Jonathan Goodliff since 2016
- Rev Dr Simon Patrick Woodman since 2012
- The Revd Dr Keith Grant Jones since 2013
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Dr Tim Middleton since 2023
- John Raymond Howes since 2017
- Judith Anne Gardiner since 2026
- REV DR Ruth Mary Boyd Gouldbourne
- REV K E Smith
- Rev Dr Andrew Jonathan Goodliff since 2016
- Rev Dr Gale Richards since 2026
Portfolio (6)
- Melvin Raymond Pool since 2025
- Professor Paul Stuart Fiddes since 2013
- Rev Dr Sally Nelson since 2026
- Rev Dr Simon Patrick Woodman since 2012
- Rev Stephen Leonard Copson
- The Revd Dr Keith Grant Jones since 2013
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.
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
- 271367
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 26TH APRIL 1976
- Contact on the register
- 01273812394
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th 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.
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