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Registered charity · Bicester

The Tolkien Society

  • 7 trustees
  • Income £274k (2024)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 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
Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.tolkiensociety.org (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1977

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£274k£213k
  • 2023£305k£240k
  • 2022£217k£151k
Earlier years
  • 2021£196k£118k
  • 2020£101k£93k

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Charitable objects

TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN, AND PROMOTE RESEARCH INTO, THE LIFE AND WORKS OF PROFESSOR JOHN RONALD REVEL TOLKIEN, CBE.

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.

7 trustees on the board

6.7y median 7y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (1)

0
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 7Education/training 7Environment/conservation/heritage 7

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£274k 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
273809
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 28TH MAY 1977 AS AMENDED 6 APRIL 2002, APRIL 2003 AND APRIL 2007.AS AMENDED ON 22 APR 2017 as amended on 06 Apr 2019 as amended on 18 Apr 2020
Contact on the register
01865331294 · treasurer@tolkiensociety.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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