Registered charity · Tunbridge Wells
Royal Tunbridge Wells Civic Society
Royal Tunbridge Wells Civic Society is a registered charity (number 276545) based in Tunbridge Wells, governed by 14 trustees and chaired by Brian Lippard since 2014. Latest income £14k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
- 14 trustees
- Income £14k (2025)
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Who leads it
- Brian LippardChair · since 2014
- Chris JonesTrustee
- Christopher Stewart WellerTrustee · since 2022
- David SandfordTrustee
- David WrightTrustee · since 2014
- Debbie Lorraine SalterTrustee · since 2025
- Dr Alastair TODTrustee
- Dr Richard John MorriceTrustee · since 2022
- John DelucyTrustee · since 2014
- Lorna BlackmoreTrustee · since 2014
- Paul James AvisTrustee · since 2016
- Peter LewisTrustee · since 2015
- Philippa PigacheTrustee · since 2022
- Sheelagh Caroline AucklandTrustee · since 2019
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- Kent
- Website
- www.thecivicsociety.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1978
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£14k£16k
- 2024£12k£14k
- 2023£12k£15k
Earlier years
- 2022£12k£15k
- 2021£7k£6k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2022: Government grants 4%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
(A) TO STIMULATE PUBLIC INTEREST IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT. (B) TO PROMOTE HIGH STANDARDS OF PLANNING AND ARCHITECTURE IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT. (C) TO SECURE PRESERVATION, PROTECTION, DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF FEATURES OF HISTORIC OR PUBLIC INTEREST IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT. (D)TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE GEOGRAPHY, HISTORY AND ARCHITECTURE OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT.
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.
14 trustees on the board
- Brian Lippard Chair since 2014
- Chris Jones
- Christopher Stewart Weller since 2022
- David Sandford
- David Wright since 2014
- Debbie Lorraine Salter since 2025
- Dr Alastair TOD
- Dr Richard John Morrice since 2022
- John Delucy since 2014
- Lorna Blackmore since 2014
- Paul James Avis since 2016
- Peter Lewis since 2015
- Philippa Pigache since 2022
- Sheelagh Caroline Auckland since 2019
Trustees past 6 years
- Brian Lippard Chair since 2014
- David Wright since 2014
- John Delucy since 2014
- Lorna Blackmore since 2014
- Paul James Avis since 2016
- Peter Lewis since 2015
- Sheelagh Caroline Auckland since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (11)
- Christopher Stewart Weller since 2022
- David Sandford
- David Wright since 2014
- Debbie Lorraine Salter since 2025
- Dr Alastair TOD
- Dr Richard John Morrice since 2022
- John Delucy since 2014
- Lorna Blackmore since 2014
- Paul James Avis since 2016
- Peter Lewis since 2015
- Philippa Pigache since 2022
Portfolio (3)
- Brian Lippard Chair since 2014
- Chris Jones
- Sheelagh Caroline Auckland since 2019
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.
Gaps to watch
- 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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 276545
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 25 OCTOBER 1973 AS AMENDED, 10 OCTOBER 1985 AND 9 NOVEMBER 2006.
- Contact on the register
- 01892 522025 · contactus@thecivicsociety.org
- 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.
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