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Registered charity · Devon

The Devon Archaeological Society

  • 18 trustees
  • Income £48k (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, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Devon
Website
www.devonarchaeologicalsociety.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1979

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£48k£48k
  • 2023£40k£40k
  • 2022£39k£35k
Earlier years
  • 2021£49k£48k
  • 2020£52k£41k

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECT OF THE SOCIETY SHALL BE TO PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE ARCHAEOLOGY IN THE HISTORIC COUNTY OF DEVON FOR THE BENEFIT AND EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY MEANS OF:= THE PROMOTION AND EXECUTION OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH; = THE CONSERVATION OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORIC SITES AND LANDSCAPES AND HISTORIC BUILDINGS; = THE PUBLICATION OF MATERIAL RELEVANT TO THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE COUNTY OF DEVON; = MEETINGS, LECTURES, EXHIBITIONS AND OTHER FORMS OF EDUCATION AND PUBLICITY; = SUCH OTHER ACTIVITIES AS MAY BE DEEMED NECESSARY BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE TO FULFIL THE CHARITABLE OBJECTS OF THE SOCIETY.

Grants received

8 grants · £108,871 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £96,652 (5 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport · £7,219 (2 grants)
  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport · £5,000

Most recent

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £15,0002022-04-01
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £7062022-03-10
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £70,5002021-04-01
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £5,4462020-10-26
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £5,0002020-04-01
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.

7.5y median 6.5y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

11y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (18)

4
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 18Environment/conservation/heritage 18

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

Professional services 2Arts and leisure 1Business services 1

Gaps to watch

  • 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.

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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£48k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
276865
Status
Registered
Governing document
RULES ADOPTED 17 APRIL 1967 AS AMENDED ON 26 OCTOBER 1978, 28 MARCH 1998, 12 APRIL 2008, 28 MARCH 2009 AND 27 MARCH 2010
Contact on the register
01392430629 · dashonsec@devonarchaeologicalsociety.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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