Registered charity · Ely
Cambridgeshire & Huntingdonshire Family History Society
Cambridgeshire & Huntingdonshire Family History Society is a registered charity (number 278815) based in Ely, governed by 5 trustees. Latest income £37k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
Also known as Cambs Family History Society, Cfhs (Charity Commission)
- 5 trustees
- Income £37k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training
- Where
- Cambridgeshire
- Website
- www.chfhs.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1979
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£37k£23k
- 2024£36k£37k
- 2023£41k£35k
Earlier years
- 2022£34k£31k
- 2021£38k£34k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE STUDY OF FAMILY HISTORY WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO GENEALOGY AND HERALDRY.
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.
5 trustees on the board
- Caroline Norton
- David Copsey since 2017
- Leslie Potts since 2019
- Muriel Halliday since 2012
- Wendy Siddles since 2017
Trustees past 6 years
- David Copsey since 2017
- Leslie Potts since 2019
- Muriel Halliday since 2012
- Wendy Siddles since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Caroline Norton
- David Copsey since 2017
- Leslie Potts since 2019
- Muriel Halliday since 2012
- Wendy Siddles since 2017
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- 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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 278815
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- RULES ADOPTED 10 NOVEMBER 1976 AS AMENDED 17 OCTOBER 1979 AS AMENDED 23RD MARCH 2005 as amended on 09 Nov 2019
- Contact on the register
- 07891762250 · chairman@cfhs.org.uk
- 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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