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Registered charity · Heathfield

The Historical Metallurgy Society Limited

  • 16 trustees
  • Income £23k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Ireland, Scotland, Northern Ireland
Website
www.historicalmetallurgy.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Historical Metallurgy Society Limited
Registered
1980

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£23k£12k
  • 2024£20k£11k
  • 2023£15k£5k
Earlier years
  • 2022£19k£7k
  • 2021£58k£18k
Charitable objects

TO EDUCATE ANDINSTRUCT THE PUBLIC BY THE FURTHERANCE OF THE STUDY, INVESTIGATION, DESCRIPTION AND PRESERVATION OF THE HISTORICAL AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE OF THE EXTRACTION AND PREPARATION OF ORES AND OTHER RELEVANT MINERALS, OF THE SMELTING AND WORKING OF METALS, OF THE MANUFACTURE AND USE OF METAL OBJECTS AND OF OTHER RELEVANT ACTIVITIES.

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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.

3.6y median 3y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.4y
average years in governance
15
company-linked trustees

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

Environment/conservation/heritage 16Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Education/training 1Religious Activities 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 1

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

Other services 15Education 2Health and social care 2

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£20k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024
116 days
Latest accounts filed after the due dateiFiled after the due dateDate the accounts were received minus the reporting due date, latest filed cycle, Charity Commission register.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
279314
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 08/08/1979AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 26/05/2012 as amended on 26 Sep 2019 as amended on 05 Jun 2021
Companies House
Company number 01442508 · Active
Contact on the register
01435830155 · treasurer@historicalmetallurgy.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
Labels
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