Vernacular Architecture Group

Registered charity 279839 Registered since 1982

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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Board DNA

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trustees on the board

4.1y median 3.5y

average tenure

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

5.8y

average years in governance

13 vs 2 portfolio

first-time trustees

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage

Education/training 17Environment/conservation/heritage 17Arts/culture/heritage/science 3General Charitable Purposes 1

Commercial experience

Arts and leisure 1Other services 1

Boards that share trustees

Durham Victoria County History Trust 1 shared trustee
The Dugdale Society 1 shared trustee
Spon END Building Preservation Trust 1 shared trustee
Discovering OLD Welsh Houses Group 1 shared trustee
The Historic Towns Trust 1 shared trustee

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Related organisations

The Historic Towns Trust 1 shared trustee
Durham Victoria County History Trust 1 shared trustee
Discovering OLD Welsh Houses Group 1 shared trustee
The City of Durham Trust 1 shared trustee
The BOW Trust (Durham) Limited 1 shared trustee
Spon END Building Preservation Trust 1 shared trustee

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Contact

Website	www.vag.org.uk
Email	secretary@vag.org.uk
Phone	01768351352
Address	Hampers, Oak Road, Little Maplestead, HALSTEAD, Essex, CO9 2RT

Finances

£139,225 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£29,018	£26,570
2022	£24,515	£30,235
2023	£74,225	£71,080
2024	£71,079	£82,305
2025	£139,225	£91,278

What it does

What

Education/trainingEnvironment/conservation/heritage

Who

Other Defined Groups

How

Sponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

THE PROMOTION OF THE STUDY OF LESSER TRADITIONAL BUILDINGS, PARTICULAR THOSE OF THE UNITED KINGDON.

Governing document: RULES ADOPTED 19TH DECEMBER 1981 AND AMENDED ON 17TH DECEMBER 1983, 14TH DECEMBER 1984 AND 14TH DECEMBER 1985, 14TH DECEMBER 1991 AND 17 DECEMBER 2005 as amended on 07 Jan 2016

Trustees (17)

17trustees

53median age

0aged 70+

Professor Mark Francis Gardiner PhD, FSA Chair since 2026
Anne Jennifer Bishop since 2022
Beverley Jayne Kerr since 2019
Dr Abigail Sarah Lloyd since 2025
Dr Adrian Gareth Greenage 53 since 2018
Dr Christopher King since 2023
Dr Jane Clare Grenville OBE FSA since 2024
Dr Martin Cherry PhD FSA since 2024
Dr Martin Toms since 2025
Dr Nathaniel Warren Alcock OBE
Hannah Kingsbury since 2022
Jennifer Margaret Morrison-Conolly since 2024
Lorraine Sara Moor
Lauren Wilson since 2018
MR Nick Hill
Rebecca Helen Lane since 2020
Tansy Collins since 2017

Connected charities (7)

The City of Durham Trust 1 shared trustee
The BOW Trust (Durham) Limited 1 shared trustee
The Dugdale Society 1 shared trustee
Spon END Building Preservation Trust 1 shared trustee
Durham Victoria County History Trust 1 shared trustee
Discovering OLD Welsh Houses Group 1 shared trustee
The Historic Towns Trust 1 shared trustee

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