The Ashridge Decorative and Fine Arts Society
Registered charity 280992 Registered since 1980
Operates: Hertfordshire
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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.
10 trustees on the board
- Gregory James Comninos Chair since 2025
- Barbara Mitchell since 2017
- Faith Margaret Comninos since 2024
- Harriet Maisey since 2016
- Josephine Connell since 2023
- Julie Griffiths
- Linda Willott since 2018
- Melanie Harvey since 2019
- Michael John Curry since 2023
- Peter Brown since 2018
5.7y median 7y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure
Trustees past 6 years
- Barbara Mitchell since 2017
- Harriet Maisey since 2016
- Linda Willott since 2018
- Melanie Harvey since 2019
- Peter Brown since 2018
6.7y
average years in governance
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Barbara Mitchell since 2017
- Faith Margaret Comninos since 2024
- Harriet Maisey since 2016
- Josephine Connell since 2023
- Julie Griffiths
- Linda Willott since 2018
- Melanie Harvey since 2019
- Michael John Curry since 2023
- Peter Brown since 2018
Portfolio (1)
- Gregory James Comninos Chair since 2025
1
company-linked trustees
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Arts/culture/heritage/science 9Education/training 1General Charitable Purposes 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.
Health and social care 1
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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
incomespending£15k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.
Connected through a shared trustee
- ST Albans District Citizens Advice Bureau 1 shared trustee
Also active in the same field
- Churchdown Male Voice Choir Similar size; both Arts and culture
- South Downe Musical Society Similar size; both Arts and culture
- Concerts for Craswall Trust Similar size; both Arts and culture
- Hillingdon Somali Women's Group Similar size; both Arts and culture
- The Enfield Chamber Orchestra Similar size; both Arts and culture
Deterministic, from public records.
Contact
| Website | www.ashridgedfas.org.uk |
| treasurer.ashridgedfas@gmail.com | |
| Phone | 07507 704110 |
| Address | 23 Church Street, Wingrave, AYLESBURY, Buckinghamshire, HP22 4PE |
Finances
£14,663 latest income
| Year | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | £9,752 | £7,117 |
| 2022 | £11,616 | £11,457 |
| 2023 | £13,493 | £13,237 |
| 2024 | £13,829 | £11,620 |
| 2025 | £14,663 | £12,983 |
What it does
What
Arts/culture/heritage/scienceWho
Children/young PeopleOther Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankindHow
Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsCharitable objects
THE PROMOTION AND ADVANCEMENT OF THE AESTHETIC EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC, THE CULTIVATION, APPRECIATION AND STUDY OF THE DECORATIVE AND FINE ARTS, AND THE GIVING OF AID TO THE PRESERVATION OF OUR NATIONAL ARTISTIC HERITAGE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.
Governing document: CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 3RD SEPTEMBER 1980 AS AMENDED 24 JUNE 2009 AND 30 JUNE 2010.
Trustees (10)
10trustees
77median age
1aged 70+
- Gregory James Comninosage band 75-79 Chair since 2025
- Barbara Mitchell since 2017
- Faith Margaret Comninos since 2024
- Harriet Maisey since 2016
- Josephine Connell since 2023
- Julie Griffiths
- Linda Willott since 2018
- Melanie Harvey since 2019
- Michael John Curry since 2023
- Peter Brown since 2018
Connected charities (2)
- ST Albans District Citizens Advice Bureau 1 shared trustee
- Potten END Village Hall 1 shared trustee
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