Registered charity · Tonbridge
Wealden Iron Research Group
- 10 trustees
- Income £2k (2026)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Bob TurgooseChair · since 2016
- Christopher Henry Charles WhittickTrustee · since 2022
- Dr Jonathan Lech Prus BA PHD MBATrustee · since 2011
- Dr Stephen Addison HallTrustee · since 2019
- Gerry CrawshawTrustee · since 2016
- Jack CranfieldTrustee · since 2021
- Jeremy Hodgkinson MA, FSATrustee · since 2016
- MRS S BroomfieldTrustee
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- Simon StevensTrustee · since 2011
- TIM SmithTrustee
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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People on this board also serve on 12 other charities:
- The Early Metals Research Trust · 2 shared trustees
- Shelley Copthorne Educational Foundation · 1 shared trustee
- The Sussex Historic Churches Trust · 1 shared trustee
- Friends of the Nations' Libraries · 1 shared trustee
- Council for British Archaeology South East · 1 shared trustee
- City of London Archaeological Society · 1 shared trustee
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- Fernhurst Furnace Preservation Group LTD · 1 shared trustee
- The Historical Metallurgy Society Limited · 1 shared trustee
- Rotherfield Millennium Green Trust · 1 shared trustee
- Rotherfield Millennium Green Trust CIO · 1 shared trustee
- The Friends of the Keep Archives · 1 shared trustee
- Lewes District Churches Homelink · 1 shared trustee
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About
- What it does
- Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- East Sussex, Hampshire, Kent, Surrey and more
- Website
- www.wealdeniron.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1980
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2026£2k£2k
- 2025£2k£2k
- 2024£2k£3k
Earlier years
- 2023£2k£3k
- 2022£2k£3k
Charitable objects
TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN HISTORICAL AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL STUDY AND, IN PARTICULAR, TO PROMOTE INVESTIGATION AND COLLATE INFORMATION CONCERNING THE WEALDEN IRON INDUSTRY AND RELATED ACTIVITIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.
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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.
10 trustees on the board
- Bob Turgoose Chair since 2016
- Christopher Henry Charles Whittick since 2022
- Dr Jonathan Lech Prus BA PHD MBA since 2011
- Dr Stephen Addison Hall since 2019
- Gerry Crawshaw since 2016
- Jeremy Hodgkinson MA, FSA since 2016
- Jack Cranfield since 2021
- MRS S Broomfield
- Simon Stevens since 2011
- TIM Smith
Trustees past 6 years
- Bob Turgoose Chair since 2016
- Dr Jonathan Lech Prus BA PHD MBA since 2011
- Dr Stephen Addison Hall since 2019
- Gerry Crawshaw since 2016
- Jeremy Hodgkinson MA, FSA since 2016
- Simon Stevens since 2011
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Bob Turgoose Chair since 2016
- Gerry Crawshaw since 2016
- Jack Cranfield since 2021
- Simon Stevens since 2011
- TIM Smith
Portfolio (5)
- Christopher Henry Charles Whittick since 2022
- Dr Jonathan Lech Prus BA PHD MBA since 2011
- Dr Stephen Addison Hall since 2019
- Jeremy Hodgkinson MA, FSA since 2016
- MRS S Broomfield
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 281485
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION AS AMENDED 26TH JANUARY 1980 AND 24 JULY 2010.
- Contact on the register
- 01732838698 · wirghonsec@hotmail.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th September 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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