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Southern Skirmish Association

Southern Skirmish Association is a registered charity (number 282888) based in Cambridgeshire, governed by 3 trustees and chaired by Robert Dickson since 2023. Latest income £7k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

Also known as S O S K A N (Charity Commission)

  • 3 trustees
  • Income £7k (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
Throughout England
Website
www.soskan.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1981

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£7k£10k
  • 2024£8k£9k
  • 2023£11k£7k
Earlier years
  • 2022£5k£5k
  • 2021£3k£558

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR.

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.

3 trustees on the board

2y median 3y
average tenure
3y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
5.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

1
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 3

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

Business services 1Transport 1

Gaps to watch

  • Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£7k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
282888
Status
Registered
Governing document
RULES AND REGULATIONS ADOPTED 1ST JUNE 1981 AND AMENDED 29 JANUARY 1995, 26 JANUARY 1997, 25TH JANUARY 1998 31ST JANUARY 1999 AND 22 NOVEMBER 2009AS AMENDED ON 29 OCT 2016 as amended on 11 May 2025 as amended on 22 Nov 2025
Contact on the register
07930191545 · Chairman@soskan.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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