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Colchester Archaeological Trust Limited

Registered charity 283354 Registered since 1982

Operates: Essex, Hertfordshire, Suffolk

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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.

5.9y median 3y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (11)

4
company-linked trustees

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

Finance 1Health and social care 1Manufacturing 1

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
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incomespending£1.4m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

10.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 7.0 in 2021

28 from 33 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

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.

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Contact

Websitewww.catuk.org
Emailinfo@catuk.org
Phone01206501785
AddressROMAN CIRCUS HOUSE, ROMAN CIRCUS WALK, COLCHESTER, ESSEX, CO2 7GZ

Finances

£1,429,151 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£949,316£802,767
2022£1,317,402£999,107
2023£1,467,539£1,244,719
2024£1,161,807£1,260,139
2025£1,429,151£1,431,200

What it does

What

Environment/conservation/heritage

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Other Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE SCIENCE OF ARCHAEOLOGY AND TO PROMOTE THE APPROPRIATE PRESERVATION, RECORDING, EXCAVATION AND INTERPRETATION OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES AND HISTORIC BUILDINGS IN COLCHESTER IN THE COUNTY OF ESSEX TOGETHER WITH THE SURROUNDING OR NEIGHBOURING DISTRICTS OF COLCHESTER AFORESAID.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 05/08/1981AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 13/02/2014

Trustees (11)

11trustees
67median age
4aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Colchester Archaeological Trust Limited · 01578133 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 05/08/1981

3 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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