Registered charity · Winchester

The Hampshire Genealogical Society

12 trustees
Income £38k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does: Education/training, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where: Hampshire
Website: www.hgs-familyhistory.com (opens in a new tab)
Registered: 1982

Income and spending

YearIncomeSpending
2025£38k£39k
2024£39k£48k
2023£43k£48k

Earlier years

2022£77k£37k
2021£46k£50k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE SOCIETY SHALL BE TO ADVANCE THE STUDY OF FAMILY HISTORY RESEARCH. IN FURTHERANCE OF THIS THE SOCIETY MAY: (A) COLLECT, PUBLISH, CO-ORDINATE AND MAKE ACCESSIBLE IN THE INTERESTS OF FAMILY HISTORY ANY DOCUMENTS OR RECORDS PARTICULARLY RELATING TO THE COUNTY OF HAMPSHIRE. (B) PROMOTE THE PRESERVATION AND PRESENTATION OF SUCH DOCUMENTS AND RECORDS. (C) HOLD LECTURES, OUTINGS, MEETINGS AND DISCUSSIONS, GIVE ADVICE AND GUIDANCE AND ISSUE PUBLICATIONS.

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.

12 trustees on the board

4.3y median 2y

average tenure

14y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

5.2y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (12)

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 12Environment/conservation/heritage 12

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

Tech and media 1

Gaps to watch

Narrow spread of causes across the board

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.

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

incomespending£38k 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: 284744
Status: Registered
Governing document: CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 17TH APRIL 1982 AS AMENDED ON 8TH NOVEMBER 1992 AS AMENDED 28 MARCH 1998 AND 23 SEPTEMBER 2000AS AMENDED ON 12 OCT 2018 as amended on 16 Jun 2018 as amended on 16 Jun 2018 as amended on 16 Jun 2018 as amended on 10 Oct 2020 as amended on 12 Jun 2021
Contact on the register: 07769 405195 · vicechairman@hgs-online.org.uk
Edition: Register edition compiled 27th 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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