Registered charity · Copthorne

East Surrey Family History Society

East Surrey Family History Society is a registered charity (number 286659) based in Copthorne, governed by 8 trustees and chaired by Susan Jean Adams since 2024. Latest income £10k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

8 trustees
Income £10k (2025)

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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, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where: Surrey
Website: www.eastsurreyfhs.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered: 1983

Income and spending

YearIncomeSpending
2025£10k£9k
2024£10k£8k
2023£10k£8k

Earlier years

2022£11k£12k
2021£11k£7k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

A) TO PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE THE PUBLIC STUDY OF FAMILY HISTORY, GENEALOGY AND HERALDRY, AND RELATED SUBJECTS SUCH AS LOCAL HISTORY, WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE ANCIENT COUNTY OF SURREY. B) TO PROMOTE THE PRESERVATION, SECURITY AND ACCESSIBILITY OF ARCHIVAL MATERIAL.

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.

8 trustees on the board

1.4y median 1y

average tenure

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

2.5y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

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 8Education/training 8Environment/conservation/heritage 8

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

Arts and leisure 1

Gaps to watch

Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity

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£10k latest income · income exceeded spending 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: 286659
Status: Registered
Governing document: CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 28 MAR 1992AS AMENDED ON 22 APR 2017 as amended on 23 Mar 2024 as amended on 05 Apr 2025
Contact on the register: 01342 713584 · secretary@eastsurreyfhs.org.uk
Edition: Register edition compiled 4th October 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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