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Registered charity · Isle of Wight

Ventnor and District Local History Society

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £10k (2024)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Isle Of Wight
Website
www.ventnorheritage.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1983

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£10k£11k
  • 2023£10k£13k
  • 2022£8k£10k
Earlier years
  • 2021£30k£25k
  • 2020£16k£11k

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 55%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

(A) TO ENCOURAGE AND FOSTER LOCAL HISTORY STUDIES IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT THROUGH LECTURES, EXHIBITIONS FIELD WORK AND PUBLICATIONS, (B) TO ESTABLISH OR TO CO-OPERATE WITH THE LOCAL STATUTORY AUTHORITIES AND/OR LOCAL VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS IN THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A HERITAGE CENTRE, BEING A BUILDING IN A SUITABLE LOCATION AND READILY ACCESSIBLE, WHICH CAN PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR RESEARCH, PREPARATIONOF DISPLAYS OF MATERIAL AND A PERMANENT CYCLE OF EXHIBITIONS OF LOCAL DOCUMENTS AND/OR ARTIFACTS. (C) TO SECURE THE PRESERVATION PROTECTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF FEATURES AND ARTIFACTS OF HISTORIC OR PUBLIC INTEREST IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT. (D) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORY NATURAL HISTORY GEOGRAPHY LITERATURE ARTS AND ARCHITECTURE OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT.

Grants received

1 grant · £31,800 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £31,800

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £31,8002016-12-20
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.

9 trustees on the board

2.6y median 1y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

2
company-linked trustees

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

Environment/conservation/heritage 9

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

Health and social care 2Hospitality 1Property 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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£10k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
286848
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 25TH MARCH 1983 AS AMENDED 29TH MARCH 1991 AND 26 MARCH 2010 as amended on 31 May 2019 as amended on 04 Apr 2022
Contact on the register
01983855407 · info@ventnorheritage.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
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