Registered charity · Truro
Cornwall Family History Society
Cornwall Family History Society is a registered charity (number 288686) based in Truro, governed by 4 trustees. Latest income £60k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
Also known as Cfhs (Charity Commission)
- 4 trustees
- Income £60k (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
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, Australia and more
- Website
- www.cornwallfhs.com (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1984
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£60k£72k
- 2024£60k£69k
- 2023£54k£74k
Earlier years
- 2022£66k£73k
- 2021£78k£66k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 22%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE SOCIETY ARE TO PROMOTE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH INTO THE GENEALOGIES AND HISTORIES OF CORNISH AND OTHER FAMILIES FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT.
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.
4 trustees on the board
- James Cofer since 2018
- Lynne Tasker since 2011
- Lynda Anne Quee since 2020
- Sylvia Dyer
Trustees past 6 years
- James Cofer since 2018
- Lynne Tasker since 2011
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- James Cofer since 2018
- Lynne Tasker since 2011
- Lynda Anne Quee since 2020
- Sylvia Dyer
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 288686
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION AND RULES ADOPTED 13 NOVEMBER 1982 AS AMENDED 12 NOVEMBER 1983, 2 NOVEMBER 1996, 31 OCTOBER 1998, 3 NOVEMBER 2001 AND 3 NOVEMBER 2007.
- Contact on the register
- 01872264044 · secretary@cornwallfhs.com
- 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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