Registered charity · Hampshire
The Military Historical Society
The Military Historical Society is a registered charity (number 289326) based in Hampshire, governed by 7 trustees and chaired by Brigadier Clive Richard Elderton CBE since 2011. Latest income £26k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
- 7 trustees
- Income £26k (2025)
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Who leads it
- Brigadier Clive Richard Elderton CBEChair · since 2011
- Anthony McclenaghanTrustee · since 2020
- Brigadier James Kenneth Tanner OBETrustee · since 2023
- Gary GibbsTrustee · since 2011
- Lieutenant Colonel Christopher Andrew MillwaterTrustee · since 2020
- Lieutenant Colonel Stephen DurantTrustee · since 2025
- Timothy David WitheyTrustee · since 2019
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
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Northern Ireland
- Website
- www.militaryhistoricalsociety.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1984
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£26k£25k
- 2024£22k£18k
- 2023£20k£18k
Earlier years
- 2022£20k£19k
- 2021£24k£17k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY THE PROMOTION OF THE STUDY OF THE HISTORY OF THE UNIFORMED FORCES OF THE CROWN, OF UNIFROMS AND WEAPONS AND ALL ASPECTS OF MILITARY HISTORY, AND THE DISSEMINATION OF KNOWLEDGE RELATING TO SUCH MATTERS.
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.
7 trustees on the board
- Brigadier Clive Richard Elderton CBE Chair since 2011
- Anthony Mcclenaghan since 2020
- Brigadier James Kenneth Tanner OBE since 2023
- Gary Gibbs since 2011
- Lieutenant Colonel Christopher Andrew Millwater since 2020
- Lieutenant Colonel Stephen Durant since 2025
- Timothy David Withey since 2019
Trustees past 6 years
- Brigadier Clive Richard Elderton CBE Chair since 2011
- Anthony Mcclenaghan since 2020
- Gary Gibbs since 2011
- Lieutenant Colonel Christopher Andrew Millwater since 2020
- Timothy David Withey since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Brigadier Clive Richard Elderton CBE Chair since 2011
- Anthony Mcclenaghan since 2020
- Gary Gibbs since 2011
- Lieutenant Colonel Christopher Andrew Millwater since 2020
- Lieutenant Colonel Stephen Durant since 2025
- Timothy David Withey since 2019
Portfolio (1)
- Brigadier James Kenneth Tanner OBE since 2023
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
- 289326
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- RULES ADOPTED 12TH MARCH 1977 AS AMENDED 17TH MARCH 1984 as amended on 12 Sep 2020
- Contact on the register
- admin@militaryhistoricalsociety.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th 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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