The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Bourne Society

Registered charity 293109 Registered since 1985

Operates: Croydon, Surrey

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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.

3.8y median 3y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

Portfolio (2)

3
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 11General Charitable Purposes 1Religious Activities 1

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 2Education 1Hospitality 1

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£13k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.bournesoc.org.uk
Phone01883341759
Address5 Drake Avenue, CATERHAM, Surrey, CR3 5BS

Finances

£12,686 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£13,698£14,867
2022£12,526£14,964
2023£14,434£14,083
2024£11,817£13,147
2025£12,686£14,008

What it does

What

Education/trainingEnvironment/conservation/heritage

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Human ResourcesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

TO EXTEND THE KNOWLEDGE OF LOCAL HISTORY BY THE INVESTIGATION AND RECORDING OF THE HISTORY OF CATERHAM, CHALDON, CHELSHAM, CHIPSTEAD, COULSDON, FARLEIGH, GODSTONE, KENLEY, PURLEY, SANDERSTEAD, WHYTELEAFE, WARLINGHAM, WOLDINGHAM AND ASSOCIATED DISTRICTS; TO FOSTER AN INTEREST IN LOCAL HISTORY AND TO ENCOURAGE MEMBERS AND THE PUBLIC TO LEARN MORE OF THEIR DISTRICT'S HISTORY, TO ENSURE THE PRESERVATION OF RECORDS AND OBJECTS OF HISTORICAL INTEREST AND TO PROMOTE AN AWARENESS OF THE NEED FOR CONSERVATION IN THE SOCIETY'S AREA.

Governing document: CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 19/11/1985. AS AMENDED 9TH SEPTEMBER 1993AS AMENDED ON 19 MAR 2016 as amended on 25 Mar 2023

Trustees (12)

12trustees
63median age
1aged 70+

Connected charities (2)

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