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Registered charity · Devon

The Fairground Heritage Trust

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £283k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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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
Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Scotland
Website
www.fairground-heritage.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Fairground Heritage Trust
Registered
1986

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£283k£238k
  • 2024£24k£40k
  • 2023£62k£133k
Earlier years
  • 2022£253k£144k
  • 2021£180k£146k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2023: Government grants 34%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE THE STUDY OF THE FAIRGROUND IN ITS EVERY ASPECT, INCLUDING ITS INSTITUTIONS, ITS SOCIAL HISTORY, THE HISTORY OF BRITISH SHOWMEN, THE DEVELOPMENT OF FAIRGROUND AMUSEMENTS, MECHANICAL RIDES, TRANSPORT AND POPULAR ENTERTAINMENTS AND THE VARIOUS ART FORMS RELATED STUDIES TO THE PUBLIC.

Grants received

5 grants · £604,750 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 · £604,750 (5 grants)

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £218,5802024-08-07
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £9,1002017-04-05
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £49,8002006-03-01
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £40,0001997-08-12
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £287,2701997-04-22
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.

10.7y median 10.5y
average tenure
21y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

15.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

7
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 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 9Other services 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • 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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£283k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
293579
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 16TH JANUARY 1986 as amended on 15 Dec 2020
Companies House
Company number 01978359 · Active
Contact on the register
01566783425 · secretary@fairground-heritage.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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