Registered charity · Oxford
The T E Lawrence Society
- 13 trustees
- Income £36k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Kevin James WinterChair · since 2018
- Carol DarbyshireTrustee · since 2003
- David Keith SleepTrustee · since 2022
- George Henry Thompson IITrustee · since 2023
- Harriet Victoria CoatesTrustee · since 2023
- Ian David HeritageTrustee · since 2017
- John Johnson-AllenTrustee · since 2022
- Joseph Alexander BertonTrustee · since 2021
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- Philip John NealeTrustee · since 2010
- Pieter John Cecil ShipsterTrustee · since 2004
- Richard Ernest GardinerTrustee · since 2023
- Susan Elizabeth PurverTrustee · since 2000
- Susan VincentTrustee · since 2017
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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People on this board also serve on 1 other charity:
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About
- What it does
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.telsociety.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1987
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£36k£24k
- 2024£21k£23k
- 2023£50k£64k
Earlier years
- 2022£24k£39k
- 2021£24k£5k
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE SOCIETY SHALL BE TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE LIFE AND WORKS OF T E LAWRENCE AND TO PROMOTE RESEARCH (AND TO PUBLISH THE USEFUL RESULTS THEREOF) INTO HIS LIFE AND WORKS.
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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.
13 trustees on the board
- Kevin James Winter Chair since 2018
- Carol Darbyshire since 2003
- David Keith Sleep since 2022
- George Henry Thompson II since 2023
- Harriet Victoria Coates since 2023
- Ian David Heritage since 2017
- John Johnson-Allen since 2022
- Joseph Alexander Berton since 2021
- Philip John Neale since 2010
- Pieter John Cecil Shipster since 2004
- Richard Ernest Gardiner since 2023
- Susan Elizabeth Purver since 2000
- Susan Vincent since 2017
Trustees past 6 years
- Kevin James Winter Chair since 2018
- Carol Darbyshire since 2003
- Ian David Heritage since 2017
- Philip John Neale since 2010
- Pieter John Cecil Shipster since 2004
- Susan Elizabeth Purver since 2000
- Susan Vincent since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (12)
- Kevin James Winter Chair since 2018
- Carol Darbyshire since 2003
- David Keith Sleep since 2022
- George Henry Thompson II since 2023
- Harriet Victoria Coates since 2023
- John Johnson-Allen since 2022
- Joseph Alexander Berton since 2021
- Philip John Neale since 2010
- Pieter John Cecil Shipster since 2004
- Richard Ernest Gardiner since 2023
- Susan Elizabeth Purver since 2000
- Susan Vincent since 2017
Portfolio (1)
- Ian David Heritage since 2017
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- 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
- 297940
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 19/09/1987AS AMENDED ON 05/01/2008AS AMENDED ON 12/11/2011 as amended on 25 Sep 2016
- Contact on the register
- 07780223221 · hon.secretary@telsociety.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th September 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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