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Registered charity · Hertfordshire

Bishop's Stortford History Society

  • 4 trustees
  • Income £8k (2026)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources

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
Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Essex, Hertfordshire
Website
www.bishopsstortfordhistorysociety.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1988

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2026£8k£9k
  • 2025£7k£3k
  • 2024£3k£2k
Earlier years
  • 2023£2k£1k
  • 2022£2k£578
Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE AND PROVIDE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION BY MEANS OF DISPLAYS, TALKS, LECTURES VISITS AND EXCURSIONS OR ANY OTHER MEANS OPEN TO THE TRUST.

Board analysis for researchers

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

3.5y median 4y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

11.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

1
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 4Education/training 4Environment/conservation/heritage 4

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Other services 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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£7k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
299417
Status
Registered
Governing document
DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 01/06/1988AS AMENDED ON 15/11/1993AS AMENDED ON 15/05/2014
Contact on the register
07774423433 · robfrancis56a@gmail.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
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