Registered charity · Northampton
British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies
British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies is a registered charity (number 299756) based in Northampton, governed by 6 trustees and chaired by Prof Matthew Laing Mccormack since 2021. Latest income £103k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
Also known as Bsecs (Charity Commission)
- 6 trustees
- Income £103k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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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
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
- Website
- www.bsecs.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1988
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£103k£97k
- 2024£85k£87k
- 2023£72k£92k
Earlier years
- 2022£22k£44k
- 2021£24k£79k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECT OF THE BRITISH SOCIETY FOR EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY STUDIES SHALL BE THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROMOTION OF THE STUDY OF THE CULTURAL HISTORY OF THE EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY.
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.
6 trustees on the board
- Prof Matthew Laing Mccormack Chair since 2021
- Dr Emrys Daniel Blakelee Jones since 2025
- Dr Helen Williams since 2022
- Dr Jon Vernon Stobart since 2025
- Dr Karen Abigail Lipsedge since 2024
- Prof Brycchan Carey since 2018
Trustees past 6 years
- Prof Brycchan Carey since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Prof Matthew Laing Mccormack Chair since 2021
- Dr Emrys Daniel Blakelee Jones since 2025
- Dr Helen Williams since 2022
- Dr Jon Vernon Stobart since 2025
- Dr Karen Abigail Lipsedge since 2024
- Prof Brycchan Carey since 2018
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
- 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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 299756
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 6TH JANUARY 1988
- Contact on the register
- 01865279800 · secretary@bsecs.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th 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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