The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 13th September 2026

The Galpin Society

Registered charity 306012 Registered since 1967

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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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.

4.1y median 3y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

4.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

Portfolio (1)

0
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 10Education/training 10The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 1

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board

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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£28k 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.galpinsociety.org
Emailadmin@galpinsociety.org
Phone07510254106
Address3 Dolcey Way, Sharnbrook, BEDFORD, MK44 1LE

Finances

£29,587 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2022£24,947£26,789
2023£30,502£26,613
2024£27,793£32,493
2025£27,663£30,274
2026£29,587£25,417

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/science

Who

Other Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Sponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

1. TO PROMOTE THE STUDY OF THE HISTORY, CONSTRUCTION AND FUNCTIONS OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. 2. TO FURTHER RESEARCH BY THE PUBLICATION OF A JOURNAL. 3. TO PROPAGATE KNOWLEDGE OF INSTRUMENTAL HISTORY BY ANY OTHER MEANS.

Governing document: (FOUNDED 1946) RULES DATED APRIL 1973

Trustees (10)

10trustees
0aged 70+

Connected charities (1)

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