Somerset Record Society

Registered charity 310292 Registered since 1964

Operates: Somerset

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.

trustees on the board

5y median 3y

average tenure

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

10.1y

average years in governance

9 vs 0 portfolio

first-time trustees

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage

Education/training 11Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Environment/conservation/heritage 1

Commercial experience

Professional services 3Finance 2Health and social care 2

Boards that share trustees

British Association for Local History 1 shared trustee
ST Augustine of Canterbury School Priorswood Taunton, Somerset 1 shared trustee

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Related organisations

ST Augustine of Canterbury School Priorswood Taunton, Somerset 1 shared trustee
British Association for Local History 1 shared trustee
Great Addington Parents School Association Similar size; both Education
The Friends of Dothill Primary School Similar size; both Education
Maes-Y-Bryn Parent Teacher Association Similar size; both Education
Lythe C E School Fund Similar size; both Education

Boards that overlap with this one through shared trustees, or govern in the same field. Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.somersetrecordsociety.org.uk
Email	davidbromwich@freeolamail.com
Phone	01823680197
Address	Somerset Heritage Centre, Brunel Way, Norton Fitzwarren, Taunton, TA2 6SF

Finances

£5,720 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£3,913	£2,103
2022	£4,066	£6,588
2023	£5,369	£16,826
2024	£9,101	£6,117
2025	£5,720	£11,165

What it does

What

Education/training

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Services

Charitable objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND LEARNING AND THE PROMOTION OF PUBLIC INTEREST IN LOCAL HISTORY AND THE PRESERVATION OF ANCIENT MANUSCRIPT RECORDS RELATING TO THE COUNTY OF SOMERSET BY THEIR TRANSCRIPTION AND PUBLICATION SO THAT THEIR CONTENTS MAY BE MADE GENERALLY AVAILABLE.

Governing document: RULES ADOPTED 11TH MAY 1963.

Trustees (11)

11trustees

78median age

2aged 70+

Succession outlook: 2 of 11 trustees are aged 70 or over.

Dr Robert William Dunningage 78 Chair
Adrian James Webb
Christopher John Eldridge since 2023
David Bromwich
David Xavier Victorage 87 since 2019
Dr John Gaisford since 2023
Dr Melanie Jane Devine since 2023
Dr Philip Julian Norrey since 2023
Professor Nicholas Orme
Professor Michael Hicks since 2018
William Hew John Hancockage 63 since 2018

Connected charities (2)

ST Augustine of Canterbury School Priorswood Taunton, Somerset 1 shared trustee
British Association for Local History 1 shared trustee

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