The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Hakluyt Society

Registered charity 313168 Registered since 1966

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United States

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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.

4.8y median 4y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

5.1y
average years in governance
3
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 28Education/training 28Environment/conservation/heritage 2

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

Health and social care 2Education 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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£87k latest income

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.

Related organisations

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.hakluyt.com
Emailoffice@hakluyt.com
Phone07568468066
AddressBRITISH LIBRARY, 96 EUSTON ROAD, LONDON, NW1 2DB

Finances

£118,097 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£210,942£131,845
2022£161,782£147,169
2023£160,394£65,478
2024£87,361£110,993
2025£118,097£95,077

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/science

Who

Other Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Sponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION BY THE PUBLICATION OF RECORDS OF VOYAGES, TRAVELS, NAVAL EXPEDITIONS AND OTHER GEOGRAPHICAL MATERIAL AND TO PROMOTE PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE OF THESE MATTERS.

Governing document: CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 23 MARCH 1950 AS AMENDED 6 MAY 1951, 2 MAY 1963 AND BY SCHEME OF 17TH JULY 1997AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 18/06/2014

Trustees (29)

28trustees
69median age
1aged 70+

Connected charities (4)

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