Registered charity · London
The Parliamentary History Yearbook Trust
- 9 trustees
- Income £17k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Professor David William HaytonChair · since 2019
- Dr Caroline ShentonTrustee · since 2018
- Dr Christopher John Wright OBETrustee · since 2011
- Dr Elizabeth Mary Hallam Smith FSA, FrsaTrustee · since 2013
- DR Linda SUE ClarkTrustee
- Dr Robin David Edward EaglesTrustee · since 2015
- DR Stuart Ryan BallTrustee · since 2011
- Professor Carole RawcliffeTrustee · since 2021
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- Professor John Beckett FSATrustee · since 2015
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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People on this board also serve on 2 other charities:
- The British Library Collections Trust · 1 shared trustee
- The Friends of the British Library · 1 shared trustee
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About
- What it does
- Education/training
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Registered
- 1982
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£17k£9k
- 2024£15k£13k
- 2023£14k£10k
Earlier years
- 2022£12k£11k
- 2021£20k£12k
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION BY ENCOURAGING AND STIMULATING PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF THE HISTORY AND CONTEMPORARY DEVELOPMENT OF THE BRISITH PARLIAMENT AND TO CULTIVATE THE STUDY OF PARLIAMENTARY AND CONSTITUTIONAL MATTERS.
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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.
9 trustees on the board
- Professor David William Hayton Chair since 2019
- DR Linda SUE Clark
- DR Stuart Ryan Ball since 2011
- Dr Caroline Shenton since 2018
- Dr Christopher John Wright OBE since 2011
- Dr Elizabeth Mary Hallam Smith FSA, Frsa since 2013
- Dr Robin David Edward Eagles since 2015
- Professor Carole Rawcliffe since 2021
- Professor John Beckett FSA since 2015
Trustees past 6 years
- Professor David William Hayton Chair since 2019
- DR Stuart Ryan Ball since 2011
- Dr Caroline Shenton since 2018
- Dr Christopher John Wright OBE since 2011
- Dr Elizabeth Mary Hallam Smith FSA, Frsa since 2013
- Dr Robin David Edward Eagles since 2015
- Professor John Beckett FSA since 2015
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Professor David William Hayton Chair since 2019
- DR Linda SUE Clark
- DR Stuart Ryan Ball since 2011
- Dr Caroline Shenton since 2018
- Dr Elizabeth Mary Hallam Smith FSA, Frsa since 2013
- Dr Robin David Edward Eagles since 2015
- Professor Carole Rawcliffe since 2021
- Professor John Beckett FSA since 2015
Portfolio (1)
- Dr Christopher John Wright OBE since 2011
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Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
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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
- 513120
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- TRUST DEED DATED 8 SEPTEMBER 1982
- Contact on the register
- 02089225389 · reagles@histparl.ac.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th September 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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