The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Chetham Society for the Publication of Remains Historical and Literary Connected With the Palatine Counties of Lancaster and Chester

Registered charity 700047 Registered since 1988

Operates: Cheshire East, Lancashire, Cheshire West & Chester, Salford City, Warrington, Knowsley, Liverpool City, Sefton, Wigan, Wirral

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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.

15.8y median 10y
average tenure
43y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

16.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (5)

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 13Education/training 13Environment/conservation/heritage 1

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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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
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2024
incomespending£7k 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

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Contact

Websitewww.chethamsociety.org.uk
Emailchethamsociety1843@gmail.com
Phone01625421393
Address17 YORK STREET, MACCLESFIELD, SK10 1GG

Finances

£6,993 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£7,017£13,816
2021£5,821£9,705
2022£6,036£9,307
2023£5,954£1,794
2024£6,993£18,178

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/science

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Other Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC THROUGH THE PUBLICATION OF MONOGRAPHS AND EDITIONS OF DOCUMENTS CONCERNED WITH THE COUNTIES OF LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE FOR THE PURPOSE OF FURTHERING KNOWLEDGE OF THEIR HISTORY AND TO UNDERTAKE SUCH OTHER ACTIVITIES AS MAY ENABLE THE SOCIETY TO FURTHER THESE OBJECTS

Governing document: RULES ADOPTED 10 MAY 1988 AS AMENDED 26 APRIL 1994 AND 29 NOVEMBER 1994

Trustees (13)

13trustees
0aged 70+

Connected charities (5)

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