Registered charity · Holmfirth
Huddersfield and District Family History Society
- 10 trustees
- Income £25k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Russell WattamChair · since 2023
- IAN Charles StevensonTrustee · since 2014
- Jane HarrisTrustee · since 2021
- Karen LightfootTrustee · since 2013
- Margaret Ellen WoodcockTrustee · since 2014
- Maureen WheelerTrustee · since 2011
- Michael Roy HowardTrustee · since 2025
- Patricia FosterTrustee · since 2024
- Ruth Nadine NaylorTrustee · since 2021
- Susan HutsonTrustee · since 2013
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage, Recreation
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.hdfhs.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1989
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£25k£27k
- 2024£32k£27k
- 2023£22k£31k
Earlier years
- 2022£21k£26k
- 2021£20k£22k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN FAMILY HISTORY AND GENEALOGY IN THE AREA OF INTEREST.
Grants received
1 grant · £4,500 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £4,500
Most recent
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
Board analysis
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.
10 trustees on the board
- Russell Wattam Chair since 2023
- IAN Charles Stevenson since 2014
- Jane Harris since 2021
- Karen Lightfoot since 2013
- Margaret Ellen Woodcock since 2014
- Maureen Wheeler since 2011
- Michael Roy Howard since 2025
- Patricia Foster since 2024
- Ruth Nadine Naylor since 2021
- Susan Hutson since 2013
Trustees past 6 years
- IAN Charles Stevenson since 2014
- Karen Lightfoot since 2013
- Margaret Ellen Woodcock since 2014
- Maureen Wheeler since 2011
- Susan Hutson since 2013
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- IAN Charles Stevenson since 2014
- Jane Harris since 2021
- Karen Lightfoot since 2013
- Margaret Ellen Woodcock since 2014
- Michael Roy Howard since 2025
- Patricia Foster since 2024
- Ruth Nadine Naylor since 2021
- Susan Hutson since 2013
Portfolio (2)
- Russell Wattam Chair since 2023
- Maureen Wheeler since 2011
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 702199
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 13/10/1987AS AMENDED ON 10/10/1989AS AMENDED ON 13/11/2007AS AMENDED ON 12/02/2008AS AMENDED ON 19/03/2013 as amended on 14 Nov 2023
- Contact on the register
- 01484 859229 · secretary@hdfhs.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th 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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