The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Essex Heritage Trust

Registered charity 802317 Registered since 1989

Operates: Essex

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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.

3.8y median 2.5y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.7y
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.

Environment/conservation/heritage 11General Charitable Purposes 3Education/training 2Disability 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 1

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

Education 3Other services 2Property 2

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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£86k 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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.essexheritagetrust.co.uk
Emailmail@essexheritagetrust.co.uk
Phone01376583280
AddressCRESSING TEMPLE, WITHAM ROAD, CRESSING, BRAINTREE, CM77 8PD

Finances

£86,172 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£58,615£59,435
2022£65,691£51,661
2023£71,640£74,403
2024£72,314£81,211
2025£86,172£74,244

What it does

What

Environment/conservation/heritage

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary BodiesOther Defined Groups

How

Makes Grants To Organisations

Charitable objects

THE TRUST IS ESTABLISHED TO HELP SAFEGUARD OR PRESERVE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC SUCH LAND BUILDINGS OBJECTS OR RECORDS AS MAY BE ILLUSTRATIVE OF OR SIGNIFICANT TO THE HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OR WHICH ENHANCE AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE CHARACTERISTICS AND TRADITIONS OF THE COUNTY.

Governing document: DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED THE 27 OCTOBER 1989 AS AMENDED BY DEED OF VARIATION DATED11 JULY 1995

Trustees (11)

11trustees
65median age
1aged 70+

Connected charities (5)

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