# THE HISTORICAL DIVING SOCIETY

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1159032
- **Other names:** THE HDS
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [09204944](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09204944)
- **Registered:** Oct. 30, 2014
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1159032


## Contact

- **Address:** The Civil Defence Contact Centre, 35 The Avenue, Gosport, Hampshire
- **Postcode:** PO12 2JS
- **Phone:** 023 9252 2429
- **Email:** chairman@thehds.com
- **Website:** www.thehds.com



## Activities

**Objects:** “The Objects of the Charity are to advance the education of the public in the study of the history of diving and to establish and maintain a museum for the benefit of the public and preservation of items of historical and educational value.”

**Activities:** To advance the education of the public in the study of the history of diving and to establish and maintain a museum for the benefit of the public and preservation of items of historical and educational value.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Human Resources, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- Throughout England And Wales





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Michael Brendan O&#x27;Meara** | Chair | Jan. 25, 2015 |
| ANTHONY JOHN HOLT MARSHALL |  | Feb. 23, 2020 |
| Ailsa Chambers |  | May 12, 2026 |
| Elizabeth Fernande James |  | Nov. 7, 2022 |
| James Alexander John Cullen |  | Nov. 7, 2022 |
| Kevin Francis Casey |  | Jan. 25, 2015 |
| Lucy Rosalind Marder |  | Oct. 3, 2024 |
| PETER HENRY DICK |  | Jan. 25, 2015 |
| Stephen James Roue |  | Nov. 7, 2021 |




