There are over 730 Civic Societies currently registered with CT. This culminates in over 250,000 individual members of which some 20,000 or so are active members. The number of members per society ranges from 8 to 6,000.
The Civic Trust, in 1990s developed and funded nine Regional Associations of Civic Societies (RAs) to coordinate the work of individual societies in each region. The development was undertaken in response to the government’s decision to develop regional development agencies.
As at September 2006, the highest concentration of registered Civic Societies was found in the South East region with 137 societies. This is followed by the South West with 105 societies and London with 91 societies. There are over 70 societies in Yorkshire and Humberside and 50 in the North West with the North East hosting the smallest number of societies at 14. The membership breakdown for the four remaining regions are in similar proportion to that of Yorkshire & Humber and the North West.
Some of these RAs now operate as independent organisations in their own right as registered charities with paid staff. The Civic Trust continues to work closely with RAs not only through the provision of some funding (which is raised principally through membership fees charged to registered Civic Societies) but also through the role that the regional associations play within the governance structure of the Civic Trust.
