BITTERNE LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY

Registered charity 1005127 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Our study area offers, to those with a specific interest in genealogy, access to information not available elsewhere. As well as family history, it is equally of value to those with an interest in general history of the local area. Resources include photographs, maps and a library of local publications (many out of print) including books and local papers. Also see our second hand bookshop.

Objects

(1)TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE STUDY OF LOCAL HISTORY. (2)TO SECURE THE PRESERVATION,PROTECTION,DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF FEATURES OF HISTORIC OR PUBLIC INTEREST IN THE AREA.

Area of benefit: SOUTHAMPTON EAST OF THE RIVER ITCHEN

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£26k

Latest spending

£27k

Registered

1991

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity has unrestricted reserves of £10,501.85, derived from a surplus of income over expenditure for the year. The Treasurer's report highlights financial pressures, noting that 'utilities bills are frightening' and that the charity shop takings are 'very low', while also expressing concern about the future viability of their current premises.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: Rent paid to East London Textiles (ELT) for clothing recycling, described as a poor return.

“We continue to use the East London Textiles (known to the shop as (ELT) but they pay such poor return on huge amounts of clothing, it seems acrime to let it go. We only get 05p a kilo at present and so the overall amount for our financialyearis only £40.78.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Complaints policy and procedures
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

Ian Abrahamschair
Kathleen Martin · trustee of 1 other charity
Mary Janet Abraham

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Southampton City

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/07/2025	£26k	£27k
31/07/2024	£37k	£28k
31/07/2023	£29k	£6k
31/07/2022	£26k	£6k
31/07/2021	£32k	£15k

Common questions

Is BITTERNE LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity has unrestricted reserves of £10,501.85, derived from a surplus of income over expenditure for the year. The Treasurer's report highlights financial pressures, noting that 'utilities bills are frightening' and that the charity shop takings are 'very low', while also expressing concern about the future viability of their current premises.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	09/02/1999	£5k	"Virtual Reality Time Travel History of Bitterne"