SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OF FRENCH HISTORY

Registered charity 1012899 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Education and research

Objects

THE AIM OF THE SOCIETY IS THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN THE STUDY OF FRENCH HISTORY.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted cash funds of £70,584, derived primarily from a profit share arrangement with Oxford University Press. The trustees report that these reserves are sufficient to maintain activities for at least a further year should the primary funding source cease. No funds were materially in deficit during the period.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Jackie Clarke
• Dr Luc-Andre Brunet
• Professor Hanna Diamond
• Professor Marisa Linton
• Professor Munro Price

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

Operates in: Ireland · Northern Ireland · Scotland

Income and spending

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