THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND RECORD SOCIETY

Registered charity 1013701 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as C O E R S, COERS

The Society was founded with the object of promoting interest in and knowledge of the history of the Church of England from the sixteenth century onwards. The Society aims to do this through an annual lecture and by publishing primary material of significance for the history of the Church of England, whether in the form of letters, diaries, treatises, visitation articles, or other documents.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORY OF THE CHURCH IN ENGLAND, AND IN PARTICULAR OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND, FROM THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY ONWARDS BY THE PUBLICATION OF PRIMARY SOURCES OF INFORMATION.

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.

Causes: Education/training · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Oxford, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£22k
Latest spending
£25k
Registered
1992

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Policies the charity declares

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Volunteers: 1

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£22k£25k
31/12/2024£11k£14k
31/12/2023£11k£6k
31/12/2022£11k£13k
31/12/2021£10k£810

Common questions

Who funds THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND RECORD SOCIETY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND RECORD SOCIETY as a grant recipient include MARC FITCH FUND.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
MARC FITCH FUNDFY2025£8kNational Prayers. Special Worship since the Reformation, volume 4: Anniversary Commemorations, Additional Material and Indices 1533-2023