VICTORIA COUNTY HISTORY OF ESSEX TRUST

Registered charity 1038801 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as VCH ESSEX APPEAL, VICTORIA COUNTY HISTORY OF ESSEX APPEAL FUND

To increase public awareness of history in Essex and in particular of the existence and activities of the Victoria County History of Essex; and to raise funds to support the research and writing of the VCH Essex.

Objects

TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN HISTORY IN GENERAL AND IN THE HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF ESSEX ESPECIALLY 1.TO INCREASE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF HISTORY IN ESSEX AND IN PARTICULAR OF THE EXISTENCE AND ACTIVITIES OF THE VICTORIA COUNTY HISTORY OF ESSEX ("V.C.H. ESSEX") 2.TO PROMOTE STUDY AND RESEARCH IN THE HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF ESSEX PROVIDED THAT THE RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH SHALL BE PUBLISHED 3.TO PROMOTE OR DEVELOP FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC HISTORY AND HISTORICAL KNOWLEDGE 4.TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN HISTORY 5.TO PLAN AND OVERSEE ANY ACTIVITIES DESIGNED TO ACHIEVE THE PRECEDING OBJECTS AND DO ALL SUCH OTHER LAWFUL THINGS AS ARE NECESSARY FOR THE ATTAINMENT OF THE SAID OBJECTS.

Area of benefit: THE COUNTY OF ESSEX

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 FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £10,634 for the year ended 31 December 2024, reducing its funds balance from £88,369 to £77,735. The trustees note that the financial situation remains challenging, though the charity maintains monetary assets including a current account and a deposit account.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• Mr Ken Crowechair
• Darren McLoughlin
• Dr Amanda Jane Flather
• Dr Benjamin Josef Cowell
• Dr Johanna Mary Olivia Dale MA PhD
• JOHN GILBERT JOWERS · trustee of 1 other charity
• Louisa Clare Tippett · trustee of 1 other charity
• SARAH MANNING-PRESS BA
• Sir Graham Allan Hart KCB
• THE LORD PETRE, KCVO, JP

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

Operates in: Essex

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