THE ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ASSOCIATION (UK AND IRELAND)

Registered charity 1041063 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE SOCIETY OF ARCHIVISTS · also registered in Scotland as SC041671 (OSCR)

Serves the needs of archives, archive conservation and records management services, of those who work with them, and of those who use them for work or recreation.

Objects

(A)TO FOSTER THE CARE AND PRESERVATION OF ARCHIVES IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST AND PROMOTE THE BETTER ADMINISTRATION OF ARCHIVE REPOSITORIES (B)TO ADVANCE THE PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF ARCHIVISTS, ARCHIVE CONSERVATORS AND RECORDS MANAGERS AND THOSE ENGAGED IN RELATED ACTIVITIES (C)TO COMMISSION AND SUPPORT RESEARCH INTO THE CREATION USE ADMINISTRATION AND CONSERVATION OF ARCHIVES AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW TECHNIQUES AND THE PUBLICATION OF THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH.

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 · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Somerset, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net decrease in funds of £68,064 for the year ended 30 September 2025, driven by increased expenditure on charitable activities and a loss on investments. Despite this, the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £586,991, which exceeds its stated policy target of approximately £450,000. The trustees confirm that the accounts are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Godfrey Wilson Limited. 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~9.7 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (90% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Julie Fleming Bonchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Alexandra Katharine Hardy
• Audrey Anne Wilson
• Karyn Elizabeth Williamson
• Kirsty Schaper
• Louisa Jane Elvira Blight
• Megan Beaumont
• Nicole Erin Hartland
• Professor Elvis Efe Otobo
• Randolph Perkins-Smart
• Richard David Wragg
• Richard Wade
• Robin John Payne
• Ross Higgins

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

Operates in: Ireland · Northern Ireland · Scotland

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE AUDIENCE AGENCY.

• THE AUDIENCE AGENCY income £2.7m
• THE ASSOCIATION OF CHARITABLE ORGANISATIONS income £161k
• Culture& Arts and Heritage income £523k
• CHURCHES CONSERVATION income £408k
• THE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION income £1.2m
• THE MUSEUMS ASSOCIATION income £2.2m

Side by side with its peers

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