THE VIKINGS
Registered charity 1062495 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
Increasing public understanding of Dark Age Britain through reenactment activities, school visits and museum work
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a net loss of £4,246 for the year ended 31 January 2025, with total turnover of £51,005 against administrative expenses of £28,321. Per the trustees' report, current assets including the bank balance stood at £118,452, and the charity maintains a reserves policy to keep £25,000 available for operational needs.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: £25,000 (held: £118k)
“We attempt to ensure we keep £25,000 to draw on although dropping below this during a busy event season is manageable.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (05/04/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Catherine Minette Murphychair
- CHRISTINE LINES
- Chelsea Amber Carr
- Evelyn Paul Bushell
- Gareth Evans
- John Allan Ishmael Gendall
- Jonathan Michael Finch
- Jonathan Richard Wolsey
- Maiken Lykke Bagley
- Marie Elizabeth Houghton
- ROBERT CLEGG
- SANDRA ELIZABETH ORCHARD
- STEVEN LINES
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Throughout England And Wales
Income and spending
Common questions
Is THE VIKINGS financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net loss of £4,246 for the year ended 31 January 2025, with total turnover of £51,005 against administrative expenses of £28,321. Per the trustees' report, current assets including the bank balance stood at £118,452, and the charity maintains a reserves policy to keep £25,000 available for operational needs. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
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