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THE FOLKLORE SOCIETY

Registered charity 1074552 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Folklore Society is devoted to the study of traditional vernacular culture. Its objectives are to foster folklore research and recording worldwide and to make the results of these studies available to all persons whether members of the Society or not.

Objects

TO PROMOTE RESEARCH INTO AND THE RECORDING OF FOLKLORE IN ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD AND TO MAKE AVAILABLE ACADEMICALLY AND CULTURALLY THE RESULTS OF ITS STUDIES TO ALL PERSONS WHETHER MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY OR NOT.

Area of benefit: WORLDWIDE

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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Latest income
£249k
Latest spending
£114k
Registered
1999
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net operating income of £134,002 for the year ended 31 December 2025, driven largely by a legacy receipt. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves (net current assets) stood at £422,043, which is described as more than adequate to satisfy the stated reserves policy of maintaining two years of running costs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: two years of running costs (held: £422k)
“The Society’s financial strategy is to maintain a day-to-day financial reserve (equivalent to net current assets) sufficient to meet two years of running costs (salaries of administrative staff, licence fee for office accommodation, and other expenses, a total of approximately £94,700 on current levels of expenditure) in order to provide time for restructure should there be drastic reductions in income at any future period.” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The Charity's wholly owned trading subsidiary, Folklore Enterprises Limited, conducts the commercial activities of its parent charity and donates under gift aid any trading surplus to the parent charity each financial year. For the year ended 31 December 2025 the amount donated was £66,450 (2024: £70,500). At 31 December 2025 £1,880 (2024: £nil) was owed from the charity to Folklore Enterprises Limited. During the year the charity received donations without conditions and conference fees from the trustees totalling £426 (2024: £nil).
“The Charity's wholly owned trading subsidiary, Folklore Enterprises Limited, conducts the commercial activities of its parent charity and donates under gift aid any trading surplus to the parent charity each financial year. For the year ended 31 December 2025 the amount donated was £66,450 (2024: £70,500). At 31 December 2025 £1,880 (2024: £nil) was owed from the charity to Folklore Enterprises Limited. During the year the charity received donations without conditions and conference fees from the trustees totalling £426 (2024: £nil).” — page 26
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

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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£249k£114k
31/12/2024£92k£137k
31/12/2023£87k£67k
31/12/2022£122k£61k
31/12/2021£109k£58k

Common questions

Is THE FOLKLORE SOCIETY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net operating income of £134,002 for the year ended 31 December 2025, driven largely by a legacy receipt. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves (net current assets) stood at £422,043, which is described as more than adequate to satisfy the stated reserves policy of maintaining two years of running costs. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.