SUFFOLK FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY

Registered charity 1087748 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q7634565 · Wikipedia

The education of the public in areas of local and family history

Objects

A) COLLECTING PUBLISHING AND MAKING ACCESSIBLE IN THE INTERESTS OF GENEALOGY HERALDRY AND FAMILY HISTORY ANY DOCUMENT RECORD OR BOOK RELATING TO THE COUNTY OF SUFFOLKB) PROMOTING THE PRESERVATION OF SUCH DOCUMENTS AND RECORDS ON THE ADVICE OF SUFFOLK RECORD OFFICEC) ENCOURAGING THE STUDY OF GENEALOGY HERALDRY AND FAMILY HISTORY: ANDD) GIVING EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE BY WAY OF LECTURES AND OTHERWISE WITH REFERENCE TO RECORD RESEARCH

Area of benefit: SUFFOLK

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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Registered contact address: Mid Suffolk, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's financial position was robust, with unrestricted reserves of £208,069.52 significantly exceeding the policy target of two years' running costs. The trustees confirmed the Society is a going concern, and the independent examiner reported no material matters requiring attention.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

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.

• Complaints handling
• 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
• 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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 04191740

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• JOHNSON, Julie Kathleen — director, appointed 25/01/2024on trustee list
• PULFORD, Kevin — director, appointed 01/05/2023on trustee list
• ALDERSON, Carolyn Ann — director, appointed 01/01/2023on trustee list
• LICENCE, Jean Madeline — director, appointed 05/08/2021on trustee list
• HORTON, David Alan — director, appointed 01/10/2019on trustee list
• THOMPSON, Brian — director, appointed 27/10/2018on trustee list
• KERRIDGE, Andrew Leslie — director, appointed 20/07/2017on trustee list

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew Leslie Kerridge
• Brian Thompson · trustee of 1 other charity
• Carolyn Ann Alderson
• David Alan Horton
• Jean Madeline Licence
• Julie Kathleen Johnson
• KENNETH JOHN FINCH
• Kevin Pulford · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Suffolk

Income and spending

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