UKSG

Registered charity 1093946 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as UK SERIALS ASSOCIATION, UK SERIALS GROUP, UNITED KINGDOM SERIALS GROUP

UKSG organises an annual conference, seminars and training courses. These are open to all but UKSG members attend at a discounted fee. It produces an open access online journal, 'Insights', three times a year, as well as a fortnightly e-newsletter. It also carries out research projects for the benefit of its members.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN THE ART AND SCIENCE OF LIBRARIANSHIP AND DATA RECALL WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE MANAGEMENT AND CLASSIFICATION OF SERIALS AND SIMILAR PERIODICALS, BOTH NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY, AND THE CONDUCT OF RESEARCH INTO THE SAID SUBJECT, AND TO PUBLISH THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH;

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE UNITED KINGDOM AND IRELAND

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 UKSG achieved a net surplus of £19,765 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with unrestricted reserves increasing to £618,963. The charity holds cash reserves of £805,022, which exceeds its stated reserves policy target of covering 80% of conference costs and 35% of operating costs. The trustees and auditors confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Just Audit & Assurance Ltd. 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~11.2 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (97% 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

• Alison Elizabeth Hope
• Ana Magaly Taylor · trustee of 1 other charity
• Bethany Claire Logan
• CHARLIE RAPPLE
• Jennifer Bibi Bayjoo
• Joshua Simbai Aaron Sendall
• Liam Edward Alexander Laurence Bullingham
• Natasha Louiza Mellins-Cohen
• Robert Fitzhugh Johnson

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

Operates in: Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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