THE PROVINCIAL SOCIETY

Registered charity 1104834 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

A charity interested in and dedicated to the history and preservation of artefacts associated with Gosport & Fareham Omnibus Company and associated companies from 1878 to the present day. We undertake activities such as archiving, vehicle rallies and rent secure storage for our historic vehicles. We also produce a range of history books and a quarterly magazine The Provincial Press.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AMONG THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, IN THE HISTORY OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT BY WAY OF LIMITATION BY THE PROVISION OF PRESENTATIONS AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF ONE OR MORE OPERATIONAL PR STATIC MUSEUM OF TRANSPORT HISTORY COVERING ALL ASPECTS OF THE OPERATIONS AND VEHICLES OF THE FORMER PROVINCIAL TRAMWAYS COMPANY, THE GOSPORT & FAREHAM OMNIBUS COMPANY, THE PROVINCIAL BUS COMPANY AND ALL SUCCESSOR AND ASSOCIATED COMPANIES FROM 1878 TO PRESENT DAY.

Area of benefit: THE UNITED KINGDOM

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 FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £158,068, which exceeds its stated policy target of retaining sufficient reserves to cover up to six months of expenditure. The filing confirms that all society members are volunteers and there are no paid staff, with total receipts for the year amounting to £126,623 largely driven by a substantial legacy.

Automated summary of the FY2025 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.

• 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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• 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

Trustees · trustee networks

• David Stephen Robert York
• ROBERT JACKSON
• TERRY LAWSON

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

Operates in: Hampshire

Income and spending

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