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FRIENDS OF DEVON'S ARCHIVES

Registered charity 1107394 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To advance the education of the public in the history of the County of Devon and its people by promoting, supporting and assisting in the collection, preservation and conservation of the records and other material of historical interest held in the archives of the Devon County Council and elsewhere, including the South & West Devon and North Devon Record Offices.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE ASSOCIATION IS TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF DEVON AND ITS PEOPLE BY(A) PROMOTING, SUPPORTING AND ASSISTING IN THE COLLECTION, PRESERVATION AND CONSERVATION OF RECORDS AND OTHER MATERIAL OF HISTORICAL INTEREST HELD IN THE ARCHIVES OF THE DEVON COUNTY COUNCIL ('THE COUNCIL') AND ELSEWHERE, INCLUDING THE DEVON AND NORTH DEVON RECORD OFFICES, AND PROMOTING PUBLIC ACCESS TO SUCH RECORDS AND MATERIAL;(B) PUBLISHING MATERIAL AND HOLDING MEETINGS, LECTURES, EXHIBITIONS AND VISITS RELATING TO LOCAL HISTORY; AND(C) ADVANCING THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE USE OF ARCHIVES AND THEIR VALUE AS A RESOURCE FOR HISTORICAL RESEARCH.

Area of benefit: DEVON

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
£1k
Latest spending
£5k
Registered
2004

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Operates in: Devon

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£1k£5k
31/08/2024£7k£5k
31/08/2023£10k£13k
31/08/2022£2k£6k
31/08/2021£2k£5k

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund16/01/2020£22k"17th Century Communities in Devon: People and their Landscape in the Norden Survey of 1613"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund28/10/2004£50k"Eighteenth Century Devon: People and Communities"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund20/12/2001£5k"A new book entitled '18th Century Devon Maps and their Surveyors' will be funded, for distribution to libraries throughout Devon."
The National Lottery Heritage Fund05/11/1999£5k"This group promotes the preservation and use of Devon's historical archives. The award is to publish and distribute Early Devon Maps."