THE FAMILIES IN BRITISH INDIA SOCIETY

Registered charity 1118885 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

1) To promote and encourage the public study of family, social and economic history, genealogy, and related subjects such as local history, with particular reference to those areas which were administered by or of interest to the East India Company, or the Government of India during British rule.2) To promote the preservation, security and accessibility of archival material.

Objects

1) TO PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE THE PUBLIC STUDY OF FAMILY, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC HISTORY, GENEALOGY, AND RELATED SUBJECTS SUCH AS LOCAL HISTORY, WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THOSE AREAS WHICH WERE ADMINISTERED OR OF INTEREST TO THE HONOURABLE EAST INDIA COMPANY, AND THOSE AREAS WHICH WERE ADMINISTERED OR OF INTEREST TO THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE CHARITY THE AREAS SHALL INCLUDE PAKISTAN, BANGLADESH, BURMA, CEYLON/SRI LANKA, PERSIA AND THE PERSIAN GULF AND ANY OTHER AREAS DEEMED RELEVANT BY THE TRUSTEES;2) TO PROMOTE THE PRESERVATION, SECURITY AND ACCESSIBILITY OR ARCHIVAL MATERIAL.

Area of benefit: PAKISTAN, BANGLADESH, BURMA, CEYLON/SRI LANKA, PERSIA AND THE PERSIAN GULF AND ANY OTHER AREAS DEEMED RELEVANT BY THE TRUSTEES

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £12,192 for the year ended 31 March 2024, with total incoming resources of £32,474 against resources expended of £20,282. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves increased to £79,216, which the trustees consider sufficient to support unavoidable operating costs, primarily website technical support.

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.

• 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
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

• BEVERLY ANN HALLAMchair
• Alexandra Sherman
• Elizabeth Rice
• GERALDINE LORNA CHARLES
• JOHN DEREK NAPPER
• JOHN HEDLEY SUTTON · trustee of 1 other charity
• Karen de Bruyne
• Michael Tickner · trustee of 1 other charity
• Stewart Christopher Green
• Tessa Charlotte Paulina Szczepanik
• VALMAY STELLA YOUNG

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

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