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THE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1120261 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Historical Association brings together people who share an interest in, and love for the past and it furthers the study and teaching and enjoyment of history in all guises and forms: professional, public and popular. Through publications, web activity and events we support the teaching and learning of history at all levels.

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Latest income
£1.2m
Latest spending
£1.3m
Registered
2007
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £115,308 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds to £1,018,668. The trustees note that unrestricted reserves of £206,373 fall below the adopted policy target of just over £300,000, though they maintain adequate resources to continue operations.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £80,001 - £90,000 — above the median for charities its size (£70k)
“One employee earned between £80,000-90,000 during the year” — page 28
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Employees paid over £60,000: 1
“One employee earned between £80,000-90,000 during the year” — page 28
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £206k; policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure)
“The amount of the General Fund at the year-end was £206,373 [note 17], which falls below the amount required by the reserves policy.” — page 14
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Historical Association (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2025)

Total income
£1.2m
Total spending
£1.3m
Cost of raising funds
£20k
Reserves (reported)
£206k
Employees
16

Reported reserves equal ~1.9 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (94% 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: 1.7% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/09/2025£1.2m£1.3m
30/09/2024£1.3m£1.4m
30/09/2023£1.2m£1.2m
30/09/2022£1.3m£1.1m
30/09/2021£1.0m£887k

Common questions

Is THE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £115,308 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds to £1,018,668. The trustees note that unrestricted reserves of £206,373 fall below the adopted policy target of just over £300,000, though they maintain adequate resources to continue operations. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of THE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £80,001 - £90,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

Who funds THE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION as a grant recipient include SCOULOUDI FOUNDATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
SCOULOUDI FOUNDATIONFY2024£10k
SCOULOUDI FOUNDATIONFY2025£5kHistory
SCOULOUDI FOUNDATIONFY2023£5kEnvironment & Humanities
SCOULOUDI FOUNDATIONFY2022£1kEnvironment & Humanities

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
MARC FITCH FUND1£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR LOCAL HISTORY.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION£1.2m£80,001 - £90,0001below—no doubt
BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR LOCAL HISTORY FY2024£145k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PAST AND PRESENT SOCIETY FY2024£387k—0above—no doubt
ECONOMIC HISTORY SOCIETY FY2025£397k—0unclear—no doubt
ROYAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY FY2025£684k£60,001 - £70,0002above—no doubt
Association of Higher Education Professionals FY2025£761k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.