SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OF MEDIEVAL LANGUAGES AND LITERATURE

Registered charity 1130022 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Society promotes medieval studies by the support and publication of research in the area, making it available to a scholarly audience and the wider public.

Objects

1. THE SOCIETY EXISTS TO ADVANCE EDUCATION BY THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF RESEARCH IN MEDIEVAL LANGUAGES AND LITERATURE AND THE DISSEMINATION OF THAT RESEARCH TO THE SCHOLARLY COMMUNITY AND THE WIDER PUBLIC.2. THE ACTIVITIES THROUGH WHICH THE SOCIETY PROMOTES ITS OBJECTS INCLUDE:(A) THE PUBLICATION AND DISSEMINATION OF RELEVANT RESEARCH IN ITS JOURNAL, MONOGRAPHS AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS, IN PRINT OR ELECTRONICALLY. (B) THE SPONSORSHIP OF LECTURES, CONFERENCES AND OTHER APPROPRIATE EVENTS.(C) THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF MEDIEVAL STUDIES BY GRADUATE STUDENTS THROUGH THE PROVISION OF AN ESSAY PRIZE, BURSARIES AND OTHER APPROPRIATE INCENTIVES FOR SCHOLARSHIPTHIS IS NOT AN EXHAUSTIVE LIST AND THE SOCIETY WILL DEVELOP OTHER INITIATIVES IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITS OBJECT.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL.

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 the Society ran a deficit in 2024, though it was reduced compared to previous years, with reserves falling from £96,560 to £81,819. The trustees note that increased membership and subscription rates are helping to put the Society on a stronger financial footing for 2025. However, the Society has paused bursary and conference support for two years to ensure a more sustainable financial model amid rising production costs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• 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
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• DR KENNETH PATRICK CLARKE
• Dr Andrew Nelson Judd Dunning
• Dr David George Rundle
• Dr Elizabeth Louise Boyle
• Dr JULIA CAROLINE WALWORTH · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Rachel Ann Burns
• Dr Rebecca Lynne Thomas
• Dr SETHINA CLAIRE WATSON
• Dr Sarah Katherine Bowden
• Dr Stephen Charles Mossman · trustee of 1 other charity
• Julia Mary Howard Smith · trustee of 1 other charity
• PROF ANTHONY JOHN LAPPIN
• PROF CORINNE JANE SAUNDERS
• PROF JOHN HINES · trustee of 1 other charity
• PROF SYLVIA HUOT
• Professor Alastair James Minnis

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

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