CUMBRIA COUNTY HISTORY TRUST

Registered charity 1137379 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To coordinate and gather resources for the Victoria County History of Cumbria project, a collaborative community project created to research and write the histories of all parts of Cumbria, and to make historical information generally available, within the framework and standards of the Victoria County History of England.

Objects

1 TO FURTHER THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORY AND HERITAGE OF THE COUNTY OF CUMBRIA AND ITS COMMUNITIES AND TO PROMOTE AND FOSTER PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE, UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF THE HISTORY OF THE AREA IN GENERAL2 TO UNDERTAKE RESEARCH INTO THE HISTORY AND HERITAGE OF THE COUNTY OF CUMBRIA AND ITS COMMUNITIES AND TO DISSEMINATE THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT

Area of benefit: THE COUNTY OF CUMBRIA

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

Causes: Education/training · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the financial year with a surplus of £33,526, bringing total unrestricted reserves to £75,150. The trustees aim to maintain sufficient unrestricted reserves to manage contingencies and wind up the trust if necessary. The charity relies on funding from Lancaster University and various grants to support its activities.

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 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
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society — “From the start, our work has been co-ordinated and overseen by Lancaster University's Regional Heritage Centre, and has been supported by g…” (source page)

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Nicola Mary Jackson
• Dr Nigel John Tringham · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Penelope Joyce Elizabeth Bradshaw
• Dr Robert Giles David
• Dr Ruth Lawley · trustee of 1 other charity
• Eleanor Jane Kingston · trustee of 1 other charity
• Lorna Mullett MA
• MARION MCCLINTOCK MBE BA · trustee of 2 other charities
• MARK BLACKETT-ORD · trustee of 1 other charity
• PROFESSOR ANGUS JAMES LOGIE WINCHESTER · trustee of 1 other charity
• PROFESSOR KEITH STRINGER
• RICHARD Platt · trustee of 4 other charities
• ROBERT ROSARIO BAXTER · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Cumbria

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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