THE SOCIETY OF JEWELLERY HISTORIANS

Registered charity 1151393 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SJH

Education by lectures and publications

Objects

TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION BY PROMOTING (WHETHER BY FORMAL MEETINGS LECTURES OR OTHERWICS) THE STUDY AND THE MAKING KNOWN OF THE HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE CRAFT AND CRAFTSMEN CONNECTED WITH THE MANUFACTURE DESIGN AND PROCESSES CONCERNING JEWELLERY.

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

Latest income

£45k

Latest spending

£30k

Registered

2013

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £13,851 for the year ended 30 September 2025, bringing total general funds to £247,720. The trustees confirmed that the Society has more than sufficient reserves to remain a going concern for well in excess of the next twelve months. No material matters were identified by the independent examiner that would cause concern regarding the financial position or accounting records.

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 4 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
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 07032947

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

MACKENZIE, Ella Hermione — director, appointed 24/02/2026on trustee list
LEIGH-PEMBERTON, Robert Eustace Walter — director, appointed 25/03/2025on trustee list
ROTHWELL, Sarah Jane — director, appointed 13/02/2024on trustee list
TOPPING, Patricia Susan — director, appointed 23/01/2024on trustee list
ORR, Lucinda Emily — director, appointed 28/11/2023on trustee list
MONGIATTI, Aude, Dr — director, appointed 25/02/2020on trustee list
WHITFIELD, Niamh, Dr — director, appointed 25/06/2013on trustee list
CERRONE, Maureen — director, appointed 25/06/2013on trustee list
FORSYTHE, Hazel — director, appointed 25/06/2013not on trustee list
PERRY, Jane Elizabeth — director, appointed 25/06/2013on trustee list
RUDOE, Judith Ann — director, appointed 25/06/2013on trustee list
BARTLETT, Lynne, Dr — director, appointed 25/06/2013not on trustee list
PURCELL, Katherine Francoise — director, appointed 29/09/2009on trustee list

Official officers record.

Register events

Received assets from another charity (20/12/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (11/11/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

KATHERINE FRANCOISE PURCELLchair
Dr Aude Mongiatti
Dr LYNNE BARTLETT PHD
Dr NIAMH WHITFIELD
Ella Hermoine Mackenzie
Hazel Forsyth
JANE PERRY
Judith Ann Rudoe · trustee of 1 other charity
Lucina Emily Orr Ms
MAUREEN CERRONE
Patricia Susan Topping
ROBERT EUSTACE WALTER LEIGH-PEMBERTON
Sarah Jane Rothwell

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/09/2025	£45k	£30k
30/09/2024	£39k	£32k
30/09/2023	£37k	£31k
30/09/2022	£40k	£25k
30/09/2021	£112k	£13k

Common questions

Is THE SOCIETY OF JEWELLERY HISTORIANS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £13,851 for the year ended 30 September 2025, bringing total general funds to £247,720. The trustees confirmed that the Society has more than sufficient reserves to remain a going concern for well in excess of the next twelve months. No material matters were identified by the independent examiner that would cause concern regarding the financial position or accounting records. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.