DESIGN HISTORY SOCIETY

Registered charity 1155117 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Design History Society is the leading organisation that promotes the study of global design histories, and brings together and supports all those engaged in the subject - students, researchers, educators, designers, designer-makers, critics and curators. The Society aims to play an important role in shaping an inclusive design history.

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £9,968 for the year ended 31 July 2025, resulting in total unrestricted funds decreasing to £205,876 from £215,844 the previous year. The trustees note that the principal financial risk is a severe reduction in subscriptions to the Journal of Design History, but confirm the charity remains a going concern with adequate resources. Reserves are held substantially in cash at bank, amounting to £208,782.

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.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (20/01/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Sally-Anne Huxtablechair
• Alexandra Banister-Fletcher
• Anna Kallen Talley
• Deepika Srivastava
• Dr Eleonora Michaela Young
• Dr Jessica Rose Jenkins
• Dr Joanne Rebecca Pilcher
• Dr Syeda Tanveer Ahmed
• Dr Yassmin Nashabe Taan
• Professor Grace Lees-Maffei

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

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