GLOUCESTER HISTORY TRUST

Registered charity 1176776 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The key activities are:1 organising events, festivals and workshops in and around Gloucester with a focus on the development of the Gloucester History Festival.2 arranging events, exhibitions, lectures, talks and educational materials for the public benefit in Gloucester and the surrounding areas.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE ARTS, HERITAGE AND CULTURE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY ORGANISING EVENTS, FESTIVALS AND WORKSHOPS IN AND AROUND GLOUCESTER WITH A PARTICULAR FOCUS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF GLOUCESTER HISTORY FESTIVAL.TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN GLOUCESTER AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS INCLUDING BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION BY PROVIDING LECTURES AND TALKS; STAGING EXHIBITIONS AND EVENTS AND PREPARING AND DISTRIBUTING EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves dipped to £47,930, which the trustees describe as 'about as low as we would want' against a policy target of one year's operating costs (£50,000). The charity reported a net expenditure for the year, noting that expenditure outgrew revenue due to a 50% increase in venue costs.

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
• 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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Funders the charity credits

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

• Arts Council — “Arts Council Sponsor” (source page)
• Culture Recovery Fund — “Culture Recovery Fund Sponsor” (source page)
• Richmond Villages — “Richmond Villages Principal Sponsor” (source page)
• Winstone Trust — “Winstone Trust Sponsor” (source page)
• The Oldham Foundation — “The Oldham Foundation Sponsor” (source page)
• Noble Caledonia — “Noble Caledonia Principal Sponsor” (source page)
• The Honourable Company of Gloucestershire’s Trust — “The Honourable Company of Gloucestershire’s Trust Sponsor” (source page)
• Ecclesiastical — “Ecclesiastical Sponsor” (source page)
• History Press — “History Press Sponsor” (source page)
• Heritage Hub — “Heritage Hub Sponsor” (source page)
• Cass Stephens — “Cass Stephens Sponsor” (source page)
• Davies and Partners — “Davies and Partners Sponsor” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew Neil Pittchair
• Gareth Swain
• Helen Bartlett
• JOHN ANTHONY LOVELL
• PHILLIP ANTHONY MOSS
• Vernon Harwood

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with GLOUCESTER CULTURE TRUST.

• GLOUCESTER CULTURE TRUST income £502k
• GLOUCESTER CIVIC TRUST LIMITED income £228k
• THE GLOUCESTERSHIRE SOCIETY income £160k
• TRINITY BAPTIST CHURCH GLOUCESTER income £212k
• GLOUCESTERSHIRE HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST income £266k
• THE FRIENDS OF GLOUCESTER CATHEDRAL CIO income £124k

Side by side with its peers

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