ASSOCIATION FOR HERITAGE INTERPRETATION

Registered charity 1180025 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AHI

AHI publishes a journal twice a year and an e-newsletter six times a year. It holds an annual conference, runs seminars and hosts a website. Membership of AHI is open to all.

Objects

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN, AND FOSTER AND ENCOURAGE A GREATER UNDERSTANDING OF, THE NATURAL AND CULTURAL ENVIRONMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY PROMOTING THE ARTS AND SCIENCES OF INTERPRETATION AND THEIR APPLICATION, THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF RESEARCH AND EDUCATION THEREIN AND IN PARTICULAR TO ADVANCE THE STANDARDS OF EDUCATION, QUALIFICATION, COMPETENCE AND CONDUCT OF THOSE WHO PRACTISE INTERPRETATION AS A PROFESSION.THE EXPRESSION INTERPRETATION SHALL MEAN THE PROCESS OF COMMUNICATING TO PEOPLE THE SIGNIFICANCE OF A PLACE OR OBJECT, SO THAT THEY MAY ENJOY IT MORE, UNDERSTAND THEIR HERITAGE AND ENVIRONMENT BETTER AND DEVELOP A POSITIVE ATTITUDE TO CONSERVATION

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

Causes: Education/training · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£151k

Latest spending

£88k

Registered

2018

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held total unrestricted and restricted funds of £135,253 at the end of the year, with unrestricted funds specifically at £77,080. The trustees report that the reserves policy target is to maintain funds equivalent to between three and six months' expenditure, a level they confirm has been maintained throughout the year. The charity generated a net income surplus of £63,272 for the year, supporting its ongoing operational existence.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: between three and six month’s expenditure (held: £77k)

“It is the policy of the charity that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to between three and six month’s expenditure.” — page 10

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Risk management
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (30/12/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Jacqueline Eleanor Brown Leechair
Astrid Karla Krumins
Barbara Stella Acan BA Hons MA
Damon Mahoney
Dr Oliver David Taylor FRHistS
Dr Philip Ryland
Eric Langham
Gavin Ian Glencorse
Mhairi Jean Elizabeth Naismith
Michael Hamish Glen
Rebecca Louise Jarvis-Stiggants
Sindi Breshani
Stefanie Van Stokkom

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

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

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£151k	£88k
31/03/2024	£74k	£71k
31/03/2023	£48k	£64k
31/03/2022	£50k	£42k
31/03/2021	£37k	£36k

Common questions

Is ASSOCIATION FOR HERITAGE INTERPRETATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held total unrestricted and restricted funds of £135,253 at the end of the year, with unrestricted funds specifically at £77,080. The trustees report that the reserves policy target is to maintain funds equivalent to between three and six months' expenditure, a level they confirm has been maintained throughout the year. The charity generated a net income surplus of £63,272 for the year, supporting its ongoing operational existence. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	06/08/2024	£150k	"Interpretation Gold: Celebrating 50 years of inspiring, engaging and connecting people"

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE DEO GLORIA TRUST	1	£4k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HYDROLOGICAL SCIENCES LIMITED.

THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HYDROLOGICAL SCIENCES LIMITED income £253k
BRISTOL AND AVON ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY income £20k
THE A. H. TRUST income £359k
ASSOCIATION FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY TRUST income £190k
THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION income £463k
ASHA: A COMMUNITY OF HOPE income £223k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
ASSOCIATION FOR HERITAGE INTERPRETATION	£151k	—	0	within	—	no doubt
THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HYDROLOGICAL SCIENCES LIMITED FY2024	£253k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BRISTOL AND AVON ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY FY2024	£20k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE A. H. TRUST FY2025	£359k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ASSOCIATION FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY TRUST FY2024	£190k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION FY2025	£463k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.