THE GERMAN HISTORY SOCIETY

Registered charity 1182341 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To advance education in, and promote the study of, German history, including the history of German-speaking lands by organising events, producing and disseminating publications, fostering academic links, and providing relevant grants, bursaries and prizes.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE SOCIETY ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND, TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN, AND PROMOTE THE STUDY OF, GERMAN HISTORY, INCLUDING THE HISTORY OF GERMAN-SPEAKING LANDS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:(A) ORGANISING PUBLIC CONFERENCES, LECTURES AND EVENTS ON TOPICS RELATING TO GERMAN HISTORY;(B) CREATING AND FOSTERING LINKS BETWEEN ACADEMICS, STUDENTS, SCHOLARLY BODIES AND OTHER INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANISATIONS ENGAGED WITH OR INTERESTED IN GERMAN HISTORY;(C) PRODUCING AND DISSEMINATING PUBLICATIONS, ONLINE RESOURCES AND OTHER MEDIA TO PROVIDE INFORMATION RELATING TO THE SUBJECT AND STUDY OF GERMAN HISTORY; AND(D) PROVIDING GRANTS AND BURSARIES FOR STUDY OR RESEARCH INTO GERMAN HISTORY, AND AWARDING PRIZES FOR EXCEPTIONAL ACADEMIC WORK RELATING TO GERMAN HISTORY, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY TO STUDENTS AND EARLY CAREER SCHOLARS.

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity continues to experience the longer impact of the pandemic, which affected projects and conferences. The trustees report that they are proactively seeking to spend their reserves and have increased the value of postgraduate bursaries and expanded eligibility criteria to support more scholars.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• 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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Professor Mark Hewitsonchair
• Dr Anna Ross
• Dr Craig Griffiths
• Dr Edmund Hugh Wareham
• Dr Emily Andrea Steinhauer
• Dr Joseph Cronin
• Dr Marina Perez de Arcos
• Dr Roisin Gertrude Watson
• Professor Benjamin Ziemann
• Professor Bridget Margaret Heal
• Professor Tim Grady

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

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

Income and spending

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