THE SOCIETY FOR LINCOLNSHIRE HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY

Registered charity 1182569 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SLHA

The objects of the Society are for the benefit of the public to:- advance the heritage of the historic county of Lincolnshire; advance education by recording local history, archaeology, industrial archaeology, topography, architecture, population studies, dialect and other similar objects of local interest; and preserve the building known as Jews' Court, Lincoln and the ruins of Bardney Abbey

Objects

THE FOLLOWING OBJECTS ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:-4.1 THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN THE HERITAGE AND HISTORY OF THE HISTORIC COUNTY OF LINCOLNSHIRE BY RECORDING LOCAL HISTORY, ARCHAEOLOGY, INDUSTRIAL ARCHAEOLOGY, TOPOGRAPHY, ARCHITECTURE, POPULATION STUDIES, DIALECT, MANNERS, CUSTOMS AND OTHER SIMILAR OBJECTS OF LOCAL INTEREST; AND4.2 TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE BUILDING KNOWN AS JEWS' COURT, LINCOLN AND THE RUINS OF BARDNEY ABBEY, LINCOLNSHIRE

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 Society incurred a net loss of £8,573 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by decreases in subscription and bookshop income. Despite this deficit, the charity holds accumulated funds of £441,564, which includes a significant revaluation reserve of £250,000 related to its building assets.

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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Volunteer management

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (25/11/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Steven George Stefaniukchair
• Adam Charles Cartwright · trustee of 3 other charities
• Christine Susan Gilham
• Christopher Padley
• Dr Andrew G Walker
• Dr Martin Alan Watkinson
• Dr Stewart Alan George Bennett
• Gary Ian Phillips
• Ian Kenneth George · trustee of 1 other charity
• Michael Owen Daly
• Rosalyn Diane Mellows
• STEPHEN JOHN BETTERIDGE MICE · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Lincolnshire

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Government & lottery funding

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