NORTHUMBERLAND ARCHIVES CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1188637 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Northumberland Archives Trust works alongside the Northumberland Archives Service to sustain, promote and enhance access to Northumberland's Archives, the county's most important records from throughout history, for the benefit of people everywhere, now and in the future. It does this by raising funds, generating support and extending knowledge of this rich academic and community resource.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS:TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC BY PROMOTING, SUPPORTING AND ASSISTING IN THE RESTORATION, PRESERVATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE ARCHIVES AND ARCHIVE SERVICES PROVIDED IN NORTHUMBERLAND.

Area of benefit: LOCAL

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 · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Trust had total reserves of £14,072 at the end of the financial year, representing a surplus for the period. The trustees report that they have reviewed their reserves policy and are satisfied the Trust has sufficient funding to meet its objectives on an ongoing basis.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Susan Shawchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Morag Linda Gordon Boyes
• Dr ROY Jobson · trustee of 1 other charity
• Lesley Lee · trustee of 4 other charities
• Professor Anne Marie Tindley
• Stuart Martin Bankier · trustee of 1 other charity
• William Browne-Swinburne

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

Operates in: Northumberland

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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