HAMPSHIRE HISTORY TRUST

Registered charity 1191377 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We aim to inspire Hampshire residents and visitors of all ages & from all communities to learn about history and heritage by providing free Heritage Open Days events every September in and around Winchester, an annual festival of history that offers a range of activities for the whole community, and free and low cost history and heritage educational projects such as 'Hampshire HistBites'.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE ARTS, HERITAGE AND CULTURE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PROMOTING AND ORGANISING EVENTS, FESTIVALS AND WORKSHOPS IN AND AROUND WINCHESTER, HAMPSHIRE WITH A PARTICULAR FOCUS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF A WINCHESTER HISTORY FESTIVALTO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC (AND PARTICULARLY AMONGST THOSE LIVING IN, WORKING IN OR VISITING HAMPSHIRE) IN THE SUBJECTS OF HISTORY AND HERITAGE BY PROVIDING LECTURES AND TALKS, GUIDED WALKS, STAGING EXHIBITIONS, EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS, PODCASTS AND OTHER SIMILAR EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND PROJECTS AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES THINK FIT.

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

Registered contact address: Winchester, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£15k
Latest spending
£13k
Registered
2020

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Policies the charity declares

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From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/10/2025

  • Volunteers: 20

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/10/2024

  • Volunteers: 20
  • Government income: £500 — grants £500 (1); 3% of the £17,297 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/10/2023

  • Volunteers: 20
  • Government income: £3,650 — grants £3,650 (4); 27% of the £13,673 total gross income on the same return

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Hampshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/10/2025£15k£13k
31/10/2024£17k£16k
31/10/2023£14k£15k
31/10/2022£7k£15k
31/10/2021£32k£9k

Common questions

Who funds HAMPSHIRE HISTORY TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name HAMPSHIRE HISTORY TRUST as a grant recipient include THE CHARLOTTE BONHAM-CARTER CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE CHARLOTTE BONHAM-CARTER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2026£2k