GUILD OF ONE-NAME STUDIES CIO

Registered charity 1197944 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To advance the education of the public in one-name studies, in particular but not exclusively by promoting public understanding of one-name studies, preserving and publishing the data from one-name studies and maximising accessibility of the data to interested members of the public.

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Latest income
£89k
Latest spending
£107k
Registered
2022
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £16,985 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted funds. The Trustees maintain that unrestricted reserves of £69,654 are sufficient to cover operations and meet their stated policy target of six months' expenditure. The charity relies entirely on volunteer staff and has no salaried employees.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months' unrestricted fund expenditure (held: £70k)
The review concluded that a general reserve equivalent to approximately six months' unrestricted fund expenditure should continue to be set. Based on 2024/2025 this is £30,000
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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Operates in: Australia · Canada · Ireland · New Zealand · Northern Ireland · Scotland · South Africa · Throughout England And Wales · United States

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£89k£107k
31/08/2024£82k£94k
31/08/2023£215k£85k
31/08/2022£0£0

Common questions

Is GUILD OF ONE-NAME STUDIES CIO financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £16,985 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted funds. The Trustees maintain that unrestricted reserves of £69,654 are sufficient to cover operations and meet their stated policy target of six months' expenditure. The charity relies entirely on volunteer staff and has no salaried employees. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.