THE SHAW SOCIETY

Registered charity 1200279 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE WORKS OF GEORGE BERNARD SHAW (GBS) THROUGH PUBLIC PERFORMANCES, LECTURES, TALKS AND BY MAKING AWARDS AND BURSARIES AND IN SUCH OTHER WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT.

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 Shaw Society reported a surplus of £15,202 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total unrestricted reserves increasing to £51,957. The charity holds no staff and relies entirely on volunteers, with trustees receiving no remuneration. The trustees consider there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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 5 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
• 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): facebook · instagram · linkedin

Trustees · trustee networks

• MAUREEN CLARK-DARBYchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Cara Saul
• Christine Stevenson
• David Grapes
• Emma Goldman
• Ivan Wise · trustee of 1 other charity
• John Barber · trustee of 2 other charities
• Julia Holocener
• Mary Bernadette Conway Skehan ACA
• Murray Rosenthal
• Peter Joseph Power-Hynes · trustee of 3 other charities
• William Foote

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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