THE JOHNSON SOCIETY

Registered charity 1200987 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE JOHNSON SOCIETY (LICHFIELD)

Encouraging interest in, and study of, the writings, life and times of Samuel Johnson; Supporting the Samuel Johnson Birthplace Museum in the City of Lichfield; Assisting in preserving physical memorials of Johnson and his contemporaries; Participating in annual commemorations of Johnson's birthday; Promoting knowledge of eighteenth-century history in general.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE LIFE, WORKS AND TIMES OF DR SAMUEL JOHNSON (1709-1784) BY ANY MEANS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES SEE FIT, INCLUDING: • ENCOURAGING INTEREST IN, AND STUDY OF, THE WRITINGS, LIFE AND TIMES OF SAMUEL JOHNSON; • SUPPORTING THE SAMUEL JOHNSON BIRTHPLACE MUSEUM IN THE CITY OF LICHFIELD BY HELPING TO MAINTAIN AND ENHANCE ITS CONTENTS, AND BY WORKING WITH THE JOHNSON BIRTHPLACE ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF LICHFIELD CITY COUNCIL; • ASSISTING IN PRESERVING PHYSICAL MEMORIALS OF JOHNSON AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES, INCLUDING BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS, ARTEFACTS, BUILDINGS, STATUES AND JOHNSON'S WILLOW; • PARTICIPATING IN ANNUAL COMMEMORATIONS OF JOHNSON'S BIRTHDAY; • PROMOTING KNOWLEDGE OF EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY HISTORY IN GENERAL.

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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Registered contact address: Lichfield, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

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• Received assets from another charity (26/06/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Philip Ward Joneschair
• Colin Greatorex
• DAVID GLYN ARTHUR
• JOHN WINTERTON
• MARILYN JEAN DAVIES
• Martha Ross Smith
• RICHARD ALASTAIR DAVIES · trustee of 1 other charity
• Roderick HANNAM · trustee of 1 other charity
• Terence Michael Dockery

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Operates in: Staffordshire

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