THE ESSEX SOCIETY FOR ARCHAEOLOGY AND HISTORY

Registered charity 213218 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ESAH, ESSEX ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY

i) to promote study of archaeology & history in historic county of Essexii) to publish such studies in Society journal and other mediaiii) to organise lectures visits etc for members & public, & to educate wider community in matters of common concerniv) to provide library facilities for members & public

Objects

(A) TO PROMOTE THE STUDY OF ARCHAEOLOGY AND HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF ESSEX. (B) TO COLLECT AND PUBLISH THE RESULTS OF SUCH STUDIES IN ANNUAL ISSUES OF "TRANSACTIONS" AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS. (C) TO ORGANISE CONFERENCES, LECTURES AND VISITS; TO EDUCATE THE WIDER COMMUNITY IN THE HISTORICAL AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL HERITAGE OF ESSEX. (D) TO PROVIDE LIBRARY FACILITIES FOR MEMBERS AND APPROVED STUDENTS

Area of benefit: COUNTY OF ESSEX

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted general reserves are maintained at a level sufficient to produce and distribute publications for at least the next five years. The charity reports sound finances with total funds increasing to £291,033 in 2025. The trustees confirm the Society has sufficient reserves to make occasional donations and grants to support heritage projects.

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.

• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (17/06/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (20/09/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANTHONY BARRY CROSBY
• Adam Nicholas Wightman BSc MA
• Dr Mark Edward Curteis · trustee of 2 other charities
• HOWARD BROOKS BA FSA
• Laura Elizabeth April Pooley BA, MA
• MR MARTIN STUCHFIELD · trustee of 5 other charities
• Neil Robert Wiffen BA MA
• Philip John Wise MA FSA AMA · trustee of 1 other charity
• Samara King BA
• Teresa O'Connor MSc, MCIfA
• William Abbott

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

Operates in: Barking And Dagenham · Essex · Havering · Newham · Redbridge · Waltham Forest

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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