WAKEFIELD HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Registered charity 248363 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Lecture programmes of historical interest subject particularly relating to the Wakefield & Yorkshire area. Summer season visits to places of historical interest. Encourages research into matters of historical interest particularly in the Wakefield and Yorkshire areas.

Objects

PRESERVATION OF MATTER OF HISTORICAL OR ANTIQUARIAN INTEREST RELATING TO THE CITY OF WAKEFIELD AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD.

Area of benefit: WAKEFIELD AND DISTRICT.

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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Latest income
£5k
Latest spending
£5k
Registered
1966

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Policies the charity declares

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Trustees · trustee networks

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Operates in: City Of Wakefield

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£5k£5k
31/12/2024£4k£3k
31/12/2023£4k£2k
31/12/2022£5k£3k
31/12/2021£5k£887

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund19/10/2012£8k"Wakefield's Waterfront 1700 to the present day"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund26/09/2003£5k"This Group Studies And Promotes The History Of The Wakefield Area And Provides Talks, Short Courses And Other Events For The Local Community"