FURNITURE HISTORY SOCIETY

Registered charity 251683 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The study of furniture in all countries and in all periods

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE STUDY OF FURNITURE OF ALL PERIODS, PLACES AND KINDS, AND TO FURTHER PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATION OF IT. THE SOCIETY SHALL ASSIST AS FAR AS POSSIBLE IN THE PRESERVATION OF FURNITURE AND OF ITS RECORDS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.

Area of benefit: NATIONAL

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 the charity reported a surplus of £4,585 on its Unrestricted Fund for the year ended 30 June 2025, following a deficit in the previous year. Per the trustees' report, the Society's total net wealth increased to £869,431, supported by a significant bequest in excess of £400,000 and investment gains. The trustees indicate that the financial position is positive and expected to improve further due to modest subscription rate increases.

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 4 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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Furniture History Society (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

• Adriana Edith Turpin · trustee of 1 other charity
• Amy Lim
• Charlie Thomas
• Christopher Rowell
• David Oakey
• Dr Megan Aldrich FSA
• Dr Rebecca Lesley Tilles
• Iain Stephens
• Martin Blue Macintosh Williams
• Sir Jonathan Marsden
• Thomas Williams

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

Operates in: Australia · Austria · Belgium · Canada · Denmark · Finland · France · Germany · Ireland · Italy · Japan · Malaysia

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LEEDS AND MOORTOWN FURNITURE STORE CIO.

• LEEDS AND MOORTOWN FURNITURE STORE CIO income £182k
• The British Society of Master Glass Painters Charitable Trust income £1.6m
• LIGHTHOUSE FURNITURE PROJECT LIMITED income £740k
• FURNITURE RESOURCE CENTRE LIMITED income £21.7m
• FURNITURE MAKERS COMPANY LIMITED income £294k
• ECONOMIC HISTORY SOCIETY income £397k

Side by side with its peers

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