THE THOMAS HARDY SOCIETY

Registered charity 254248 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE THOMAS HARDY FESTIVAL SOCIETY LIMIETED, THE THOMAS HARDY SOCIETY LIMITED

The Society's activities are for the advancement, for the benefit of the public, of education in the works of Thomas Hardy.

Objects

TO ADVANCE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE WORKS OF THOMAS HARDY BY PROMOTING IN EVERY PART OF THE WORLD APPRECIATION AND STUDY OF THOSE WORKS.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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 accounts state that the charity reported a net income surplus of £8,786 for the year ended 31 December 2025, reversing a deficit from the prior year. The trustees confirm the charity has sufficient expected income and reserves to fund two years of activities, with total net assets increasing to £20,972. The financial position is described as satisfactory, with unrestricted funds available for general purposes totaling £15,372.

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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• 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
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Mark Chutterchair
• ALBAN JOHN O'BRIEN
• Adrienne Victoria Mathias
• Andrew Worth
• David Charles Burnet
• Felicity Jane Burnet
• Giles Keating
• Harry Coutts
• Katherine Mary Kerr
• Lucy Caroline Mary Brown
• Mandy Katheryne Woodgate · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rebecca Shipp
• Sarah Jane Gregson
• Susan Clarke
• Zoe Anne Withers

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

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Government & lottery funding

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