THE SEALED KNOT LIMITED

Registered charity 263004 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also registered in Scotland as SC040724 (OSCR)

Promotes awareness of the British Civil Wars by performing battle re-enactments; giving educational talks; creating displays; taking part in commemorative & memorial events; and supporting of the preservation of historical battlefield sites.Promotes research into, and increase public interest in, the 17th century and history more widely.

Objects

The objects of the Society are specifically limited to the following: To promote research into, and the study of, history, particularly but not limited to the Stuart and Republican periods (1603 ? 1689).

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.

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£138k

Latest spending

£162k

Registered

1971

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased from £312,934 to £287,988 during the year, resulting in a net expenditure of £24,904. The trustees maintain a reserves policy to retain sufficient resources for at least two years of operation, and the current unrestricted balance of £287,988 is held in general funds. The charity reported a surplus on charitable activities but incurred higher costs of raising funds and governance expenses compared to the prior year.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Subscriptions (66% of income)

“Subscriptions - 90,614” — page 16

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: two years (held: £288k)

“It is the policy of the directors to retain sufficient financial resources to ensure the operation of the charitable company for a period of at least two years exclusive of event based costs in the event of either a significant reduction in income or a significant increase in expenditure.” — page 6

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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
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Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
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Risk management
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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Abbie Elizabeth Pearce
Alexander Keith Thompson
Alison Margaret Warren
Andrew Barry George
Aron Lee George Jordan
David Norman Parkes
Elizabeth Hannah Wright
Harriet Anne Rabbitts
Jon Edward Courtney-Thompson
Keith Sidney Robinson · trustee of 1 other charity
Margaret Eiluned Haf Ledgerwood
Nicola Louise Winsor-Gray
Rosemary Anne Sales · trustee of 1 other charity
Ross Galen Tooke
SIMON TIMOTHY WRIGHT
Thomas Iain Harrington
Vincent Ian Pearce

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£138k	£162k
31/12/2023	£147k	£144k
31/12/2022	£108k	£133k
31/12/2021	£79k	£64k
31/12/2020	£69k	£54k

Common questions

Is THE SEALED KNOT LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased from £312,934 to £287,988 during the year, resulting in a net expenditure of £24,904. The trustees maintain a reserves policy to retain sufficient resources for at least two years of operation, and the current unrestricted balance of £287,988 is held in general funds. The charity reported a surplus on charitable activities but incurred higher costs of raising funds and governance expenses compared to the prior year. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
CLASSICS FOR ALL	1	£10k
THE GOSLING FOUNDATION LIMITED	1	£3k
ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT MUSEUMS	1	£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SOLOMON'S KNOT PRODUCTIONS LIMITED.

SOLOMON'S KNOT PRODUCTIONS LIMITED income £326k
THE SIR JAMES KNOTT TRUST income £3.8m
THE BRITANNIA ASSOCIATION income £260k
HMS VICTORY PRESERVATION ENDOWMENT FUND income £563k
KING'S OWN ROYAL BORDER REGIMENT MUSEUM FUND income £218k
KENT BATTLE OF BRITAIN MUSEUM TRUST LIMITED income £168k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE SEALED KNOT LIMITED	£138k	—	above	—	no doubt
SOLOMON'S KNOT PRODUCTIONS LIMITED FY2025	£326k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE SIR JAMES KNOTT TRUST FY2025	£3.8m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE BRITANNIA ASSOCIATION FY2025	£260k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HMS VICTORY PRESERVATION ENDOWMENT FUND FY2025	£563k	—	above	—	no doubt
KING'S OWN ROYAL BORDER REGIMENT MUSEUM FUND FY2025	£218k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.