SURREY ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY
Registered charity 272098 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
County Archaeological Society
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a net loss of £63,306 for the year ended 31 March 2025, primarily due to net losses on investments of £71,117. Despite this loss, the charity holds substantial free reserves of £2,189,683, which the Trustees consider sufficient to support ongoing activities and meet financial obligations.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Largest income source: Investments (61% of income)
“Income predominantly comprises unrestricted investment income generated from the Society’s investment portfolio managed by Charles Stanley & Co Ltd.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Company officers (Companies House)
Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.
- MCKEE, Peter Bruce — director, appointed 16/11/2024on trustee list
- ROSE, Martin Thomas — director, appointed 16/11/2024on trustee list
- CORKE, Emma Lucy — director, appointed 25/11/2023on trustee list
- COBURN, Emma Elizabeth — director, appointed 06/11/2022on trustee list
- COOMBE, Christopher — director, appointed 20/11/2021on trustee list
- PITTMAN, Christine Frances — director, appointed 16/11/2019on trustee list
- ROSE, Martin Thomas — secretary, appointed 16/11/2024
Official officers record.
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (10/11/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Audrey Christine Graham
- Christine Pittman
- Christopher Brian Coombe
- EMMA LUCY CORKE · trustee of 1 other charity
- Emma Elizabeth Coburn
- Jonathan Cotton
- Martin Rose
- NICOLA ANNE COWLARD
- Peter McKee
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Croydon · Kingston Upon Thames · Lambeth · Merton · Richmond Upon Thames · Surrey · Sutton · Wandsworth
Income and spending
Common questions
Is SURREY ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net loss of £63,306 for the year ended 31 March 2025, primarily due to net losses on investments of £71,117. Despite this loss, the charity holds substantial free reserves of £2,189,683, which the Trustees consider sufficient to support ongoing activities and meet financial obligations. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
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