SOUTHAMPTON ARCHAEOLOGY SOCIETY

Registered charity 276070 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as S C M A S, SOUTHAMPTON CITY MUSEUMS ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY

Holds meetings with guest speakers on archaelogical subjects. Arranges study days on particular periods of history and outings to places of archaelogical importance & interest.

Objects

TO PROMOTE ALL FORMS AND BRANCHES OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH WITHIN THE SOUTHAMPTON DISTRICT AND, WHERE RELEVANT, IN CO-OPERATION WITH KINDRED SOCIETIES, IN ADJACENT DISTRICTS. IT SALL ALSO ENCOURAGE AN INTEREST IN ARCHAEOLOGY BY ISSUING PUBLICATION AND ALSO BY ARRANGING LECTURES, EXCURSIONS AND SIMILAR ACTIVITIES, ALL OF WHICH SHALL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, AND THE SOCIETY SHALL DISSEMINATE ITS RESULTS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.

Area of benefit: HAMPSHIRE

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Southampton, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds total reserves of £96,842.54, a figure significantly boosted by a £90,000 bequest received during the year. The underlying operational position shows a small profit of £26.31 when excluding the bequest, with running costs largely balanced by membership and activity income. The trustees confirm the charity has sufficient funds to cover future liabilities and is acting on a going concern basis.

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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 01/04/2023 (received 01/03/2024, 29 days after the 01/02/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Matthew Fraser Garnerchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Henry John Frederick Rothery · trustee of 1 other charity
• John Langran
• MARTIN DOWELL
• Susan Caroline Davies · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Hampshire · Southampton City

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE SUSSEX ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY.

• THE SUSSEX ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY income £1.6m
• EAST DORSET ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY income £30k
• SOCIETY FOR MEDIEVAL ARCHAEOLOGY income £60k
• THE HAMPSHIRE FIELD CLUB AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY income £17k
• CHEPSTOW ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY income £22k
• LONDON AND MIDDLESEX ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY income £77k

Side by side with its peers

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