THE DEVON ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY

Registered charity 276865 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DEVON ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY

FOUNDED IN 1929 THE OBJECT OF THE SOCIETY IS TO PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE ARCHAEOLOGY IN THE COUNTY OF DEVON FOR THE BENEFIT AND EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC.

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Latest income

£48k

Latest spending

£48k

Registered

1979

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £309,119, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover future commitments and maintain activities. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: The Society operates a deposit account as agent for the Mount Folly Enclosures project. This project is run by Dr Eileen Wilkes, the Chair of the Society. There are no outstanding sums and no transactions relating to the Mount Folly Enclosures account are included in these financial statements.

“The Society operates a deposit account as agent for the Mount Folly Enclosures project. This project is run by Dr Eileen Wilkes, the Chair of the Society. There are no outstanding sums and no transactions relating to the Mount Folly Enclosures account are included in these financial statements.” — page 28

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Devon Archaeological Society (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

Dr EILEEN WILKESchair
AMANDA LOUISE EVERSETT
CELIA MARY KING
CRESSIDA JANE MARGARET WHITTON
Dr Andrew Binding
Dr Denise Anne Allen
Dr Lee Shaun Bray
Dr PHILIP NEWMAN
Dr Stuart Blaylock
FRANCES MARIAN GRIFFITH
Helen Elizabeth Smart
JOHN DAVID GRIFFITHS
Jennifer Yendall
John Philip Allan
NEIL ROBERT HOLBROOK
PROF VAL MAXFIELD
Prudence Theresa Manning
Raymond William George Flack
WILLIAM STUART HORNER

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

Operates in: Devon

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£48k	£48k
31/12/2023	£40k	£40k
31/12/2022	£39k	£35k
31/12/2021	£49k	£48k
31/12/2020	£52k	£41k

Common questions

Is THE DEVON ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £309,119, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover future commitments and maintain activities. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
UK government	01/04/2022	£15k	Hembury Hillfort, Devon
UK government	10/03/2022	£706	ALB-Historic England-Prehistoric monument complexes in the lower Exe valley, Devon
UK government	01/04/2021	£71k	Hembury Hillfort, Devon
UK government	26/10/2020	£5k	ALB-Historic England-Rougemont, Exeter: Excavation and Recording at Exeter Castle, 19852016
UK government	01/04/2020	£5k	ALB-Historic England-Rougemont, Exeter: Excavation and Recording at Exeter Castle, 19852016
UK government	01/04/2018	£980	ALB-Historic England-Emmets Post Round Barrow, South Hams, Devon
UK government	01/04/2018	£6k	ALB-Historic England-Exe Bridge, Exeter
UK government	—	£5k	ALB-Historic England-Exe Bridge, Exeter