BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR LOCAL HISTORY

Registered charity 285467 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Association's purpose is to encourage and assist the study of local history throughout Great Britain as an academic discipline and rewarding leisure pursuit for both individuals and groups. The Association also regularly organises visits to places of interest and co-sponsors local history conferences.

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Latest income

£145k

Latest spending

£141k

Registered

1982

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £4,314 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in total net assets of £93,361. The trustees report a strong balance sheet with a satisfactory working cash position of £169,032 held at bank and in hand. However, the trustees note a drop in membership levels and expect unrestricted free reserves to be reduced considerably over the next few years due to planned developments.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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.

Register events

Received assets from another charity (14/01/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

DR TIM LOMAS · trustee of 2 other charities
Dr Adrian Webb · trustee of 1 other charity
Dr Daniella Marie Gonzalez
Dr Jack Southern
Dr Jane Elizabeth Golding · trustee of 2 other charities
Dr John Chandler
Dr Jonathan Mackman
Dr Martin James Watts · trustee of 1 other charity
Dr Paul R Dryburgh
Joseph Saunders · trustee of 1 other charity
Laura Anne Yeoman · trustee of 1 other charity
Lisbet Sherlock · trustee of 2 other charities
Sophie Grace Anstee de Mas
Susan Moore
Tim Hamilton

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£145k	£141k
31/12/2023	£132k	£151k
31/12/2022	£139k	£150k
31/12/2021	£131k	£133k
31/12/2020	£127k	£112k

Common questions

Is BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR LOCAL HISTORY financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £4,314 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in total net assets of £93,361. The trustees report a strong balance sheet with a satisfactory working cash position of £169,032 held at bank and in hand. However, the trustees note a drop in membership levels and expect unrestricted free reserves to be reduced considerably over the next few years due to planned developments. 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
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	14/03/2012	£36k	"Pauper Prisons, Pauper Palaces"

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
THE MAURICE WOHL CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£1.4m
THE NUFFIELD FOUNDATION	1	£518k
THE SINO-BRITISH FELLOWSHIP TRUST	1	£214k
THE BRITISH INSTITUTE OF ARCHAEOLOGY AT ANKARA	1	£72k
BRITISH ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE ASSOCIATION	1	£32k
SCOULOUDI FOUNDATION	1	£21k
THE CORCORAN FOUNDATION	1	£1k
MARC FITCH FUND	1	£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION.

THE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION income £1.2m
BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR AMERICAN STUDIES income £112k
THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF THE LIVER income £647k
BRITISH ARCHAEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION income £308k
THE BRITISH ASTRONOMICAL ASSOCIATION income £144k
THE BRITISH ACADEMY FOR THE PROMOTION OF HISTORICAL PHILOSOPHICAL AND PHILOLOGICAL STUDIES income £106.2m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR LOCAL HISTORY	£145k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION FY2025	£1.2m	£80,001 - £90,000	1	below	—	no doubt
BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR AMERICAN STUDIES FY2024	£112k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF THE LIVER FY2024	£647k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
BRITISH ARCHAEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION FY2024	£308k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE BRITISH ASTRONOMICAL ASSOCIATION FY2025	£144k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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