WILTSHIRE FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY

Registered charity 290284 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

A. To promote and encourage the public study of family history, genealogy, heraldry and local history with particular reference to Wiltshire. B. To promote the preservation, security, accessibility of archival material.

Objects

(A) TO PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE THE PUBLIC STUDY OF BRITISH FAMILY HISTORY, GENEALOGY, HERALDRY AND LOCAL HISTORY WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO WILTSHIRE. (B) TO PROMOTE THE PRESERVATION, SECURITY AND ACCESS ABLITY OF ARCHIVAL MATERIAL.

Area of benefit: WILTSHIRE

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

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that expenditure exceeded income by £4,201, resulting in a net decrease in total funds to £153,144. However, the trustees report that the overall financial position remains healthy with a considerable surplus of assets over liabilities. The charity maintains unrestricted reserves of £153,144, which considerably exceed its stated policy target of covering 12 months of expenses.

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 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
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Florence Jane Syckelmoore
• Gordon Springford · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jennifer Mary Pope
• Jerry KING
• John Raymond Mills · trustee of 1 other charity
• MICHAEL DAVID LANGTREE
• PERSIS WILTSHIRE
• Susan Frances Wight
• Susan Lewis
• William Robert Knightley

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

Operates in: Swindon · Wiltshire

Income and spending

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