MARC FITCH FUND

Registered charity 313303 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MARC FITCH FUND LIMITED

The Marc Fitch Fund supports research and publication, chiefly in the local and regional history of the British Isles, in the fields of Archaeology, History, Historical Geography, History of Art and Architecture, Heraldry and Genealogy.

Causes: Education/training · Environment/conservation/heritage · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds decreased by £363,710 during the year, primarily due to a decrease in the market value of investments, resulting in net assets of £7,969,525. The trustees report that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, with unrestricted funds held in a designated unexpended income fund of £99,470. The charity operates on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified by the auditors.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Gravita Audit Oxford LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 00569597

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.

• FISHER, Richard Kenneth — director, appointed 18/09/2024on trustee list
• SUMMERSON, Henry Rosewell Thomas — director, appointed 20/09/2023on trustee list
• DAVIS, John Harry — director, appointed 20/09/2023on trustee list
• FORD, John Edward — director, appointed 20/09/2023on trustee list
• SWEET, Rosemary Helen, Professor — director, appointed 13/09/2016not on trustee list
• PAYNE, Christiana Joan Elizabeth Ruth, Professor — director, appointed 19/04/2012on trustee list
• WHITE, David Vines — director, appointed 25/09/2008on trustee list
• HALL, Michael — director, appointed 27/09/2007not on trustee list
• ALLASON-JONES, Lindsay — director, appointed 27/09/2006on trustee list
• FORDE, Helen — director, appointed 17/04/2002on trustee list
• BLAIR, William John, Dr — director, appointed 17/04/2002on trustee list
• CATLING, Christopher Paul — secretary, appointed 01/06/2011

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Lindsay Allason-Joneschair · trustee of 3 other charities
• CHRISTIANA PAYNE
• DAVID VINES WHITE · trustee of 1 other charity
• DR JOHN BLAIR
• Dr Henry Rosewell Thomas Summerson · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr John Harry Davis
• Helen Forde · trustee of 3 other charities
• John Edward Ford · trustee of 1 other charity
• MICHAEL HAROLD WEBSTER HALL FSA
• Richard Fisher
• Roey Sweet · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Canada · Ireland · Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales · United States

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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