THE MANCHESTER AND LANCASHIRE FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY

Registered charity 515599 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The principal activities of the charity throughout the year have continued to be that of promoting and encouraging the public study of British family history, genealogy, heraldry and local history and also to promote the preservation, security and accessibility of archival material.

Objects

THE AIMS OF THE SOCIETY SHALL BE:- 1) TO PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE THE PUBLIC STUDY OF BRITISH FAMILY HISTORY,GENEALOGY, HERALDRY AND LOCAL HISTORY. 2) TO PROMOTE THE PRESERVATION,SECURITY AND ACCESSIBILITY OF ARCHIVAL MATERIAL.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net loss of £8,999 for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting from operating costs exceeding income. The deficit was met from unrestricted reserves, which stood at £90,475 in free reserves at year-end. The trustees note that subscription levels remained unchanged while operating costs increased, and they continue to review the financial position in light of rising costs.

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 handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (29/08/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Carol Ann Lee
• DAVID MUIL
• Graham Holt
• Jan Costa
• Leslie Turner
• Michael Watson
• Rhondda Victoria Griffiths
• Rita Greenwood
• Susan Elizabeth Forshaw

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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