THE ARMS & ARMOUR SOCIETY
Charity number: 1161734
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)
Charity overview
Activities - how the charity spends its money
In the interest of the general public, to foster, extend, and propagate knowledge of arms and armour, and to procure observation and preservation of any specimens that come to the notice of the society.
Income and expenditure
Data for financial year ending 31 December 2024
Total income: £14,963
Total expenditure: £14,963
People
7 Trustee(s)
25 Volunteer(s)
Employees with total benefits over £60,000
No information availableFundraising
No information available
Trading
This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.
Trustee payments
No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.
What, who, how, where
What the charity does:
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
Who the charity helps:
- The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
- Makes Grants To Individuals
- Makes Grants To Organisations
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
Where the charity operates:
- Throughout England And Wales
Governance
Registration history:
- 19 May 2015: CIO registration
Organisation type:
CIO
Other names:
- ARMS & ARMOUR SOCIETY (Working name)
Gift aid:
Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
- Complaints handling
- 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
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Social media policy and procedures
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property
Trustees
Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service
7 Trustee(s)
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| Professor DAVID JOHN WILLIAMS OBE | Chair | 01 May 2014 |
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| Simeon Marcel Paul Beever | Trustee | 19 June 2025 |
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| ROBERT HILL FRCS FSA | Trustee | 01 August 2023 |
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| Keith Andrew Dowen MA FSA | Trustee | 01 August 2023 |
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| GUY MURRAY WILSON MA | Trustee | 01 May 2015 |
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| ANTHONY PAUL EVANS | Trustee | 01 May 2015 |
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| THOMAS GERALD BENNETT | Trustee | 01 May 2014 |
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Financial history
Financial period end date
| Income / Expenditure | 31/12/2020 | 31/12/2021 | 31/12/2022 | 31/12/2023 | 31/12/2024 | ||
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Total gross income | £10.98k | £15.28k | £13.09k | £14.90k | £14.96k | |
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Total expenditure | £10.67k | £15.25k | £1.39k | £14.90k | £14.96k | |
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Income from government contracts | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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Income from government grants | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Accounts and annual returns
This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
| Title | Reporting year | Date received | Received | Download |
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| Annual return | 31 December 2024 | 16 September 2025 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 December 2024 | 16 September 2025 | On time | |
| Annual return | 31 December 2023 | 26 September 2024 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 December 2023 | 26 September 2024 | On time | |
| Annual return | 31 December 2022 | 11 July 2023 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 December 2022 | 11 July 2023 | On time | |
| Annual return | 31 December 2021 | 19 June 2022 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 December 2021 | 19 June 2022 | On time | |
| Annual return | 31 December 2020 | 12 July 2021 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 December 2020 | 12 July 2021 | On time |