THE ORAL HISTORY SOCIETY

Charity number: 288805
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

We run training programmes in oral history techniques, run a website, publish a journal, run a regional network, offer advice, run an annual conference, act as a focal point for oral history and deal with ethical issues, archiving and technical developments for dissemination.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 December 2023

Total income: £77,690
Total expenditure: £77,108

People

21 Trustee(s)

70 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charity

Fundraising

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:
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Education/training
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science
  • Environment/conservation/heritage
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Elderly/old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Human Resources
  • Provides Services
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
  • Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England And Wales
  • Northern Ireland
  • Scotland

Governance

Registration history:
  • 05 March 1984: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Other
Other names:

No other names

Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • 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
  • 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
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

21 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Professor John Gabriel BA PhD Chair 15 July 2017
None on record
Hannah Mary Wood Trustee 27 June 2024
None on record
Jodie Neville Trustee 27 June 2024
None on record
Dr Juanita Anne Cox Trustee 09 July 2022
C T AND H E ROBINSON CHARITABLE TRUST FOR THE CARIB AND LOKONO ARAWAK INDIANS
Received: On time
Mohammed Ijaz Ul-haq Faheem Chishti Trustee 09 July 2022
None on record
Mx Erum Nazeer Dahar Trustee 09 July 2022
None on record
Dr Alan John Butler Trustee 10 July 2021
None on record
Jennifer Bethan Vickers Trustee 10 July 2021
None on record
Dr Cai Morgan Parry Jones Trustee 01 January 2018
None on record
Dr Amy Tooth Murphy Trustee 15 July 2016
None on record
Juliana Dempsey Trustee 02 July 2010
None on record
Padmini Broomfield Trustee 04 July 2008
None on record
Dr ROBERT B PERKS MBE DLitt Trustee 03 May 1986
None on record
DR ROB PERKS Trustee
None on record
PROFESSOR JOANNA BORNAT Trustee
None on record
BETH THOMAS Trustee
None on record
VERUSCA CALABRIA Trustee
None on record
Mary Stewart Trustee
THE NATIONAL LIFE STORY COLLECTION
Received: On time
Dr CRAIG TRUMAN FEES Trustee
THE SQUIGGLE FOUNDATION
Received: On time
CYNTHIA BROWN Trustee
None on record
JENNY HARDING PHD MSC Trustee
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/12/2019 31/12/2020 31/12/2021 31/12/2022 31/12/2023
Total gross income £77.80k £41.32k £49.25k £72.52k £77.69k
Total expenditure £71.89k £36.37k £48.92k £64.55k £77.11k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
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
Annual return 31 December 2023 22 August 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2023 22 August 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2022 27 September 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2022 27 September 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2021 30 August 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2021 30 August 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2020 28 August 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2020 28 August 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2019 06 July 2020 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2019 06 July 2020 On Time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 29/10/1983 AS AMENDED ON 06/07/2007 AS AMENDED ON 19/07/2014 AS AMENDED ON 15 JUL 2017

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE METHODS AND PRACTICE OF ORAL HISTORY IN ALL APPROPRIATE FIELDS AND TO ENCOURAGE THE DUSCUSSION OF METHODOLOGY, TECHNICAL PROBLEMS AND ALL REVEVANT MATTERS BY THE PUBLICATION OF A JOURNAL AND BY THE ORGANISATION OF CONFERENCES AND MEETINGS.

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

NOT DEFINED

Contact information

Address:
The Old Quarry House
Upper Aston
Montgomery
Powys
SY15 6TA
Phone:
01732 824085
Email:
ohs@ohs.org.uk
Website:

ohs.org.uk