THE INSTITUTE OF HERALDIC AND GENEALOGICAL STUDIES

Charity number: 313304
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Education in Family history, genealogy, heraldry and other subjects auxiliary to history

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 30 June 2025

Total income: £337,279
Total expenditure: £299,389

People

7 Trustee(s)

5 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:
  • Education/training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • Environment/conservation/heritage
Who the charity helps:
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
  • Provides Services
  • 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:
  • 01 December 1965: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:
  • I H G S (Working name)
  • THE INSTITUTE OF HERALDIC AND GENEALOGICAL STUDIES (Previous name)
  • THE INSTITUTE OF HERALDIC AND GENEALOGICAL STUDIES LTD (Previous name)
Company number:
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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
  • Conflicting interests
  • 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
  • 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
Land and property:
This charity owns and/or leases 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)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Dr PAUL ANDREW FOX FRCP Chair 23 July 2005
None on record
Caroline Maria Gibb Trustee 31 January 2026
None on record
Edward Peter John Herbert Trustee 12 August 2025
None on record
Jane Tunesi FRCP Trustee 30 July 2022
None on record
David Andrew Bruce Babington-Smith Trustee 30 April 2022
None on record
William David GRASSICK Trustee 16 October 2021
None on record
David Broomfield FRCP Trustee 07 October 2017
THE FRIENDS OF AUDLEY END
Received: On time

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 30/06/2021 30/06/2022 30/06/2023 30/06/2024 30/06/2025
Total gross income £243.14k £207.33k £250.00k £212.72k £337.28k
Total expenditure £208.80k £226.99k £240.98k £210.33k £299.39k
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 30 June 2025 11 February 2026 On time
Accounts and TAR 30 June 2025 11 February 2026 On time
Annual return 30 June 2024 24 February 2025 On time
Accounts and TAR 30 June 2024 24 February 2025 On time
Annual return 30 June 2023 23 April 2024 On time
Accounts and TAR 30 June 2023 23 April 2024 On time
Annual return 30 June 2022 14 February 2023 On time
Accounts and TAR 30 June 2022 14 February 2023 On time
Annual return 30 June 2021 08 February 2022 On time
Accounts and TAR 30 June 2021 08 February 2022 On time
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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.

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION DATED 19TH APRIL 1982, AMENDED 3 AUGUST 1999.

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION AND RESEARCH INTO THE ARTS AND SCIENCES OF HERALDRY AND GENEALOGY AND RELATED SUBJECTS AND TO PUBLISH THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH.

Area of benefit

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

NOT DEFINED

Contact information

Address:
I H G S
80-82 NORTHGATE
CANTERBURY
KENT
CT1 1BA
Phone:
01227768664
Email:
registrar@ihgs.ac.uk
Website:

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