BRITISH POSTMARK SOCIETY
Charity number: 1102748
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)
Charity overview
Activities - how the charity spends its money
Research into and publication of information about past and current postal services within, to and from the UK, and the associated markings, labels and technology.
Income and expenditure
Data for financial year ending 31 December 2024
Total income: £3,249
Total expenditure: £2,910
People
8 Trustee(s)
Employees with total benefits over £60,000
No information availableFundraising
No information available
Trading
No information available
Trustee payments
No information available
What, who, how, where
What the charity does:
- Education/training
Who the charity helps:
- The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
Where the charity operates:
- Throughout England And Wales
- Guernsey
- Isle Of Man
- Jersey
- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
Governance
Registration history:
- 22 March 2004: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Other
Other names:
- BPS (Working name)
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
No policies declared
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
8 Trustee(s)
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| Robert James Gathergood | Trustee | 01 February 2026 |
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| Paul Thomas Carter | Trustee | 25 August 2024 |
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| MICHAEL DOBBS | Trustee | 02 May 2012 |
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| PATRICK AWCOCK | Trustee |
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| MARTIN DONALDSON GRIER | Trustee |
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| JOHN ANTHONY FOWLER | Trustee |
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| JOHN GORDON FOX | Trustee |
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| KEITH NIGEL DOWNING | Trustee |
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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 | £4.18k | £2.85k | £3.09k | £3.33k | £3.25k | |
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Total expenditure | £2.93k | £2.65k | £3.44k | £2.91k | £2.91k | |
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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 | 15 October 2025 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 December 2024 | Not required | ||
| Annual return | 31 December 2023 | 01 July 2024 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 December 2023 | Not required | ||
| Annual return | 31 December 2022 | 04 July 2023 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 December 2022 | Not required | ||
| Annual return | 31 December 2021 | 03 August 2022 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 December 2021 | Not required | ||
| Annual return | 31 December 2020 | 29 July 2021 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 December 2020 | Not required |