Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: -6
Support Score: 0
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • All male board: -3
  • Large volunteers +3
Overall GiG Score: -1 ?

THE MILITARY HISTORICAL SOCIETY 

Promotes the study of the history of the uniformed forces of the crown by talk, discussions, visits to museums, an annual exhibition and the publication of a quarterly magazine & booklets on particular aspects of military history. Promotes the collection of objects of military interest.
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Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • The Board is completely male

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/22£20£19£0n/an/an/an/an/a15
31/12/21£24£17£7n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/12/20£16£13£3n/an/an/an/an/a15
31/12/19£77£12£65n/an/an/an/an/a15
31/12/18£15£11£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/17£15£11£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£17£13£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£16£13£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14£15£12£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13£13£14£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/12£14£12£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/11£13£13£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/10£12£13£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/09£12£15£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/08*£12£13£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/07£11£13£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/06£10£13£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05£11£15£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04£13£12£1£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 40 years

www.militaryhistoricalsociety.co.uk

mhs@jamurdoch.co.uk

01625 574908

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Museums, parks, historical sites
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Northern Ireland, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 15 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 8/9 persons

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 21/05/1984, number: 289326
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Risk management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR08: 1 days late,
Main office

Wellington View
Bollington Road
Bollington
MACCLESFIELD
Cheshire
SK10 5EL

Objectives

THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY THE PROMOTION OF THE STUDY OF THE HISTORY OF THE UNIFORMED FORCES OF THE CROWN, OF UNIFROMS AND WEAPONS AND ALL ASPECTS OF MILITARY HISTORY, AND THE DISSEMINATION OF KNOWLEDGE RELATING TO SUCH MATTERS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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