CCEW Charity Commission profile

GILLINGHAM LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY

Registered charity 1014970 · organisation 1014970

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status
Registered
Reporting status
Submission Received
Charity type
Other
Registered
30 October 1992
Removed
Not supplied
Financial period
1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025
Latest income
£7,220
Latest expenditure
£13,426
Gift Aid
Yes
Owns or uses land
Yes
In administration
No
Insolvent
No
CIO
No

Public contact address: Gillingham Museum, Chantry Fields, GILLINGHAM, Dorset, SP8 4UA

Website recorded by the regulator: www.gillinghammuseum.co.uk (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

We offer membership to the society, at an affordable cost in return for which we organise a series of lectures on an historical theme. Visitors may also attend lectures for a nominal donation. In addition we provide, maintain and manage a museum of local history, open all year, with free entry to the public. School visits and lectures to local organisations.

03 Official extract

Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date
1 January 2025
Fin Period End Date
31 December 2025
Ar Cycle Reference
AR25
Reporting Due Date
31 October 2026
Date Annual Return Received
30 August 2026
Total Gross Income
£7,220
Total Gross Expenditure
£13,426
Fin Period Start Date
1 January 2024
Fin Period End Date
31 December 2024
Ar Cycle Reference
AR24
Reporting Due Date
31 October 2025
Date Annual Return Received
21 October 2025
Total Gross Income
£11,353
Total Gross Expenditure
£12,193
Fin Period Start Date
1 January 2023
Fin Period End Date
31 December 2023
Ar Cycle Reference
AR23
Reporting Due Date
31 October 2024
Date Annual Return Received
27 June 2024
Total Gross Income
£5,031
Total Gross Expenditure
£12,192
Fin Period Start Date
1 January 2022
Fin Period End Date
31 December 2022
Ar Cycle Reference
AR22
Reporting Due Date
31 October 2023
Date Annual Return Received
1 September 2023
Total Gross Income
£4,698
Total Gross Expenditure
£16,283
Fin Period Start Date
1 January 2021
Fin Period End Date
31 December 2021
Ar Cycle Reference
AR21
Reporting Due Date
31 October 2022
Date Annual Return Received
13 April 2022
Total Gross Income
£16,165
Total Gross Expenditure
£9,037

04 Official extract

Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
No
Fin Period Order Number
2
Ar Cycle Reference
AR24
Fin Period Start Date
1 January 2024
Fin Period End Date
31 December 2024
Ar Due Date
31 October 2025
Ar Received Date
21 October 2025
Total Gross Income
£11,353
Total Gross Expenditure
£12,193
Grant Making Is Main Activity
No
Count Govt Contracts
0
Count Govt Grants
£0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
No
Trustee Receives Payments Services
No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit
No
Trustee Resigned Employment
No
Count Volunteers
18
Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
No
Fin Period Order Number
5
Ar Cycle Reference
AR21
Fin Period Start Date
1 January 2021
Fin Period End Date
31 December 2021
Ar Due Date
31 October 2022
Ar Received Date
13 April 2022
Total Gross Income
£16,165
Total Gross Expenditure
£9,037
Charity Raises Funds From Public
Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser
No
Charity Commercial Participator
No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
Yes
Count Govt Grants
£1
Income From Government Grants
£11,334
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
No
Trustee Resigned Employment
No
Employees Salary Over 60k
No
Count Volunteers
6

05 Official extract

Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type
Local Authority
Geographic Area Description
Dorset
Welsh Ind
No

06 Official extract

Charity Classification

Classification Code
112
Classification Type
What
Classification Description
Environment/conservation/heritage
Classification Code
309
Classification Type
How
Classification Description
Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
Classification Code
102
Classification Type
What
Classification Description
Education/training
Classification Code
207
Classification Type
Who
Classification Description
The General Public/mankind

07 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name
GILLINGHAM LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY
Charity Event Order
1
Event Type
Standard registration
Date Of Event
1992-10-30T00:00:00

08 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description
CONSTITUTION ADOPTED AS AMENDED 16TH SEPTEMBER 1992 as amended on 16 Mar 2021
Charitable Objects
TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN HISTORY, ESPECIALLY THE LOCAL HISTORY OG GILLINGHAM AND NEIGHBOURHOOD, AND TO CARRY OUT RESEARCH BY THE STUDY OF ANCIENT ARCHIVES AND, WHERE NECESSARY, BY EXCAVATION AND BY THE PROVISION OF A MUSEUM.
Area Of Benefit
NOT DEFINED

09 Official extract

Charity Policy

Policy Name
Volunteer management