CCEW Charity Commission profile

CAMBRIDGE HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Registered charity 268082 · organisation 268082

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status
Registered
Reporting status
Submission Received
Charity type
Other
Registered
27 June 1975
Removed
Not supplied
Financial period
1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025
Latest income
£59
Latest expenditure
£200
Gift Aid
No
Owns or uses land
No
In administration
No
Insolvent
No
CIO
No

Public contact address: University of Cambridge, Faculty of History, West Road, CAMBRIDGE, CB3 9EF

Website recorded by the regulator: http://www.hist.cam.ac.uk/ (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

The Cambridge Historical Society was started in 1923 as the Faculty's first research seminar, the following year began publishing the Cambridge Historical Journal, one of the country's leading scholarly periodicals, and more recently has been making annual awards of small grants to support research.

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
20 August 2026
Total Gross Income
£59
Total Gross Expenditure
£200
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
3 November 2025
Total Gross Income
£230
Total Gross Expenditure
£0
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
3 November 2025
Total Gross Income
£102
Total Gross Expenditure
£680
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
3 November 2025
Total Gross Income
£321
Total Gross Expenditure
£500
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
30 August 2022
Total Gross Income
£286
Total Gross Expenditure
£0

04 Official extract

Charity Area Of Operation

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

05 Official extract

Charity Classification

Classification Code
308
Classification Type
How
Classification Description
Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
Classification Code
206
Classification Type
Who
Classification Description
Other Defined Groups
Classification Code
102
Classification Type
What
Classification Description
Education/training

06 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name
CAMBRIDGE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Charity Event Order
1
Event Type
Standard registration
Date Of Event
1975-06-27T00:00:00

07 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description
RULES ADOPTED 1.TH OCTOBER 1971 AND AMENDED 18TH JUNE 1974 AND 23RD MAY 1975
Charitable Objects
TO PROMOTE HISTORICAL STUDY, RESEARCH AND DISCUSSION IN CAMBRIDGE.
Area Of Benefit
CAMBRIDGE