BRANCH — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Other
Registered: 25 October 2001
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025
Latest income: £30,140
Latest expenditure: £34,685
Gift Aid: No
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: Flat 2, Forest Croft, Taymount Rise, LONDON, SE23 3UN

Website recorded by the regulator: https://branchuk.wordpress.com/ (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

BrANCH organizes an annual conference and has editorial responsibility for an academic journal, American Nineteenth Century History (published by Taylor & Francis). We also offer small grants to UK-based postgraduate students to help fund research and an annual prize for the best dissertation written by a UK-based undergraduate or masters student in the field of 19th-century American history.

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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 October 2026
Date Accounts Received: 30 October 2026
Total Gross Income: £30,140
Total Gross Expenditure: £34,685

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: 5 November 2025
Total Gross Income: £8,477
Total Gross Expenditure: £2,179

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: 29 October 2024
Date Accounts Received: 29 October 2024
Total Gross Income: £47,491
Total Gross Expenditure: £47,350

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: 27 October 2023
Total Gross Income: £21,252
Total Gross Expenditure: £17,391

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: 17 October 2022
Total Gross Income: £12,456
Total Gross Expenditure: £8,951

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Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2025
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2026
Ar Received Date: 30 October 2026
Total Gross Income: £30,140
Total Gross Expenditure: £34,685
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
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
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 8

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2023
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2024
Ar Received Date: 29 October 2024
Total Gross Income: £47,491
Total Gross Expenditure: £47,350
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
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: 12

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2022
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2023
Ar Received Date: 27 October 2023
Total Gross Income: £21,252
Total Gross Expenditure: £17,391
Charity Raises Funds From Public: No
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 0

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: 17 October 2022
Total Gross Income: £12,456
Total Gross Expenditure: £8,951
Charity Raises Funds From Public: No
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 0

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Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Region
Geographic Area Description: Throughout England And Wales
Welsh Ind: No

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Charity Classification

Classification Code: 308
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Sponsors Or Undertakes Research

Classification Code: 301
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Makes Grants To Individuals

Classification Code: 307
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Advocacy/advice/information

Classification Code: 206
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Other Defined Groups

Classification Code: 304
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Human Resources

Classification Code: 102
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Education/training

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Charity Event History

Charity Name: BRANCH
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 2001-10-25T00:00:00

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Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 14 OCTOBER 2000
Charitable Objects: TO FURTHER THE SCHOLARLY STUDY OF THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BETWEEN 1789 AND 1917, AND TO ADVANCE HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE SUBJECT; TO ORGANISE SEMINARS, COLLOQUIA AND CONFERENCES, AND TO PUBLISH SCHOLARLY MATERIALS AND WRITINGS; AND TO ENCOURAGE AND ASSIST THE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH OF POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS AND JUNIOR ACADEMIC STAFF.
Area Of Benefit: NOT DEFINED

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Charity Other Names

Charity Name Id: 332014
Charity Name Type: Working name
Charity Name: BRITISH AMERICAN NINETEENTH CENTURY HISTORIANS

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Bullying and harassment policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures