01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- CIO
- Registered
- 17 August 2023
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Financial period
- 1 May 2024 – 30 April 2025
- Latest income
- £47,310
- Latest expenditure
- £49,811
- Owns or uses land
- Yes
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- Yes
Public contact address: Berkshire Family History Society,, Family Research Centre,, L14,Ground Floor London Rd Campus, London Road, READING, RG1 5AQ
Website recorded by the regulator: https://berksfhs.org/ (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
The society works to advance education of the public in research into family history and genealogy, primarily but not exclusively within the boundaries of the pre-1974 Royal County of Berkshire; including Abingdon and the Vale of the White Horse. It also works to promote preservation, transcription, indexing and ready public accessibility of related records and information.
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Charity Annual Return History
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 May 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 30 April 2025
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Reporting Due Date
- 28 February 2026
- Date Annual Return Received
- 20 February 2026
- Date Accounts Received
- 20 February 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £47,310
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £49,811
- Fin Period Start Date
- 17 August 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 30 April 2024
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Reporting Due Date
- 28 February 2025
- Date Annual Return Received
- 13 February 2025
- Date Accounts Received
- 13 February 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £41,615
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £54,779
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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 May 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 30 April 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 28 February 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 20 February 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £47,310
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £49,811
- 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
- 92
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 17 August 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 30 April 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 28 February 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 13 February 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £41,615
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £54,779
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- Yes
- Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary
- Yes
- 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
- 79
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Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Oxfordshire
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Reading
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- West Berkshire
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Buckinghamshire
- Welsh Ind
- No
06 Official extract
Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 306
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Services
- Classification Code
- 207
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- The General Public/mankind
- Classification Code
- 102
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Education/training
- Classification Code
- 307
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Classification Code
- 308
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
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Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- BERKSHIRE FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- CIO registration
- Date Of Event
- 2023-08-17T00:00:00
- Charity Name
- BERKSHIRE FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY
- Charity Event Order
- 2
- Event Type
- Asset transfer in
- Date Of Event
- 2024-07-01T00:00:00
- Reason
- Funds transferred (incor)
- Assoc Organisation Number
- 283010
- Assoc Registered Charity Number
- 283010
- Assoc Charity Name
- BERKSHIRE FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY
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Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 17 Aug 2023
- Charitable Objects
- (1) TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN RESEARCH INTO FAMILY HISTORY AND GENEALOGY, PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE PRE 1974 ROYAL COUNTY OF BERKSHIRE, AND, (2) TO WORK TO PROMOTE THE PRESERVATION, TRANSCRIPTION, INDEXING AND READY PUBLIC ACCESSIBILITY OF RELATED RECORDS AND INFORMATION.
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Charity Other Names
- Charity Name Id
- 671836
- Charity Name Type
- Working name
- Charity Name
- BERKSFHS
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Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Social media policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures