01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- New
- Charity type
- CIO
- Registered
- 20 October 2026
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Financial period
- Not supplied – Not supplied
- Latest income
- Not supplied
- Latest expenditure
- Not supplied
- Gift Aid
- No
- Owns or uses land
- No
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- Yes
Public contact address: 47 Lea Lane, Netherton, HUDDERSFIELD, HD4 7DP
Website recorded by the regulator: https://pasttruisms.wixsite.com/ptcic (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
Past Truisms advances public education in arts, culture and shared heritage, particularly but not exclusively in the North of England. We research and share hidden histories of working-class and diverse communities, including regional dialects, through workshops, talks, performances and exhibitions, using shared history and the arts to bring people together
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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
- 102
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Education/training
- Classification Code
- 207
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- The General Public/mankind
- Classification Code
- 308
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- Classification Code
- 109
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Classification Code
- 307
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
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Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- PAST TRUISMS
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- CIO registration
- Date Of Event
- 2026-10-20T00:00:00
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Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 20 Oct 2026
- Charitable Objects
- THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:3.1 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE SUBJECTS OF THE ARTS, CULTURE, AND SHARED HERITAGE, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN THE NORTH OF ENGLAND, BY:3.1.1 CONDUCTING AND PUBLISHING ORIGINAL ARCHIVAL RESEARCH INTO 'HIDDEN' HISTORIES AND DIVERSE CIVIC CONTRIBUTIONS;3.1.2 PROVIDING CREATIVE WORKSHOPS, TALKS, AND PUBLIC PERFORMANCES THAT EXPLORE REGIONAL HERITAGE; AND3.1.3 USING THE STUDY OF SHARED HISTORY AND THE ARTS AS A PRACTICAL COMMON GROUND TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER AND FOSTER MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING.
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Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Risk management