OSCR Scottish charity profile

The Association of Business Historians

ActiveCharity number SC019886
Registered20 February 1992
Main locationGlasgow City
Legal formUnincorporated association

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC019886
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
UK and overseas
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
1
Postcode
G12 8RT

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

The ABH is set up to promote and facilitate all activities relating to the development and building of a community of business historians in the UK. This includes facilitating the development of the next generation of business historians via engage with current doctoral students and all this is formalised through the organisation of the annual ABH conference.

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science

Beneficiaries

  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

Activities

  • It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

The objective of the Association is to promote the study, teaching and publication of all aspects of the history of business and industry, and of the environment in which they operate

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 May 2025£5,333£2,864120 February 2026
31 May 2024£1,738£1,992126 February 2025
31 May 2023£3,702£1,631119 February 2024
31 May 2022£2,533£1,35218 September 2022
31 May 2021£5,279£2,05712 February 2022

Figures are those reported by the charity and supplied in the OSCR bulk download. Blank facts remain distinct from zero.

04 Contact record

Principal office or trustees address

Address supplied to OSCR
Dept of Economic and Social History, Lilybank House, Bute Gardens, Glasgow
Website supplied to OSCR
www.gla.ac.uk/external/ABH
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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