Registered charity · London
The Historical Association
- 15 trustees
- Income £1.2m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Professor James DaybellChair · since 2026
- Dr Alex FairlambTrustee · since 2026
- Dr Elizabeth MatthewsTrustee · since 2023
- Dr Katharine BurnTrustee · since 2014
- Dr Michael MaddisonTrustee · since 2024
- Dr Peter Hounsell FHATrustee · since 2021
- Kerry SomersTrustee · since 2026
- Matthew SmithTrustee · since 2026
- Professor Alexandra WalshamTrustee · since 2023
- Professor Peter MandlerTrustee · since 2020
- Richard WalkerTrustee · since 2024
- Sarah Elizabeth WilsonTrustee · since 2024
- Steve MastinTrustee · since 2026
- Sue TempleTrustee · since 2026
- Tom AllenTrustee · since 2026
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.history.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2007
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£1.2m£1.3m
- 2024£1.3m£1.4m
- 2023£1.2m£1.2m
Earlier years
- 2022£1.3m£1.1m
- 2021£1.0m£887k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO ADVANCE THE STUDY AND TEACHING OF HISTORY.
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
15 trustees on the board
- Professor James Daybell Chair since 2026
- Dr Alex Fairlamb since 2026
- Dr Elizabeth Matthews since 2023
- Dr Katharine Burn since 2014
- Dr Michael Maddison since 2024
- Dr Peter Hounsell FHA since 2021
- Kerry Somers since 2026
- Matthew Smith since 2026
- Professor Alexandra Walsham since 2023
- Professor Peter Mandler since 2020
- Richard Walker since 2024
- Sarah Elizabeth Wilson since 2024
- Steve Mastin since 2026
- Sue Temple since 2026
- Tom Allen since 2026
Trustees past 6 years
- Dr Katharine Burn since 2014
- Professor Peter Mandler since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (11)
- Professor James Daybell Chair since 2026
- Dr Alex Fairlamb since 2026
- Dr Elizabeth Matthews since 2023
- Dr Katharine Burn since 2014
- Dr Michael Maddison since 2024
- Kerry Somers since 2026
- Matthew Smith since 2026
- Professor Peter Mandler since 2020
- Sarah Elizabeth Wilson since 2024
- Steve Mastin since 2026
- Tom Allen since 2026
Portfolio (4)
- Dr Peter Hounsell FHA since 2021
- Professor Alexandra Walsham since 2023
- Richard Walker since 2024
- Sue Temple since 2026
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
2.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 6.8 in 2020
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1120261
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- ROYAL CHARTER DATED 10 OCTOBER 2006
- Contact on the register
- 03001000223 · enquiry@history.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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