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Registered charity · Oxford

Society for the Study of Medieval Languages and Literature

  • 16 trustees
  • Income £32k (2024)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
Website
mediumaevum.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2009

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£32k£39k
  • 2023£23k£39k
  • 2022£20k£27k
Earlier years
  • 2021£24k£26k
  • 2020£28k£28k
Charitable objects

1. THE SOCIETY EXISTS TO ADVANCE EDUCATION BY THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF RESEARCH IN MEDIEVAL LANGUAGES AND LITERATURE AND THE DISSEMINATION OF THAT RESEARCH TO THE SCHOLARLY COMMUNITY AND THE WIDER PUBLIC.2. THE ACTIVITIES THROUGH WHICH THE SOCIETY PROMOTES ITS OBJECTS INCLUDE:(A) THE PUBLICATION AND DISSEMINATION OF RELEVANT RESEARCH IN ITS JOURNAL, MONOGRAPHS AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS, IN PRINT OR ELECTRONICALLY. (B) THE SPONSORSHIP OF LECTURES, CONFERENCES AND OTHER APPROPRIATE EVENTS.(C) THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF MEDIEVAL STUDIES BY GRADUATE STUDENTS THROUGH THE PROVISION OF AN ESSAY PRIZE, BURSARIES AND OTHER APPROPRIATE INCENTIVES FOR SCHOLARSHIPTHIS IS NOT AN EXHAUSTIVE LIST AND THE SOCIETY WILL DEVELOP OTHER INITIATIVES IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITS OBJECT.

Board analysis for researchers

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.

5.8y median 3.5y
average tenure
15y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

4.5y
average years in governance
0
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Arts/culture/heritage/science 16Education/training 16General Charitable Purposes 1Religious Activities 1

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board

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.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£32k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1130022
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 3 APRIL 2009
Contact on the register
01865 615000 · ssmll@history.ox.ac.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
Labels
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