The Forest of Dean Local History Society

Historical research, preservation and education

In the charity's own words, from the register.

Elsewhere

• Gloucestershire

Area of benefit in its governing document: Forest of Dean and Its Surrounding Area

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

In the year ending 31 July 2026, it had income of £15,145 and spent £14,668.

Figures as the charity reported them to the Charity Commission. Staff and volunteer numbers are only asked of charities with income over £10,000. A year with no row was not reported.

Separate measures from the charity's own returns and accounts, each with its year. Read them together: no single measure says how well a charity is run.

Income over time

About the same: £15,145 in the year to 31 July 2026, against £14,969 in the year to 31 July 2022.

Spending against income

It spent 97% of its income in the year to 31 July 2026. It spent more than its income in 1 of the 5 years shown.

From the annual returns the charity filed with the Charity Commission. The largest funder comes from its accounts, read by AI.

Government grants in the year ending 31 July 2025: Not reported. Government contracts: Not reported.

From the charity's annual return to the Charity Commission, which asks every charity with income over £10,000 how much came from government grants and contracts. It does not say which part of government. These totals are separate from the named funders read from its accounts and the grants published on 360Giving, and are not added to them.

Funders that publish to 360Giving list 3 grants to this charity since 1999, worth at least £16,982.

Only funders that publish their grants to 360Giving are included, and many do not. These are amounts funders awarded, which can differ from what the charity received in a given year, so they are shown apart from the accounts figures above.

10 trustees run the charity.

• Susan Jennifer Rawle MiddletonChairAppointed 7 October 2017
• Cecile Hunt Fmaat
• Christopher David SullivanAppointed 7 October 2017
• Ian Richard GowerAppointed 9 October 2021
• Janet BaileyAppointed 12 October 2024
• John LaneAppointed 8 November 2020
• Keith Walker
• Mary Alison SullivanAppointed 30 May 2012
• Simon Andrew MooreAppointed 30 May 2012
• Susan Jane NewtonAppointed 7 October 2021

Trustees are responsible in law for the charity. Names are as they appear on the public register.

Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 5 arrived by the deadline.

Charities with income over £10,000 send an annual return within 10 months of their year end, and those over £25,000 also send their accounts. Smaller charities only update their income and spending on the register. The dates are when the Commission received each document.

Charity number

1094700

Status

Registered

Registered with the Commission

21 November 2002

Governing document

CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 13 OCTOBER 2001 AS AMENDED 12 OCTOBER 2002

Website

www.forestofdeanhistory.org.ukAs the charity gave it on the register.

Council area of its contact address

Monmouthshire

• Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
• Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.

• This charity on the Charity Commission register
• 360Giving open grants data
• This charity on OpenEconomy

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