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Activities & Mission

The History of Parliament Trust is engaged in compiling and publishing an authoritative history of Parliament from the 13th century, principally in the form of biographies of members of Parliament and constituency histories. It employs a full-time editorial and research team and is currently working on the history of the Commons 1422-1504, 1640-60 and 1832-68 and of the Lords 1604-1832.

Fundraising

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Financial Information

Latest Income
£889,821
Latest Expenditure
£813,117

Financial Efficiency

Program Ratio 87.5%
% of income going directly to charitable activities
Overall Efficiency 95.7%
% of expenditure going to programs (vs overhead)
Administrative Ratio 1.9%
Overhead (fundraising + governance) as % of total expenditure

Latest Financial Breakdown

Income Sources

Donations & Legacies £837,262
Charitable Activities £35,301
Other Trading £0
Investments £6,228
Other Income £11,030

Expenditure Categories

Charitable Expenditure £778,371
Raising Funds £0
Governance £15,513
Grants to Institutions £0
Other Expenditure £34,746

Financial Trend

Annual Returns

Financial YearIncomeExpenditureCharitable SpendingNet AssetsReservesStaff
2024£889,821£813,117£778,371£910,167£910,16726 / 0
2023£1,807,267£1,902,206£1,872,408£833,462£833,46222 / 0
2022£2,019,868£1,760,583£1,726,034£928,401£923,65723 / 2
2021£1,823,534£1,814,889£1,690,631£617,969£613,22524 / 0
2020£1,867,155£1,967,540£1,795,909£609,324£604,58025 / 1

Staff column shows: Employees / Volunteers

Details

Address
HISTORY OF PARLIAMENT TRUST
18 BLOOMSBURY SQUARE
LONDON
WC1A 2NS
Registration Date
25 October 1966
Status
Registered

Registry Information

Organisation Number
306034
Charity Number
306034

Trustees

LORD CLARK OF WINDERMERE
Gordon Marsden
PROFESSOR THE LORD NORTON OF LOUTH
Sarah Alice Ruth Davies
Rt. Hon Christopher James Skidmore
Dame Clare Moriarty
Patrick Matthias Vollmer

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