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REGISTERED COhlPA%I- lillbJBLR: 02931b189 IETrglnd and Il'lles) REGISTERED CHARIT). liII.IIBTr.R= 1038721 REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES AND UNAUDITED FINANCIAL ST.4TEIIIENTS FOR THE I'EAR ENDED Jiiilb SLPTEhlBER 2023 FOR THE FEDEIL4TION OF FAhllLY HigfoRI' YKIETIES t4n.gm Panwthip LimiJ Chutered AcCo￿￿￿￿ts I Patk Sircd Nlxclcsficld Chcshirc SKII 6SR

THE FEDER4Tiof4 OF FA￿]ILl, EIISTORI SOCIETJES (.'C)NI'ENTS OF THE FINANCI.4L STA TE￿IEyT5 FOR THE I'EAR ENDED JO SEPTE￿IBER 2023 Pag¢ Report of the Trustees Independtnl ExAmiNer'$ Rèport Statement of Financial Activities BalAllce Sb¢et iyotes to the FinAncial 5tstements 10 ￿ 14 DetAiled Staltment of Finantiil Actii'ities 15 kn 16

THE FEDER.4TION OF FAf+llLY HISTORI. SOCIETIES ISTLES REPORT OFTHF. TRI.. FOR THE I'EAR ENDED30sEPrE￿lBER 2023 The Iiu%itC5 iiho arc also Jir¢clori vfihi charihi. foi the PiiQK)5C5 olihe Comyanie% Ati 201Yb, prcsenl their ril)ori i4.ilh fiTiancial sIRl¢inen15 of iht chariik. for the )'ear elided _IO SqAcmiKr tr023. Thc In]4ee5 hal't adopicd ihe pmi isiiills of Accouniing aiiJ Rcpvrting by Charilic". Siaicmcnl of Rccornmendcd I'raiiicc appli¥abLe to chaTiIiC5 PT 20191. ORIECTlllgS AND Acfii'iT(ES Objettivt5 and #ims The objccis for iTrhieh ihc Charli} is rLgi5i¢red aTe b>. chariiahlt tnLns- 'I'o piotnvie, encoiirage and fi>sltr ihc stud) olfajnil). hi￿0￿. ￿l￿al08￿ al￿ lraidt)' d￿j in furtheTing iljisto co-ordijiiiie and assisi ihe ii.ork olMciDber Sociclie% aThd i￿￿1eS inicteMed in famili" hisiorn". genealoii #nd hualdT)' Jtmi To t￿0m01t Ihe p￿SC[vatiOn, secLrriI}. a[￿ accessibili￿. of arihii'e maierial. Ensuringour IVOTIL delii-ers or xim5 Thc Charily r¢vieii's ils aiTn5 and aciiiiiei exh %'trdt as part of i15 Sinieg). a￿1 looksat i1.hai il Iw acliiei'td and ihe ￿lICO￿t of lis I'oTk in ili¢ PTevioLIS 12 ￿0￿h5. In 2022 the Charitv amcndcd i1< actii"iiie5. ke). aaii'iii¢% are Iducaiion. Arcliii"es Liai50n. l)roJecis, Piiblicit), DJi"cr5il)' 2nd InclusiDD. Sociei). LiaisoD and Com]tiU￿1cwl0ThS. ThL Cl]aril)' lookcd at Ihe bcntfits Ihe5' liai'e hroughi 10 Ihose member5 ofihc ptsblic il li'a5 Sei up 10 h¢lp_ Thc ChaTII)' TCPfflS io_Klcmbers ai thc Annual (icneral Metliiig #nd it posts iiriiicn rcpurts of its ch&￿11￿. ITll4CC5 on aciiiilics LX) 115 ii"cb5ile folloii.iiig Iltr A]thual Ciencr&l ￿leeting. Ibe Chariiy Iwsices ar¢ all members of the Ex"cculiYe Commit(ee and are dir¢clow5 for ihe purpu5e of toinpan), laii. and Inisie£s of tlie Charily foi Ilie pilTPO￿5 ofcharii). lai4'. lthe Charity Iru￿te5 litho sern'edduTing Ihe fin8n¢ial >raT UP 10 date of approval of Ihi_% Report arc listed bcloiv. Thr focus of thé Chfvrit)"s M'ork Oiir main objcrtii'e lor the N'ear continued to ir to promoie: entourage and f05tcr the siud). of famil). hi5101)'. gcncalog). and hcMldT)' and ￿ Ltrordinal¢ Jnd assi￿ Ihe ii.oik ul Mcrnber kncicties Wic5 inierestcd ID ￿mIlar siiidie%. Th¢ impact ofthe Loid-19 Pandemic h&5 Te&ll￿d in tnany aciii'i(ies Slill on a iirtU81 plaifonn. The strtsiegies we us¢d to meet our objtttives iThrludtd: lotnoling our Membcr SoLielic5 through0￿ th¢ J'cdt ai kth. ei'cnis attended b). membcJ5of the public. nameli." Th¢ Charity giiendcd 9 Crafi Shoiis 3 Famil). Flisluti fair5 Ihrtiugh(wi il counts>' in 2023. 1 here conliIiurs 10 bc f¢Ni'¢T fairs siill due to Ihc impad of the Coi"id.19 paJtdLxmic. 'e CDnliThiied 10 hosi ihc l.-I IF Rt.AI.I.Y USEI-UI. Familj Ill￿0[}. Shoii" ii'hich a i'irtual Shoii. ￿]d in Noi'cmber 2022 and Ihese Shoiis havc coniinLied to be hugcl)- successful and lic iijll conibllU¢ ihese irt ihe fviur¢. Tlie Chariiy lias eTnbraced ihc u5¢ oftrirtual nKrting5 artd held ils AnTriial a[￿ clen￿&1 Meetings as li)brid ￿relIngS again in May 2023 cirtd Ii'elcoined our member socicli¢s %%lJo iiould 1￿mM]I) ￿ uDabl¢ 10 al￿d due 10 disidnce. Fedcr&tiiin of famil). Hisivry Socicti¢5 services l.imilcd {'Ih2 Scn'ic¢5 Compart) l. lh¢ Ctharity 's iiholl). oiincd sUb￿ldIar>', has coThlinued to coll¢iboralc ii'iih Finth}.pa￿ LimiieiL tswiin8 as-findm!'P&- i-kllP'I. 'lthe Chi￿1Th, h&s a conltacl iihich cam¢ inio cffeti 011 21 ￿ April 2016 that iiill fut al I￿sT ten )ears cnsuring ￿nI1￿￿￿nce of lh¢ at[ang￿ren1 i￿¢41"¢¢17 ihe Charit), #nd fhlP. 'I'his proi Idcs a m¢ans lor uur hl¥mbirSociciie5 placc Ilieirdata online. lurnishing thcm iliih a source (if rei'cnuc t¢Trcfillithg faniil}' higtorian5 1%"orld-%%"ide b), proi'idino acccss lo iiial dath. A Subs￿￿1￿[ volume of fvc5h data has been addtd 10 the collcclio during Ihe )'car incliidin8 urylaicd and improi'ed Nalional Burial Index infonnation Ihat IKnefil5 users vfihe fMP seri'ice. a5 ii.ell c1S contr1hulij￿ fvl¢miKr Sveli￿lI¢￿ 'Ili¢ Scn"ILes Compan>. optrditd lis FaTnilY Hisior> 13ook"s artd lknrish ch¢￿ operniioDS foT thc (Aarii). ￿lline artd 811 incrca5¢d lake￿p by Ihc publiL 3nd fvT¢rnbcr Socieiits. .111 Nlctnbcr ￿1ClI¢S aTe iThied as m¢DiE>ers o(Pari5h Chtsl as a bcncfil of Ihcir Inembcrsliip ofthc Charbty. 5ubjeci to ihem actii"aling Ihis. .1 h¢ abilih. ofnitmber5 (If Mejnkr Sncieti¢5 to pa), IhciraDnual iciiibership suhscfiptii)ns has beth addcd io Parish che￿ free ofchargc lo Il* Mernb¢T %oticiits. IAage I

THE FEDERATION OF F.4￿lILl. HISTORI. SOCIETIES REPORTOFTHETRiJsfEES FOR THE J'EAR ENDED JO SEPTEIIBER 2023 How the C.harity's actLVjties deliver public benrfit '17]¢ Chariiy tNsicLs ha￿C rcfcrr¢d io ih¢ Chtiril). Commission's gcnernl gUid￿￿e on-piiblic tKaef)I' i%"hcn T¢%'iJi"ing th¢ Chatil}"'s aims and in plat]ning fuiure ailiiilies. Thc Chttril)" Inistccs at¢ satisfitd Iliai Ih¢j haie complicd ii'iih thc dutj ili s￿di(mI 17 ofihc Cliariiics ALI 201110 ha%¢ r¢gartl io pllbjic IKnefil. Risk hlanagement Thc Charit), Inistte¢5 T￿O8￿lse Ihal ihc). should Iht Chanlv's risks e[[￿11￿.¢1}. ￿ h￿.¢ lak¢n into accouni during the s'car Iht priiiLipal ri5k5 unccrtainlie5 the Chil%'. {￿rK￿la111- dui 10 the Coi'id-19 Pa￿l¢ll71￿, and idenlifitd Ihe major iinpail of risks iu tlie Cliarily, including ils sirdl¢gir pl￿S for the future. risks 10 iis fjnancial SUilJinabiliiy' and Ihe impact on achicNiiis Ihc Charil) s objeciivek Froin fvlaT¢h 2020 ihe Coiid-19 Pa￿ltIn1¢ ￿qUIred iinniedlate iknno¢s lo thc jii ii"hicli tJi¢ trusl¥e% owaicd a￿1 ihe Charity.. Thc CThariiJ 1rn51rt5 e0ntini￿ io hold their mccliTrg5 l'inualli. oiilin¢ rather ihan face 10 fEWC alihough Ihey (lid meet in ￿r30￿ oncc thi5 year. This has enablcd (he Charifj. tNs1ttsiu ¢JijLUS mailers nioTL rtgulaTI)' and in £reaier deiail.'I'he Charil} Iru51Lf5 are 5atisfi¢d that Iheirs)'stem5 8nd ￿lie1C5 are adequaieioillanage a[￿ Teduce risk Projects. Tljc Charii%' ha5 inirea5¢d th¢ proi'ision of ¥en"irts vrtline. In 2023 ¢￿nn￿￿(cd iiork ih¢ F.xplDie )our Gene&log% %iLbsiic tliieli is a itrebsile pioviding fre¢ r¢wuTces to fami15 historians. IIFe hai¢ iiii'iitd ourmeml>eF ￿Cle11C5 locontribulc articlcs lu Ihe puhlic 10 make ihem alvar¢ of ihe recoTds and rcsourcts ihtv hold. li %tras agreed b) Ihe lTristc¢s ihat 51ep5 Ni'ould be iaktfi io li￿1￿[e the Charity's cufreni 14"tb%iie and to dci'clop a on¢ lor Jxjblic al laTg¢ in 2024. Olltrtach llic oulfeach 41.ork of Ihc Charil¥ PTovides adi'ice infomMtion 10 members ofihe public inLere51ed in th¢ 5tud)' of famil>. history, genealog). attd Iiiraldri.. Il't hai"e iradiiioThallJ" pirfo￿liL￿ ihis senic¢ b% means ollacc to [￿C c0115ultstion al publi¢ eienls, as iiell through ilk distribuiion of 'Oiw ReallTr lJseful Infortnaiion l.calki- IRI,-I.18]Ml vihu helpful malcrial, pro&ided al iio char¥e Ivhenevir ihe opwrtunii>' presents i15¢1f. All OUT Organisaiions are I1￿¢d in Lhi RUL ai no cosi io ih¢tnseli'es. 'I'hc IIUL: plus oihcr material i5 available for free doii'nload ￿ thc CTharity's u'ebsiieio lnier￿ted parti¢s and cxtcThal orgaDi50tions ini'oli'¢J in (edching and promo111￿ the ftudy orramilj hiskn])", genealo￿. and knaldry. general infomiaiion sen ice ig ai'ailii bl¢ to Ihc publironline. by ielephone a￿1 bs. ￿. Srttific reque51s from hlemher 8tttieiies roT gUid￿lC£ dre deall iyith by icicphoTr¢ and email. In 2018 Famil} Trcc Ilagazini11.'I'NII piiblishcd il% firsi 'fan)il)" Ilistoi). Ilajjdbook. 2018." in agsociaiion ii.ilh thc LI￿rit).. It has been printed eLlch Dccejnber since Ihen lJ)¢ludcd ii'ithin thi5 ddai15 of ourkleniber Socieiies and I￿1￿. 10 conixi ihem.'The Direeiory is sciit io all FTM magazinc 511b5criirt5 i5 for Sale in shop lknc Chorily hi% beth able 10 conttllue io a¢iend public el'en￿ dut to the commithicni Jddeditrdiion oliis team oli'oluTrlccrs aiid th¢ g¢iierosit)" ofeietti orgaThiser& A Monihls onlitte Neilsletler. nmi. called the Rrdlli" LTseful Bulletin_ li.as dI￿ribl￿Cd to an increase¢J Dumber pf 20.000 5ub5cribcd individuols and orgaThisaiions ii'iih an inter¢M in farnil}' hisiot)". EenealoE}" and heraldr).. A gToiiing.wcial tnedia pr¢￿Ce i.ia 1.aceb￿k and Tiiiiier has hthl a w)Siiiic impaciallthiing iisto cngagc iiiih a iiidcr group of inieresied partics. The Chaiity hcld a number olTegular'(￿l Togeth￿5, ￿thi￿h is the neH tme for the pju'ious %irtual'curfee mwiiing%' and cncouroged LM)mniiiiee memters of Ilember Socieiiel io alte[￿ ci'CnTS onlinc ￿ trxchangt ideas and io coniiniic to Siiptwt cacli vih¢r. These proi'cd 10 be ¢xiremel)' popular lind iiell aiLcndcd and lic Nlill eoiilinue ihe going fon¥ard. Ile ￿tendLd a number of lairs in 2023 b). our yKicties Hhieh pft)ied 10 be ieo. popular. Ille aiiend¢d RooisTeth 2023 11'hith lias a liybrid Shoii aThd the Charit). a￿d C(uTrtniiie¢ members look pri. Illc intr￿1￿Ced a session ¢Dlitled ,￿1[>1,1ng Oul lo Nqovc On Pl#n$ for Future Periods .1 he Charil}' plns to coniinuc ihe ailii'ill￿ oili11n￿ alKbve in rmh￿T￿l￿g5.Vd[5 swbi￿ 10 Satisfacioo, Iiinditig arrangciiieiils. I'e prodiiccd a iliird Series olJMMlca￿5 also laundKd ¥ iiebsiie in 20?3 called ExplDrc )'our Genvdlog).. ￿r01k 10 redo'clop ihc cutrenl F&mil}, HIs￿rI. FedcralLOt) M'tbsiie fur Ile[n￿r£ iiill ial't platt followthE ihi It Iivl f¢li nece￿1), io rnisc sub5cripli￿s for 2023 for OIIT ordinar%' ]ncinbcrs. Iloii"Thcr i%.¢ did raise Ihe siibscrip110115 for our A550ci&l¢ ni¢Diber% lu bL lrt linc iiiih tlic itiinimuin siilibifiNiOn for oui ordinary tnctDbcfS. -Ihc ￿tUall0n cart ots1s' coniinuc if Ihc Charity Loniinues to be prudtThl and tfffeLiive In Ils Op￿dI￿)n& Thc addilion of ci&*ses ofmembers mthns ihat a revie￿. or meillhership subscripli01is Ly)fiducied in 2023. Pa£e 2

THE FEDERATION OF FAIIIILI HISTORI. SOCIETIE5 REPORTOF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ElYDED30sEPTE￿IBER 2023 Tk Eurrcnl kalihy fjnancial ￿$11)0￿ is duc in JM) small par(10 ihe coniinud hard u'ork olthc Charii}'s l.inancial'l eam Iht of thc Board of [)ir￿l￿T$ io COlJ51rain ii""¢ll as thc financial c¢)rtlribu(ion of tlie SeThict%Compan)'. Fiert Ishcn inedings ha￿¢ ikyotnc f4re io face again ha¥.¢ still coniiiiued ii.iih H)'btid ItJceiins% aiid ihe Vinual'Get-I'o¥ahers' as a to £Mimiinicale i%"ilh nior¢ vf OUT Member SociLiie5 as iknt)" aTe all oirtihe IJK a￿1 ii.orfdiiide. -Ibe Charii). intend5 10 hold ils i"irtual Ktrally ifselul Farnily History. Shwi. irt 2023 an(J amnually Ih¢TcaftcT due tv Ihe o¢ce%%ibiliiy 10 oversfd5 Vi5IIOT Structure GoTrernanfe a￿d P12nagemeMt -11]e Chariiy has a President ii.ho i5 appointed for a 5-year tcrm.-IThe Presideni Ma￿ ￿aTrd for re-eleciion for a %¢ond t¢ttn of i >'ears. The Prcsideni l)r Janel FciN' li-35 appoinied ai i]k" Annual frn¢ral I4eetine in Junt ?021. The main fiinction of Ili15 POSI is to aiicjid and £lidir ihe ChaTLI) s Annual C￿￿<¥￿1 MceiiE)g and ￿ prornotc th¢ activiue5 of ihe Charity. I'he CliariN curreiiilv four lifc Vicc Presi&nis Di Colin R. ChapTnw4 DereL. A. Palgrave. Mrs Paulin¢ LiltoTr MBI.. and T Ad!. Tevioi all of iihiiin haTre l￿dC a valuable conirJl)uiion lo ihe Charil¥'. 'I'lir Charit). a 13oaTd of ChariN [r￿￿te5 ivho COTnpris¢ an Excculiic Comthiiiee ofup 10 12 M￿nber$. We COThlinuc to liold nivTrihlv mcctit)gs i.la /.uotn alihuuEh i¥i did Jtitti oiKe iTr during 2023_ Tr thariij INSiC￿ ar¢ responsiblc for Il nL)nagem¢nt. straiegil direction and poliL)' olihe Charit).. Ai IheiT trK¢lings ihe). relithi Ihe financ£￿. hun￿￿ rcsourc¢5, dei'elopmeni .￿d ofaciivitlLS Ihat roDlnbuie io Ihc chariiable obj¢thii"es. Ai ihc end ofiht financi￿ year Ih¢i¢ iiete 9 ¢lecied Chil rii>' irusitts from a vaTiCty of back8rollNI .1 he Chariiy rciains the 5er¥'ices ofaLonipaR}' Seerdar). ii.ho is appoint￿ by the EYLYUiiI'e Cominiii¢¢. H¢ aiiend5 EX￿u¢1ve Commiticc meeiiiigs bui has I'olin8 righi l o fiiciliiaie operations ihe F.xetiilive Commiiiee ha5 wi in pIKc ? ￿￿¢[￿¢ of delegaiion 50 thai day ￿ da)- respon%ibilily for iht adinini51r&iiffl ofthc Chariry. re51% i¥iih Adinini￿ratOf along i%"ilh Ihc finatK¢ oificer ii'ilh a￿lS￿nC¢ ii.here 3PPTopriate froTll tlic CoLDPal)J' Secrciar).. Go%'errtimg Document Thc otgani5aliDTr is a CLNnpaiii litnii¢d hi. Euaiajiicc. (Company iiumbu 0293018YI iDW[po￿le￿ on 18th Ma). 1994 and is a Icgislcred charil). (Chariiy niinibeT 10387?11. It IS EV%'emed iirthr neil Article5 of Awiaiion. adopied on I ith June 2022. Thc ncii. Artiiles orAssoci￿10￿ siaie lh¢ ￿j￿15 and pTrii"trs of the Charitj. In IhE ti'cnl of thc Charil) ￿lThg ii'outKI up. tach hlemlKr s￿l￿). has agTeed lo ci¥Jlributc an amourti nol cxcccding Ll. Wh¢ii L•rrying oui its aciii'iiie5 Ihe Charit). U5csa Natbeiy olftame5 iAcluding.F￿lIl}" HI￿0t). fcdcr&ion', 'triir' ar¥J'ih¢ ederdiion. in aildiiioji to 115 corw)ratc natDc. RecruitThitn¢ #nd Appointmenl of Charity trustet5 Thc ChaTily Iri1￿CeS of the Cliarii). aT¢ 8150 direrl(KS fibrihe of compan). la4v and undcT 115 Articks ofAwciation are kn()iin a5 mCtnkr5 of Ilit ExLYulii'c CotntTriiiee. Lt)￿,rihC NwuirtnKnis ofihe Artick5 of A5$0Llalion. Ihe chaim)an ¥￿d oilier nicmbcts of ihe Fxecuiii'c CorThmiii¢¢ afe eletied io se]we for a ienn olloui )'rJts cowneniing ai ihc eonclusi1￿ of biisine£s al eithcr lh¢ Aiiiiiial CJen¢ral Mcclijig ()r ejeneral Mcclin8 al iihiLh he or shc lia5 clcaed io thIfiee or thc Ixccutii'e CLbiiiiiiiiiee Te5pccliTrcl)" b>" Voting N4embers. Charii). (ru51e¢s ma} stsnd for T¢-eleciion lor a furthiv icThn offourl'eats but neiiher Ilie Chaimian nor an!. J¢ciili¥e L'oinmiiiee member shall scnr fot atoniinuouswi￿J of niiKe ihan eighl con5cculiYc )'taTh. T]ic liX¢¢iltive Commiltec liav¢ po%4"£T io CO-ON no Inute than four persons tt> act as widilional mcmbcrs of ihe F.x¢ciili￿e ComTnillcc until the nexi Annual GetkTdl Meeting DrGencTal Mcclin¥ folloii'ing Iheir cO￿p17￿, ei.en if Ihe ioial tiunil￿rOfjneM￿rS of Ihc Execuliie CommiltLI, incliiding co-optcd tn¢m￿[S thall exeLx￿ iii'cli'c. All m¢tnbers D(the 1xccu1i￿C Cvminillee gii'c Iheir linie 'oluniaTiI)' 2nd rcttil'cd no kn¢fJ15 froTll ihe Chatit).. Any eX￿seS ]Yclaimtd Irorn th¢ ChHity art reflected in Ihc accouiil5. Charity trustffs Indllttion Tr4inin8 losi C.harit)" Iriistees arc alrel)' familiat ivtih ihc pradieal li.0￿ ofihc charl￿.. hal'ing ￿d kc). ￿SlI70n5 ihe CommiltCC5 of fvltnibeT Sociclic5 to %i'liich ihej bclong. l*gc 3

THE FEDEtL4TION OF FA￿1]Ly HISTORI, SOCIETIES RF.PORT OF TIIF: TRIISTEE8 FOR THE I'EAR ENDED30SEPTENIBER 2023 Nci% Charil)" Iruslecs reLYLI"e a eopi" ofihc Nlcniorandum and tkn1c1￿S, Rolcs & Rc5rKbii5ibiliiic5 ha￿1b￿k and tlic laie51 ai ii¢ll a5 the prei'iou5 Jear's fjiiancial siaiements and accoun15. "1"he) ar¢ a150 10 read and folloii. lh¢ Cod¢ of 1￿clice for ChxTiI Inislccs iihich i¥as adoN¢d [￿ i1m1_5￿¢ ago. L.'haiil>' lrnslets l)ave ￿en gii.en training ai mciiings hcld diiTing ihc }"Lwon thc regal a4XYt5 and iTfLplicati￿5 Of bc17￿ l)irectors and ehariiable IEusice8 to hclp lacilitaie ihc Wide￿9nd1￿ of Iheir rol¢. l¥lember5hip of the Chgrity is of fiv¢ rlasx5 following ¢he adoptioD of th¢ new Articles. narn¢l)': Ordin21 Ty Membcrship- otKn lo all Socidie5 OT 11(Kii¢5 in the Unii¢d Kingdoiii or Cn)ii"n l)¢tKiid¢ncies ii'hich are ITr the opinion of ihc Executii'e Curntnill¢¢ prifflaril) coni¢m¢d iiiih famil%. hi%ioTr: ¥enedlw" ot heffdldri or inlerested in Ihe pttser¥aLioJJ, 5eciiril)' aCL¢SSibilii)' of archii'e tnalerial- Assuciaie Iqciiibership- o￿n lo all Socidi¢50r B(Kli¢s in ihc UTrilcd KingdoTn orcioiin Dcp¢￿de￿￿les lothcr than thos¢ eligiblt lor Ordinary. mcmiKr5hip) iihirh ar¢ intere￿ ITr famil)" hiMoTr. g¢ntJlo&i' orli¢raldTr or int¢r¢sid in ihe preseri'alivt4 sccurily and acc¢s5ibiliry of Nrthii"¢ ntsieTial tsy)tiation iliih Ihe Chatiiy, in the opinion ofihe Exethtiie Commiiiee: is considered d¢5irabl¢. Iniemaiional Memkn - open to all &KielL¢S OT IkKli¢s fiK]nded or IV¢Taiing w¢5id¢ ih¢ lJnit¢d Kingdoni or Cr(iii l)ependeneie% iihich inicrcsicd iji famil). hiaoTr. 8¢￿ed[ogy or herdldry. ￿ Intere￿ed in I1￿ pre5eTr'aiion: seciirii). and accessibiliiy of archii'e matcrial and i%"hosc as5[￿73t1￿￿ ii'ith th¢ (Iwity.. in ihc Op1￿101) of ihe FJ¢wli%"e Coniilliiiee. 15 wnsidered J¢5irable. A￿lIlated fvI¢tntKT5- to aTly DTrn-prvfilmaking sT￿p in the Uniied Kitbgdom or Cn)un Depe4Jdencie8 C4)mprising len {101 or wnoF¥ petswis Mhich is inicrisied in fainil). hi￿0[)., 8t￿108>. orhiTaldr)' or inicreAed in Ihe wscri?iion, securii). and accessibility of archiie nialeTial ￿11 Ii'hith has no tollstiMLion or Icgal S￿us and ￿ is unablc 10 saiisfy tht mtIiibtTship qualifications sei out in sil￿p￿agraphS{3} 1014} ofAnicle I l. Suth a group shall inelwje a group wnAiiutcd asa local U3A Boj). a Bod). of pcr50n5 In¢eling together pers￿ 01 i'irtuall), Onli￿ on the Inient iiho mcet and w-operdit IOQiiihcr io can), oui onc or inorc of Ihc Prit)cipal Objects ulih¢ ChaTiI)' and ii.iih ii.hirh ib¢ E¥ecuiii¢ Comtryii￿e con51¢J￿5 ii is r¢asoDabl¢ or¢xpcdimi io a￿lI]atC and lo admil lo A￿llIa1¢ h4¢[n￿[shIP Insliiulional Menibuship- (wtn to all 13odi¢s OthcT than Sorielies or Ilodi¢5 ¢li8ibl¢ for Ordinary or ASS￿1￿1¢ M¢mkTship incliidiftg {ii'iihoiil prcjudic¢ lo ihe generJliii' ofthe fo￿gI}Ing) librnrtei archii-4 re]K>silotieÉ and publii irt%lilulitsng ihaT aTe inlcrcsicd in the pre5ervaiiL)n. securil}' and actessibilii). ofarthii'e tnaierial iihoseassociaiion tiiih the Ch3TiIS' in the opinioii of Ihe Ixccuiii'c ConLiiiiiiee. 15 CUllSiLlered desirable. I'lie Charii}' had a nieinbership of 16? diiring lh¢ >'car compti5ing of 128 Ordinar>. Mcfftiyrs and 10 A55(Kiat¢ Mcrnbcrs and 24 Tniettiational Nlunbers. Thcrc ar¥ cuThenil)' no ln51ilulional Mctnb¢rs or Atriliate manb¢r5. Reserves Policy Ii is Ihc Fxilie). olihe (Thariii. l(1 mainlaiD iiDre4Ericl¢d fimth whirb are fr¢¢ r¢scr%'¢s of ih¢ Charitl. 218 level i%'hich eqiialcs 19 a Ininiinuni oli%¥eli'e monih% core exp¢ndiiu￿..This fund is T¢qIIITed to cnswc thal the lthaTiry is ablc to tncet its pol¢nli41 liabilitleS. The Chant} Inistees hai'e in placc iheir procedur￿ for ￿l"i¢ll"l￿g al￿ reduciDg lh¢ illajor risK"s to ii"hirli ihe Charil}' is exposed. Internal risks arc tninimised by procedures for auihDri5alion Df all ionociions and PTojetis and io en%ure a tonsisient delii.ery of all *spects oi'tl)c Lharii>'. InvestNient Powers and Restriction5 Relaied pan). IraTh&wil￿￿3 lif aii}"I b¢iDg painMt5 10 Charl￿. IruMff5 in res￿ uf sth'ices thffered b) vr Telaiii'es are dI￿10s￿l in ihe finLincial siattmen15 shoiin laier. Resulfs for the year .1 hc Charii), In1￿¢¢5 arc plt&8ed lo rcfcr to thc f￿anCial stat￿￿nts I￿g¢ 4

THE FEDERATION OF FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETIES REPORT OF THE TRusfEES FOR THE YEAR EIYDED 30 SEVTEMBER 2023 REFERENCE AND AD￿lINISTRATIvE DETAIiS Registered Company number 02930189 (F.ngl(￿d and Wal￿) Registered Charity Dumber 1038721 Regi¥teréd orfi¢e 24 Primrose Avcnllt Urn15ton Manchester M41 OTY Trustees Y M Abiola L R tloyle S C Manning M S W McDowell M L Rokrts J A Simkin5 G Stephenson D L Sutton l H Wallcr P J Walt¢rs S¢¢r¢txry D S LJtnbert Bank¢rs The Cwperdtivc Bank plc l Balloon Strc Manchestcr M604EP Indeptndent Exminer Neil KenninElon FCA Bright Patincrship Limited Chartered A¢¢oiinian¥s I Pth st￿¢1 Mclesfield ch￿bITe SKII 6SR Approved by order of th¢ trfwd of ¢ru51ee$ ort 151h April 2024 atKI signed ￿ its IKhalf by.. S C Manning- Ch&imian Pagc 5

IThDF.PF.NDTr:Tr•T EL4MIryLR'S KLPORT TO THL"IRLSTEFS OF THK VEDERATION OF FAMILY HisfoRI SOCIETIES Independtnt ex8mintr's r¢port to th¢ tru$tees of Tht Fedtr#tion of Famity History Socidies {'the Corttpany'l I r¢port lo ihe charity. trustees on ￿Y cxatThination of thc accuuThts of the CthnpaTr)' forlhe Jearertded 30 Seplernber2023 Responsibilities and basi5 of r¢port As ihe ¢hariiJ s Iwstees of (he CoMp￿Y land also iis directors for the purrrt)sts of wrnpanv lai¥l you are resrth5ibl¢ for th¢ preparation of th¢ account5 in accordance iiith the re4uirements o(Iht CotThpanies Aei 21X)6 (the 2(M>6 ACL'I. Having satisficd ffljsclf ihe a¢¢ounts of th¢ Company are required io ￿ audikd under Part 16 of the 21M>6 Act and are ¢ligible for i￿lependent examiThatioN I report in respeci of my examtnaiiorb orY￿r charitj's accoun15 as carried out under S¢ction 145 of ihe Charitie5 Aa 2011 I'the 2011 Acf)- In eart)iThg oui m). examinatithj I hav¢ folloivtd the DirtCljOnS gi￿en by ihe Charity CoTnmission undEr ScctlDTh 14515) {bl of thc 2011 Aci. Indtp¢nd¢nt ¢XamI￿¢r.$ $tatement I hai'¢ tompl¢ied my exatnittaLion. I confim) thai mallers have come io my alleniion in con[￿¢t10n wilh Ihe examination giving Ine cal￿¢ lo belieye.. accouniing records ivere noi kepl tn rcspecl of the Cofflpany &$ required by Seaion 386 of the 20[￿ Ati,. or the accounts do noi ￿0rd ii'iih those rttords.. or the attoiinis do not comply ￿lth the act￿1n1￿￿E requin￿e￿iS of Section 396of the 2(M16 Acl other than any requirement that Ihe ￿count5 givc a 1￿C and fair I'jciv iyhich is noi a mailer considered &% part of an independeThl exarninaiion. or the accouThis have noi been prtpared in accordance Milh Ihe methods and privipl¢s of the Siatemenl Of Recommended Pradi¢e for actounting a￿] repor(ing b}. charities Iwplicable io charitie) preparing Iheir accounis in accordanr ivith th¢ Financial Reporting Standard applicable in Ihe UK and Republicof Ireland IFRS 10211. I havt no toThcems and have come across no other matters in cotmeciion wilh the exafflinaTion io ivhidl atteniioD should be draiyrt in this report in order to ¢nabl¢ a prow urtderstandin8 of ihe atcourtis io be reached. Neil Kenninglon FCA Bright Partnetship Limiied Chzrteied Accounlartls I P￿k Street Maccl¢sfitld Ch¢5hire SKI 16SR 15th April 2024 ge6

THE FEDER.4TION OF FAD411LI' HISTORI. SOCIETIES STATE￿IENT OF FIN.4NCIALACTII'ITIES IINC-.QRPORATJNG AN INCO￿lE AND EXPEliDITURE ACCOUNT) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTE%IBER 2023 2023 2022 Tthal nds Unr&qrici¢d fuThJ Rc51rictcd runJs funds Noics INC.OJllE AND ENDOVI'ThlENTS FROhl Donation fronj &)b5idiari" curnpart). 45,0 40.￿0 Charitable 8¢tii'ities Subscripiions 27.605 27ffj05 28.ffl6 li1￿.estmct)l inri)me (hher incum¢ 953 217 2.404 Tot81 73 73,638 70.627 EXPENDITURE ON Charitable Hctivitiej 1.cder￿lots k)ciii'ilJ C0515 62.614 02￿]4 56,458 Totil 62fv14 NET INcof*lE I (EXPEP4DITURE) 11fv24 14.169 RECONCILIATJON OF FUIYDS loial flliids bn)ughi loniwd 276384 276884 262.715 TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORII'ARD 287,908 276,8¥4 lthc fomi ofihcsc fIna￿LIa1 %taieMen15

THE FEDEIL4TION OF FAIIILY HISTORI. SOCIETI&S B.4LAliCE SHEET 30 sEPTE￿IBER 2023 2023 Tolll funds 2022 lJnrtsiricied (￿￿] Resthcied runds ruTids FIXED ASSETS TAngiblc a5x15 Ibll'CSimcnlS 1,416 75,￿0 7SiN)O 75J 75,0 76,416 CURRENT ASSETS l)ebiors C#5h al bank and in hand 10 48,157 177ffj86 157 48,349 165 84? 22W3 225,843 CREDITORS Amounls falling duc ivilhin on¢)'car (12.9351 lJ2.935) 113,723} ET CURRENT ASSETS 200,468 TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES 287,￿8 276,884 NET ASSETS 287,SYJ8 276,884 FUNDS IJnrt￿rL¢lcd funds 12 287.908 27Q884 TOTAL FUNDS 287,908 276,884 'I'hc clic1riiablc fQmP47n>" is cnliilcd to cNcmpliop from audit under frciinn 477 Cnmpanies ALI 21K>6 for Ihc vcar cndcd 30 S¢pI¢jll￿T 2023. The meM￿rS haie not reqiiirtd Ihe tompanj io an *Mlii of iE% fitwnrial Malc￿entS f(Ir th¢ lear ended 30 Scplcmber 2023 acEDTdance iTriih Seclion 476 of ihc LDmpani£s Aa 2(￿_ .1 li¢ tru51¢es acknoiile(Ige iheir resporb5ibilili¢s for ensuiing ihai Ihe chariiable companj keeps at¢uunlin¥ Ihal cotnply iiiih Scction5 3¥0 387 olilje Companies Aci 2006 and prcparing financial slatcnicnts ithich gil'e a inie atKi fair of11￿ ofaffair5 of IlTre cliarithble coinpan) as at ihc etjd of ¢ach finaiicial y¢ar ond of 115 surplus or dcficil for financial !¢aT ITh Kxordance 14 iih Ihe Ttquiresneiiis of Sectiot)s 394 and 395 and ilhich oiheniise cvmpl) iiiih th¢ TY4UiTem¢nts of ItK ComtMnic5 Act 21MJO rclating 10 financial 51aittnetJis, so far 25 applitable 10 the ¢hariiabl¢ ¢xinipan)'. (bl Th¢ nDie.4 form w ¢>fih¢4e financial #aicminlS I￿gC 8

THI FEDEiL4TION OF FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETILS BALANCE SH£ET_ continued 30 SEPTEMBER 2023 I"h¢5¢ finanGid 51atcmcnls have prwared in Kcorda￿c¢ with the provisions applicable to chatithble ¢oJnpani¢5 subject to the Small cotnwie5 Tegiffte. The financial statements ii¢Te approved by the Board of TrU￿ee5 and authori5¢d for is5￿ on 15th April 2024 and iv¢re signed on its bchalf b>.. S C Manning. ChaiThwi Tk no1¢5 forrn part ofihe5e financial ￿alementS Vage 9

THE FEDERATION OF FA￿TILl, HISTORI. SOCIETIES NOTESTO THE FIYAI%C.I,IL StATE￿IE￿Ts FOR THE I'EAR ENDED JO SEPTE.IIBER 21123 ACCOUNTING POLICIES Basi5 of preparing the finantiil $tsttmeThts I he fiiiancial slalcnieni% olihe cliaTilablc comJthn)'. iihich is a public benefil eDlib' FRS 102. hai'e btcTh pwared uj

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1¥1£ clic¢ iipplicoble 10 chariiies PTep1L ring thciT IKcounis i¢1 aCLorda]Jct ii-iih Ihe Finaiicial Riporling Siandard Jpplicahle in Ilic UK Republic of Ircland IFRS 102) (¢ffcctLI"e l Janudn 2019)'_ finan£iil Rewniiig Sthndard 102 'Tlie I""in¢incial Kew>rting Standard applicablt UJ Ik. Uk artd Republic ol Ire18Thf and the Cvtnpanics Act 2006. Ikne fillanci￿ siaiemenis have bccn prvparcd under hi5tOTical cost coTh%'emion. Income All iiirotnc is Tecognised iii Ili¢ StaiemLml of Finanrial Actii'jiÈes Mce Ihc charit>. ha5 ¢DliilemeDt 10 ihe fund& it is prohable tliat the incom¢ iiill be receii.cd &Jd tht anK)unt can be med￿red xeliabl).. Expenditure l.iabiliLICS T¢cogni5ed 45 expendiDJre as soon as theTr is a legal or cunthCli%"c obligaiion cotnrllilling the charity 10 Ih p¢ndiliirc, il is probable IT￿[ a Iransftr ofeconotnic btncfits iiill be tequircd ID 5cttI¢Tn¢ni aT¥J Ihe aJnLNJni of Ihe obligaiivn can be rD¢a511red Teliably. Expendilurc 15 ￿COUn1ed for vn an ￿erualS ha5 bccn classified under hcdings thit I aggregaie all ¢051 Telaicd 10 ihi caiegot).. 14'hrrc r051s cannoi k dircul), &iribuied io particular headings iliey hai'c bccn allocalcd to actii'ilie% OD a basis consisteni ii'iih lh¢ w of res￿IrCeS. Tangible filed a55ets 'pretiaiioii 15 PTo&idtxJ ai the 1olloiii￿8 anllual rat¢5 in ord¢T to iiTiie off each asset vver its L]ni￿ed useful lift. Computers aiid display cquipmerf - 2)% on a5traight line Imsis Inv¢$tments and c4slJ LI￿e￿ ini"¢siinen15 arc siaicd ai tnarkd i.aluc al thc balanct sheei daic. unli￿ed ini'estnieDt5 are i"alued ai cosi. -rhc snfA includ¢s IIK nei gllins aThl los￿ ari5illg on i¢i"aluaiiMs aJJd diswls ihmughvui ihe Trcar. C".a5h al bank is hrld to m¢¢1 lh¢ da). io day n]t)ning cO￿S ofihe charl￿. as they lall due. Taxation The charli￿. Is exenipi from wdlivD on ils charithble acitvitic Fund accounting Unrestr&cied fiinds can be used in arrordJnc¢ iyiih Ihe chafiiableobjetlii'es a ihe disuction of ihe irusitts Reslric(ed funds caij onl), be ￿￿e￿ for parlilwlar rc51ricied pw0￿5 11"ithin the objeas uf ttTrc charii),. Reyiic110115 awisc i4.hen spcctfi¢d by Ihe donor or ii'htn r￿dS are rJis¢ryl for wdnicuiar re&ricled puwpo Funhcr cxplaThaiion ofthe and wrw)5¢ of sich fu￿1 is inclknded in the note5 to the fll)ancial sLitC[t￿l5. eiinlinuc<l...

THE FEDE114TION OF FAIIIILI, HISTORY SOCIETIFS OTES TO THE FI.Y.45'CIAL STATI-.IIINTS- t•#linwed FOR THE I'EAR Ef¥DEDJO SEPTEhlBF.R zin3 Charitable Artiiititx 202J 2022 Subscriptions 28,006 109,205 90,474 JNI'&STI¥IEwf INCOIIE 2023 2022 Bank inietest tettivablc 117 liET IP4COhlEI{EXPENDITL'RE) N¢1 inc0￿￿11¢Xpe1￿ilIlr&I is sthiul afr Ch￿85￿8({£re￿141figl. 2023 2022 Depr¢Liairon- oiincd asws TRUSTEES, RENIIINERATION AND BENEF175 "Il)er¢ iicrc no In￿e￿ r¢rnUrKraI￿Th or other iKnefrt5 f￿ Ihe jew twjcd .11 March 2021 nor for Ihe )rar ended 31 N4arch 2022. Trustees. expen "th¢rc ii"L7e ￿ ￿￿te5 ¢X[K4￿ in ￿ yex for ￿tr￿-h I￿ are reirnFxJrAd. STAFF COSTS Ih¢rr ii.crc no staifcoas durirB thi5w rhe txei'iou5 >car clharii), d(rs cmplosEe arty 514tY. Coniini￿...

THE FEDERATION OF FAMtLY UJSTORY SOCIETtES FOR YEAR ENDED 30 SEYIEMBER 202J TANGIB￿ FIXED AssEf6 Computers & dKsplAy EquiP￿tr￿t cosr At l October 2022 lJ215 At30 Septetllixr2023 DEPRECIATION At l Oc(obrr2022 ChaTge tory¢£r 9,799 At 30 SeptemEw2023 li F4Ff BOOK VALUE At 30 Sept¢ruber21f23 At30& September2022 416 Fixed 888et itivestttJ¢nts CODSiSt of £75.(X)0 (2022 £75.1))O) w0rtb0f5b￿eSS￿ow￿ attosiill its wholly owned subsidi Federatson of F4Trily Historys￿l¢tI¢s SeTviccsLiwit REsifLTS OFTRADING StIBsfDtARY Ftd¢ratiottof Fatillty History Societies S¢rvic¢SLimi￿ (COMp￿y)￿)￿bCr0299j?98) is aTrYholly oy￿ed wthsidiaryof The Fd¢rationof Family History S(K¥etsc4 yrdtiDBaretail busi￿$5 ¥elJin8goods a￿1￿1¢t• Th¢ [￿Ults foE th¢ year ¢nd¢d 30Septukn2023 attSLllnnDtised below.. 2023 2022 Turnover aLd int¢rc6É Cosl rlf sal&%and admiDistEatio Op¢ratitigpn)fit Amouat 8ift aided to the tknity Retained in ￿bSid1¥ry 101067 97,333 40,609 36.054 Current a%%ets . Cutr¢ni liknnsty. 8llbJuntowdby l(to}pTht T(kni netassets 204.9n 205.754 99 92 103 583 Pag¢ 12 continued...

THE FEDEIL4TION OF FANIILI, HISTOR Y SOCIETIES NOTES TO THE FINAN'C.I.4L STATEIIENTS- ¢otttinue FOR THE I EAR LNDLD 30 SEPTEf*JBER 202J io. DEBTORS 2023 2022 Amoiinis fallit)g diie i%iihin one i-ear.. Amounis uiied bi. (yroup utKlertaking5 PrLpaitn¢ThLS 46,902 1,25 47,617 732 48.157 ii. CREDITORS.. AIIOVNTS FALLif4G DUE IVITHIN ONE I'EAR 2023 2022 Trade ctediio Accruals and delerrcd iDcome 2,434 io 3,8R7 13,723 12. r4101YEhlENT IN FUNDS Net nxikement in funds AI I_10.22 At 30.9.23 Unrestricted fund5 General fuiid I7￿84 J1024 287.9)8 TOTAL FUNDS 27W4 287,908

THE FEDERATIONOF FAhllLY HisfoRI'SOCIETIFS NOTES TO TIIF. FINANCIAL s7.ATE￿IE￿T5- Continued FOR THE I'EPIR Eh"DED 30 SEPTEIIBER 2023 12. IOI'EtIlENT IP4 FUNDS- CODtinMed iiioi'enieni in fuiil8 irKliJded in the abvi"t are &4 lolloms.. IwoDiing tC5vurr¥% Kesourtts loi-¢iii¢nl in funds Unrestrirled funds Gcncral fund 731Tr38 (62ffj14) 11,024 TOTAL FUTr4DS 62.6141 11.024 13. RELATED PARTI. DISCLOSURES Thc COmPdn} operatcs an inl¢rc(xnpan)' courti ii'iih kis trading 5ubsJdiar)', [￿ti￿ ufbamil}' History Sociciies SeiviLe% linliied al￿ al the)'tar tthd iht balantt oi%"ing b). the sub5idia4" cotw). l() the eharily ias £4&902 (2022 £47.6171 There ii'ere no otliu relal¢d party irJI￿lI￿￿ for the !E8rendcd 30 Sepiemlv 2023. 14. SHARE CAPITAL AND COIIPAM. STATIIS "lthe COrnP24 15 inrortM)raied Companie.% Act li is litniied b}" guaranicc and: Ihcrcforc. doe5 noi hai'c an). issued %hare upiial. lrt Il)e eweni olihe rhariil" i￿1￿8 ii"OUTKI up, Ihe liabilii), in rc5pect or the 8uaranie¢ Is litniicd io £1 prT member ofihc clLarit)'.

THE FEDER4TION OF FAhllLI' HISTORI, SOCIETIES DET.4ILED STATEf*lENT OF HYPI￿CIAL.-lC[II'ITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDEDJoSEPTE￿IBER 2023 2023 2022 INCONIE AP4D ENDOII'IIENTS DotIatio￿$ legacies Iloiiaiions Ironi trading 5ubsidiar)' 4SO(KI 40,11 Inveslment income Deposit accouTrl inieresi 217 Charitable actii'ili¢5 sub5cripii￿S 27,605 28,tK 68.223 Other income Oihtr iticoni¢ Total ineoming resour¢e5 7Jh38 70,627 EXPENDITURE Ch#ritsble attilities EdiiLalii]n & F.liK.abeth Simp50n aii'aril COnfe￿nCr attcndk)nce co￿5 Scrninars aiid Iinline shoiis Mlebsiie 8t￿ maLaBL￿ent PublicilS Iiiiendancc ai fairs Neivslcltct roA5 Socicty. aThJ ¢xietDal Liaison Proje¢t losi% 419 859 11,166 760 3311 750 100 240 7,732 1,520 5.633 405 Carritd lfrriiard 17105 15.570 'I"his page doeq noi fonn part of th¢ 51alul()Th" fin￿Cial siatinicnis }Jage 15

THE FEDE114TION OF FANIILY HISTORI. SOCIETIFS DETAILED STATEf41ENf OF FINAfICIALA￿1I,]TlEs FOR TIIE )'EAK ENDED 30 SEPTENIBER 2023 21)23 2022 Chxritablt actjVLties Ilroughi rd 17,805 15,570 Support tosls Administraiion b.xettilll'C coinmiiie¢ Irai"cl, meeiings cle Cieneial meeiing5 a￿a railing information 1Trsuranct Finance Sundt). expinses Bank cliarges 22,775 1,421 3.IIZ9 3.089 9,512 127 60 22,017 50 3.163 2.924 8.280 123 Ikpreciation of iangible assets 1,416 1,380 Covernlnce c05t5 ALcvunianc>' IKBal fees 3,14 24 2.82 Total resiwrteg expcnded 62,614 50,458 Net Incom¢ 11.024 .1 his paoc docs not IOTM of the fiwdncial sl*cTtieni% Ilage 16