# THE FOLKLORE SOCIETY

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1074552
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** March 5, 1999
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1074552


## Contact

- **Address:** THE FOLKLORE SOCIETY, 50 Fitzroy Street, LONDON
- **Postcode:** W1T 5BT
- **Phone:** 0203 915 3034
- **Email:** thefolkloresociety@gmail.com
- **Website:** www.folklore-society.com



## Activities

**Objects:** TO PROMOTE RESEARCH INTO AND THE RECORDING OF FOLKLORE IN ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD AND TO MAKE AVAILABLE ACADEMICALLY AND CULTURALLY THE RESULTS OF ITS STUDIES TO ALL PERSONS WHETHER MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY OR NOT.

**Activities:** The Folklore Society is devoted to the study of traditional vernacular culture.  Its objectives are to foster folklore research and recording worldwide and to make the results of these studies available to all persons whether members of the Society or not.

**Area of benefit:** WORLDWIDE




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £92059 | £136653 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £87217 | £67253 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £122155 | £61336 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £108850 | £57915 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £79758 | £60905 | — | — |



## Trustees

- Dr Helen Christina Frisby — appointed March 4, 2022
- Dr Kate Rebecca Smith — appointed March 17, 2026
- Jeremy Mark Harte — appointed March 17, 2026
- Prof Owen Davies — appointed June 27, 2020
- Prof. David Matthew Hopkin — appointed June 16, 2023
- Sophia Margaret Augusta Kingshill — appointed March 4, 2022