# BUSINESS ENTERPRISE HERITAGE TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1084610
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Trust
- **Registered:** Jan. 19, 2001
- **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=1084610


## Contact

- **Address:** 6 WAYSIDE GREEN, WOODCOTE, READING
- **Postcode:** RG8 0QJ
- **Phone:** 01491681483
- **Email:** behtoffice@gmail.com
- **Website:** www.businessheritage.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE PROMOTION OF EDUCATION AND, IN PARTICULAR, THE STUDY AND APPRECIATION OF ECONOMICS , ECONOMIC HISTORY AND BUSINESS, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE ROLE OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP, AND TO INCLUDE THE MAINTAINING OF A LIBRARY AND OTHER RESEARCH FACILITIES FOR THESE PURPOSES.

**Activities:** The charity maintains a library of approximately 40,000 volumes to support research into the history of business enterprise. It has purchased a leasehold business unit at the Grove Technology Park, Wantage, and this is being fitted out as a research library and study centre. Once the books have all been moved into the library the facility will be opened to the public.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE, ENGLAND




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** Education/training
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Oxfordshire



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 5, 2025 | £67429 | £18843 | — | — |
| April 5, 2024 | £57582 | £19353 | — | — |
| April 5, 2023 | £55436 | £21540 | — | — |
| April 5, 2022 | £52452 | £19073 | — | — |
| April 5, 2021 | £57630 | £13041 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **PROFESSOR MARK CHRISTOPHER CASSON** (Chair) — appointed Nov. 15, 2000
- Dr JANET PENELOPE CASSON — appointed Nov. 15, 2000
- Dr SIMON CHARLES TOWNLEY BA, DPHIL
- Dr andrew christopher godley — appointed June 19, 2019
- Dr lucy ann newton — appointed June 19, 2019
- PROFESSOR JOHN CREEDY — appointed May 8, 2001
- PROFESSOR PETER JENNINGS BUCKLEY — appointed Nov. 15, 2000
- RONALD BRIAN TURNER — appointed Nov. 15, 2000