# BERKSHIRE LOCAL HISTORY ASSOCIATION

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1097355
- **Other names:** B.L.H.A
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** May 2, 2003
- **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=1097355


## Contact

- **Address:** 1 PRIEST HILL, CAVERSHAM, READING
- **Postcode:** RG4 7RZ
- **Phone:** 01189483354
- **Website:** www.blha.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO PROMOTE THE ADVANCEMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION THROUGH THE STUDY OF LOCAL HISTORY WITHIN THE GEOGRAPHICAL AREA INCORPORATING THE ROYAL COUNTY OF BERKSHIRE AS DEFINED BY THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1972 TOGETHER WITH THOSE PLACES WITHIN THE ROYAL COUNTY OF BERKSHIRE AS IT WAS CONSTITUTED BEFORE 1 APRIL 1974 BUT NOT SUBSEQUENTLY.

**Activities:** Organises day schools and visits to historic archives, publishes local history research and provides contacts between local history societies in Berkshire.

**Area of benefit:** BERKSHIRE




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
- **Who:** Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Bracknell Forest
- Reading
- Slough
- West Berkshire
- Windsor And Maidenhead
- Wokingham



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £1535 | £1798 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £1653 | £1738 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £1518 | £1792 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £1631 | £1153 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £1583 | £1360 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **David Edwin Cliffe** (Chair)
- Agnes Joan Dils — appointed Jan. 1, 2017
- Ann Stamford Smith — appointed Jan. 1, 2017
- David John Osborne — appointed March 10, 2018
- Dr David Lewis
- Dr Jonathan Howard Brown — appointed Dec. 19, 2017
- Dr MARGARET SIMONS — appointed Dec. 19, 2017
- JOHN MILES CHAPMAN — appointed Jan. 1, 2017
- Joanne Alexander-Jones — appointed May 10, 2021