# THE FAMILIES IN BRITISH INDIA SOCIETY

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1118885
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** April 19, 2007
- **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=1118885


## Contact

- **Address:** 87 Hurlingham Court, LONDON
- **Postcode:** SW6 3UR
- **Phone:** 02077311688
- **Email:** chairman@fibis.org
- **Website:** www.fibis.org



## Activities

**Objects:** 1) TO PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE THE PUBLIC STUDY OF FAMILY, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC HISTORY, GENEALOGY, AND RELATED SUBJECTS SUCH AS LOCAL HISTORY, WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THOSE AREAS WHICH WERE ADMINISTERED OR OF INTEREST TO THE HONOURABLE EAST INDIA COMPANY, AND THOSE AREAS WHICH WERE ADMINISTERED OR OF INTEREST TO THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA.  FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE CHARITY THE AREAS SHALL INCLUDE PAKISTAN, BANGLADESH, BURMA, CEYLON/SRI LANKA, PERSIA AND THE PERSIAN GULF AND ANY OTHER AREAS DEEMED RELEVANT BY THE TRUSTEES;2) TO PROMOTE THE PRESERVATION, SECURITY AND ACCESSIBILITY OR ARCHIVAL MATERIAL.

**Activities:** 1) To promote and encourage the public study of family, social and economic history, genealogy, and related subjects such as local history, with particular reference to those areas which were administered by or of interest to the East India Company, or the Government of India during British rule.2) To promote the preservation, security and accessibility of archival material.

**Area of benefit:** PAKISTAN, BANGLADESH, BURMA, CEYLON/SRI LANKA, PERSIA AND THE PERSIAN GULF AND ANY OTHER AREAS DEEMED RELEVANT BY THE TRUSTEES




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Australia
- New Zealand
- Throughout London



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £34161 | £45704 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £32474 | £20282 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £30885 | £11752 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £37389 | £39519 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £33058 | £24407 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **BEVERLY ANN HALLAM** (Chair)
- Alexandra Sherman — appointed Sept. 21, 2011
- Elizabeth Rice — appointed Nov. 30, 2015
- GERALDINE LORNA CHARLES
- JOHN DEREK NAPPER — appointed July 7, 2014
- JOHN HEDLEY SUTTON — appointed June 25, 2022
- Karen de Bruyne — appointed June 28, 2025
- Michael Tickner — appointed June 25, 2022
- Stewart Christopher Green — appointed June 25, 2022
- Tessa Charlotte Paulina Szczepanik — appointed June 28, 2025
- VALMAY STELLA YOUNG