# THE FAMILIES IN BRITISH INDIA SOCIETY

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1118885
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [06034638](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06034638)
- **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&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1118885


## Contact

- **Address:** 87 Hurlingham Court, LONDON
- **Postcode:** SW6 3UR
- **Phone:** 020 7731 1688
- **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.




## 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



## Geography

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





## Trustees

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




