# THE THORESBY SOCIETY

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1126086
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Sept. 26, 2008
- **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=1126086


## Contact

- **Address:** THE LEEDS LIBRARY, 18 COMMERCIAL STREET, LEEDS
- **Postcode:** LS1 6AL
- **Phone:** 01132453071
- **Email:** secretary@thoresby.org.uk
- **Website:** www.thoresby.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** I  TO BE THE PREMIER HISTORY SOCIETY OF LEEDS AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD AND ACCORDINGLY TO CULTIVATE AN INTEREST IN THE HISTORY OF LEEDS AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD THROUGH THE COLLECTION AND PRESERVATION OF BOOKS AND OTHER MATTER THAT MAY ASSIST THIS PURPOSE;II TO PROMOTE THE DISSEMINATION OF KNOWLEDGE BY ALL APPROPRIATE MEANS OF THE HISTORY OF LEEDS AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD AND TO PROMOTE A WIDE PUBLIC INTEREST THEREIN;III TO OVERSEE THE PUBLICATION OF DOCUMENTS, MONOGRAPHS AND PAPERS RELATING TO THE HISTORY OF LEEDS AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD.

**Activities:** The Leeds Historical Society, founded 1889, covering Leeds and its neighbourhood.  The Society seeks to promote public interest in the history of Leeds and its neighbourhood by means of lectures, visits, publications, a library and archive, and other ventures.Prior to incorporation as a company limited by guarantee, the Thoresby Society was registered under charity No. 227526.

**Area of benefit:** LEEDS AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
- **Who:** Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Leeds City



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £29593 | £33111 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £31118 | £19295 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £22778 | £23355 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £21085 | £18590 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £19649 | £20162 | — | — |



## Trustees

- Anrony Ramm — appointed April 20, 2020
- Barbara Wakefield — appointed July 11, 2024
- Benjamin Johnson — appointed Jan. 1, 2025
- Chris Hindle — appointed April 20, 2020
- DIANE TAYLOR
- Danny Friar — appointed April 15, 2025
- Dr Alan Benjamin Slomson — appointed April 20, 2023
- Dr MARTIN JOHN STANIFORTH — appointed Jan. 1, 2024
- Dr Peter Howarth — appointed April 20, 2023
- EVE BRADFORD — appointed May 10, 2012
- JOHN HENRY TOWNSEND
- JOHN RICHARD LUXTON
- James Jones-Tinsley — appointed April 15, 2025
- Kevin Grady
- MARGARET JOSEPHINE PULLAN — appointed April 18, 2016
- Patrick Gillett — appointed April 24, 2017
- STEVE BURT
- SUE ALEXANDER
- Stephanie Alexander — appointed Oct. 1, 2025