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Antiquarian Booksellers Association Educational Trust

Aba Educational Trust

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
1138013
Status
Registered
Reporting
Up to date Last filed Aug. 4, 2026. Filing history
Registered
Sept. 15, 2010
Legal form
Trust

Address

Address
Antiquarian Booksellers Association
21 John Street
London
WC1N 2BF

Contact

Phone
020 8004 9512
Email
admin@aba.org.uk
Website
aba.org.uk

Activities

Promoting education in the field of antiquarian books.

Objects: To Advance The Education Of The Public And To Promote Research In The Field Of Bibliography In Its Various Forms, Historical, Descriptive And Enumerative, Including But Not Limited To The History Of The Book, The History Of Printing, The Conservation And Preservation Of Library And Archives, Publishing, Book-Selling, Book-Trade History, Book-Collecting, Book-Auctions, The Rare Book Trade, Authorship, Reading And Readership, The Editing And Transmission Of Texts, Bookbinding, Illustration And Illustrative Techniques, Paper And Paper-Making, Type And Typography, Palaeography, Manuscript Studies, Print-Making, Map-Making And The History Of Cartography, Printed Ephemera, Library History, Provenance, Book-Plates And Evidence Of Ownership, And Biographical Studies Of Those Engaged In All Aspects Of These Subjects, Hereinafter Referred To As "Rare Book Studies"

Classification

How
Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
What
Education/training
Who
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, The General Public/mankind

Geography

Area of benefit
Undefined. In Practice, National And Overseas.
Region
Throughout England

Finances

Period end Filed Income Expenditure
Dec. 31, 2025 Aug. 4, 2026On time £20,796 £4,649
Dec. 31, 2024 June 17, 2025On time £24,568 £12,179
Dec. 31, 2023 Sept. 30, 2024On time £19,623 £674
Dec. 31, 2022 Oct. 31, 2023On time £18,490 £14,975
Dec. 31, 2021 Sept. 2, 2022On time £4,718 £7,651
Dec. 31, 2020 Oct. 6, 2021 £9,383 £4,186

Trustees

Name Appointed
Adam Charles Sebastian Douglas (Chair) May 12, 2013
Anthony Smithson March 23, 2016
Daniel Crouch June 10, 2020