# ANTIQUARIAN BOOKSELLERS ASSOCIATION EDUCATIONAL TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1138013
- **Other names:** ABA EDUCATIONAL TRUST
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Trust
- **Registered:** Sept. 15, 2010
- **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=1138013


## Contact

- **Address:** Antiquarian Booksellers Association, 21 John Street, LONDON
- **Postcode:** WC1N 2BF
- **Phone:** 020 8004 9512
- **Email:** admin@aba.org.uk
- **Website:** www.aba.org.uk



## Activities

**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"

**Activities:** Promoting education in the field of antiquarian books.

**Area of benefit:** UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS.




## 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



## Areas of operation

- Throughout England



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £24568 | £12179 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £19623 | £674 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £18490 | £14975 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £4718 | £7651 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £9383 | £4186 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **ADAM CHARLES SEBASTIAN DOUGLAS** (Chair) — appointed May 12, 2013
- Anthony Smithson — appointed March 23, 2016
- Daniel Crouch — appointed June 10, 2020