## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 01/04/2023 To 31/03/2024** **Charity name: Social History Curators Group** ## **Charity registration number: 1157994** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|To advance the education of the public in
heritage, science and the arts advancing
standards of social history curatorship by
encouraging better care, management,
research and development of collections and
delivery of improved use, access and
interpretation of museum and related
collections through public facing outputs
such as events, exhibitions, participative
projects for the benefit of the public| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or services
identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|SHCG Committee meetings were held
regularly across the year, with one in person
meeting held at the Durham Oriental
Museum.
SHCG Chair advocated for a review of the
proposed funding cuts facing museums in
Wales and was a co-signatory of a petition
presented to the Senedd.
SHCG is represented on the Subject
Specialist Networks Consortium by the
Chair, although no meetings were held this
year. The network remains active via email,
and an introductory event for interested
parties was held online by Museum
Development West Midlands on 7th
September 2023, which the SHCG Chair
presented at. This continues to strengthen
relationships and build support between
SSNs in sharing resources, best practice
and co-hosting training and events. SHCG
will continue to be represented in this forum.
SHCG News was published in April and
November 2023 with articles focusing on
representing public protest, rural
engagement and the power of social history
to regenerate communities, as well as
pieces focusing on projects at Wakefield
Museum and the Museum of Liverpool.
Journal vol 47 was published in May 2023,
focused on activist practice in museums and
featuring a review of Queer Britain.| |||The free Hardship Membership, begun
during Covid, continues to be offered to
support those who may otherwise be unable
to join SHCG.
A bi-monthly ‘Legacies of Colonialism’ online
meetup has continued to be well attended
and is run to provide a space for both
members and non-members to discuss and
support each other with problems, projects
or anything else related to colonial histories
and other potentially challenging topics in
their work.
A seminar ‘Evolving approaches to text in
social history museums’ was held online on
22ndMarch 2024, attracting 23 members and
40 non-members and received broadly
positive feedback.
The 2023 Conference was held in person in
Birmingham 9thJune 2023 on the theme of
Activism and Professional Practice,
attracting 45 delegates, including bursary
places to allow early career members to
attend. Feedback reflected positively on the
mix of sessions including both practical and
theoretical case studies, and the lessons
learned from the previous year were taken
on board, resulting in a noticeable
improvement in accessibility.| |---|---|---| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|SHCG has carried out its purposes as a
charity for the public benefit and, in doing so,
can confirm we have had regard to the
guidance issued by the Charity Commission
on public benefit.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: SORP reference **n/a** Para 1.38 Policy on grant making **n/a** Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment **n/a** Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers **n/a** Other ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|Membership numbers were recorded for
2023-24 by the Membership Secretary.
As of March 2024, SHCG had the following:
58 individual print members (reduction of 2
on 2022/23) •
109 individual digital members (reduction of
12 on 2022/23) •
92 institutional members (increase of 2 on
2022/23)
7 Hardship Memberships
25 Student Memberships
As of March 2024, SHCG had the following:
Twitter followers: 4,302 [↑ 1.5%]
LinkedIn group followers: 248 [↑ 25%]
Facebook page followers: 1301 [↑ 0.5%]| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements||where relevant about:| |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|**n/a**| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|**n/a**| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|**n/a**| |Other||**n/a**| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|As of 31st March 2024, SHCG has healthy
finances, as outlined in the attached
accounts, and does not have a deficit.| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|The reserves account provides some
stability should there be a significant drop in
membership income. SHCG may use some
of these funds for longer term project activity
such as overhauling the website.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£5000**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**n/a**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**n/a**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**n/a**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|**n/a**| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|**n/a**| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**n/a**| |Other||**n/a**| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Constitution of a Charitable Incorporated
Organisation with voting members other than
the charity’s trustees.| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**CIO**| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|Potential trustees must be members of
SHCG and their nomination must be
proposed by another member. Nominations
are voted on digitally by members and
confirmed by a quorum at AGM – those
garnering the majority of votes are elected.
Trustees are elected for a term of 2 years
not serving more than 3 consecutive terms.
Trustees in named roles – Chair, Secretary,
Treasurer – are elected for 3 years equal to
1 term. All trustees work on a voluntary basis
and usually undertake a particular role.| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements||where relevant about:| |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|Para 1.51|All trustees are issued with a copy of the
constitution, a role description and handover
notes from the retiring trustee who
previously held that position.| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|SHCG is a Subject Specialist Network
(SSN), one of many professional networks
operating within the museums and heritage
sector in the UK. Representatives from each
SSN have formed the SSN Consortium
which works collaboratively to support
individuals and organisations to care for and
use their collections for public benefit.| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|**n/a**| |Other||**n/a**| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Social History Curators Group| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|SHCG| |Registered charity number|1157994| |Charity’s principal address|c/o St Fagans National Museum of History, St Fagans,
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**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Amy Elizabeth
Foulds|Chair||SHCG Membership| ||Lauren MayCollier|Secretary||SHCG Membership| ||Samantha Jane
Daisley|Treasurer||SHCG Membership| ||Charlotte May
Barron|||SHCG Membership| ||Aisha Rafi Arif|||SHCG Membership| ||Tracey Louise
Hebron||From 31stJuly 2023|SHCG Membership| ||Louise McAward-
White||From 31stJuly 2023|SHCG Membership| ||Jill Birrell||From 31stJuly2023|SHCG Membership| ||Henry Joseph
Roberts||From 31stJuly 2023|SHCG Membership| ||Imogen Amy
Clarke||From 31stJuly 2023|SHCG Membership| ||Edward Matthew
Smith||From 31stJuly 2023|SHCG Membership| ||Ivet Ivanova
Benova||From 31stJuly 2023|SHCG Membership| ||Michelle Lisa Gayle||Until 31stJuly2023|SHCG Membership| ||Elizabeth Mei-Lan
Douglas||Until 31stJuly 2023|SHCG Membership| ||Kirsty Marie
Parsons||Until 31stJuly 2023|SHCG Membership| ||Frances Catherine
Reed||Until 31stJuly 2023|SHCG Membership| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity **Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets n/a held in this capacity Name and objects of the n/a charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for n/a safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** **Type of Name Address adviser** **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **Other optional information** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s) Full name(s)** Amy Elizabeth Foulds ~~a~~ **Position (eg Secretary,** Chair **Chair, etc)** ~~ee~~ **Date** 18/12/2024 ~~Pp~~ Y•v End•d 31 Ilw¢h Z)24 7A77AO 7SA70 31920 141x14 128 2&10 144.18 81.f2 1QJX6.42 13 151 1.18222 4539.91 393.47 45OMI 101&WJ 1.1T2XI 311C¥J 1,07&9D 817.02 a*7.77 For Y•w ENl•d 311tsth IlP*I Toknl gBS87.77 2wa22 &JiW l D•th* tort• pw Psg C•w 31/1 v/zoL Pndependenl examiner's rnport on Ihe aceounls 30 Octctrr %124 To the ￿thib2￿ crf the s(￿￿1 Htstory ￿rat0￿ Group on the arth￿ts foi year en￿d 31 March 2024. Th￿ rewrt solety to the Sc(￿ty$ as a toty. Our examinakn work has been uThJertaKen so thal we m￿Jh1 skle lo the souetys ￿￿rterS Ihose ￿EtterS we are required lo state to them n an examinets. rerrf)rt arm1 fcw no other purp)se. To the ful￿1 extent ￿[M[tted rry Law. we do not accept or assume reskx)n￿bI1fy to anpne omer than the scoety and Ihe s(wty's MerrI)e￿ as a tw, for our worK for reF()rL or for the cpinDns we have I￿￿d. Respective responsibilitiès of Socbety Board 1￿MberS and examiner The TrknTthr5 consKÈr that an audrt ￿ nol requir￿j forth￿ year as an wropriale resolulN)n was a[proi￿1 ty merters at the hast AGM arKI that an If￿[￿ndent exarThnatr'c therefore aFvropnale. tt is rews*)lty to." examine the accounts lolth¥ the Pfocethjres i) Ihe General tl'rectM)ns ghien try &xial HisliNy Curatots Gr(wp". and state *thethef partm￿lar Matte￿ h*e cfmne to attentK)n. Basis of in(kpendent examir*r s stalemenl Our examinakn T*fdS cal￿d out in accord￿ wth GeneAI LhrectKmS gNen ty History Curators Group. An eXaMinat￿n I￿￿J¢JeS a rLMew of the accountrQ ￿ordS kepl ty the charity armj a ￿rnpar￿n ol the accounts Pfesent&J wrth those records. rt also ncludes c0nSthrat￿n rf ary unusual rtems or dtstbsuTes in the &counts and seeK8 eXtyana￿nS from ll7e trustees conwniTrJ any matters. The prtx&JuTes uNknaken do not prov*Je all the evK￿ce Ihat woukl be re¢wired ￿ an a￿art aTrJ, csywenty, we th) Tr)t pJpres5 an audrt wnDn on the accounts. IndeperKlent examiner's slatement In the C(￿lse of our exarTrnalK)n, no matter has to our attentIL￿. 1. Wlxh gNes us leas(￿aLle cause to be1￿￿e that ri ariy material rew the r￿ulrefflents. to ￿)u￿.￿ r￿d5. aTr to prepare accounts accord the a￿unttng records and wrth General accepted aCt(￿￿￿j r&]u¥e(r￿ts ha¥e ￿en met, or 2. Towhth, in (wr ¢wnh)n. atten￿n Sh￿￿1 te dI￿n in or(ler to enab￿ a urK*tstandivJ c4 the accounts to be rethd. Z gYOLiP Z group Surte LU.231, The L￿￿ 1 FilaW￿lwa1k S01184GQ