REGISTERED COMPA]%Y NUMBER: CE1105520 (Engl*nd •nd W*lt8}
REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBEIL. 1164198
REPORT OF THE TRiJSTEES AND
UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEME
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST JULY 2025
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Manufx¢ory House
Bell L4tt¢
Hertford
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COYL TENTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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ChAlrm*tt's Report
Report of the Trubtet*
2 to 3
Ind¢pettd¢Mt Ex￿￿1￿¢r,$ Report
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FOR THE YEAR EYDED 31ST JULY 2025
Th¢ yrar was both clllilenging and v¢ry fidfillin8. Sadly. w¢ lost our EX￿Utive D]r￿lor. DT Tom Abr￿ when be
stepped down early ID the yeat du¢ to ill healt]L Tom died later in the year will always be rementsr¢d foi his
dcdication to tbe Ar¢hive. So much of the range of interviewB and researth material is dovln to Tom'5 efforts.
We w¢r¢ mosi forttuwte to reLniit Tola Sargeani as th¢ fitst CEO of AIT after Tom stepped down. Tola had been a
trt￿te¢ sinG¢ 2022 and appli¢d lo the open re¢AUitment th¢ trus¢e￿ initiated.
Throu8hout the yw we have continued to iDtffview Bro￿￿peoPl¢ from the rr sector. eont&nued 8tyoDg support
for prinjary school teachers with matcrial covuin8 computiD8 atsl stimutst¢41 broad debate 00 issue5 affKtin8 the
industy.
To 8iv¢ a flavour to th¢ ron8e of AIT'8 work:
- We published a feature on the tsistory of ¢1* tt￿bile phone."From Brith to BeDdable8'. 40 ye4n of Mobile Pho￿$".
- Ran an Oral History Competition for schools;
. Airs PR and Communications Manager. Adriaa Muryhy gave a talk for ZJYen'$ Financial Servi¢es Club (FSC) which
15 a global executiv¢ knowledge n¢twork for techtwlogy and finanK entitl¢d.. What Use Is Technologi￿1 History for
Futtw¢ Projections?1
. ThT¢¢ university Sn￿¢￿18 joined AIT for WO￿ experi￿.
- AIT published an in4lcp(h report on the history of HumaD£oJDpYÈw Int¢Aetion (HCI). From Punch Cards to Braiti
Conwutcr ltttrrfaces: 75 Years of Hunwi Comput¢r lllternction its Impact on Society by Dr Elisabetth Mori;
AIT facilitated Sir Robin Saxby. the first CEO of and Ama FrirnpDn8, The Instituie of En￿neerin8 and
Technolog￿3 YouD8 Woman in EngiDe¢tin8 2021 to visit Linle Thu(Tock Primw Scbool in Essex. They talked about
STEM, carecr opportunities, finding your passion aDd ¢m8wllB n￿[¢ f¢nknles in th¢ industy.
- Collaborat¢d with B¢verly aarke MBE to pmtnot¢ t¢ch to peopk throu8b a Dew ch￿lty she bas launched ¢￿]ed
Technolo8y Books for Children.
- Collaborated with R￿Ling m￿Cum The N•tioDal Museum of ComputiD8 to publish Ibe Personal storiu of 21
forn)er WOTk¢rs of the Di8itsS Equipment Corporation (DEC) within the Archive.
- Paru)ered with ftllow charity Digit all to wpport the CODE (Cbampions of Digithl Engine¢rin8) Award$ for yQUDg
di8itsl le8d¢rn with the inau8wal IT Pion¢er Award.
One of the bighlights of the year w&8 a ￿y-long FoTUTn on the Worni8 for the Digital Age: From stydeTht8 to Stales,
which brou8ht tog¢th¢r a host ofdiMill8wsboJ speakers to di8¢U5s b)w digital tecbnolo8ies, ineludin8 8en¢rative AI, are
affxtsng profe$$ionali3mp joumaliw edu￿110￿ Intert￿tional cfv Je¢urity and
Patrick Chapnmll ste￿)ed down ￿ 4 trllstee dwin8 the ￿. I particulorly ￿&1¢fUl for Patrkcys supwt dwing the
proce55 offindill8 alld 4ppoitttin8 our new CEO as wdl adviM dwing bi3 time with the chBTity.
W¢ w¢leom¢d two new Trumees during the year. Beverly Clarke MBE, and Tim Gr¢80ry. I havc already m¢ntioned th¢
ex¢itLn8 ¢ollaboratlOD AIT has had with BeveTIy$ ¢lwity aDd w¢ hope to do wM)r¢ itt the PTIW school sector irt fvttwe.
Tim hys been both gen¢rou$ with tim¢ fiuM15 ￿ wlable AIT to b¢8in to upd¥t¢ our online - the 8at¢way to the
Arcbiv¢.
Just #s th¢ year eDd¢d. we wcre ￿ shocked by the swjdell duth of ￿,5 fowider, Ro8er Graham OBE. Rogees
enthusiwtn thnd swort for Arr over it$ 10-year life hay been JnagnificenL ROB￿ st¢pp¢d down a3 Chair of Trnsiees in
2021 rernaincd a trustee until ￿"8 deatlL H¢ will be sorgly misse
In closing I mwt cxtend my sin¢tt¢ thatth3 to th¢ AIT tea￿ led by Tola Sarg¢*rt for their enwgy and enthwiasm which
allow5 the chan'ty to punch well abov¢ its weighL
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REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES
FOR THE YEAR Ehl)ED 31ST JULY 2D25
The trnstees wbo are also dirKtors of the charity for the of the Collyanies Act 2￿6. pr¢8ent their report with
the fmancial stst¢ments of the clwiry for the ye¥r ¢nded 3 Isi July 2025. The tr￿eS bave adopted the provisions of
Accountirt8 and Reporting by Chariiies: Siatement of Re¢ommended Practice applicable to charities prwaring their
accounts in a¢tordance with th¢ Financial Rep)Etillg Standard applicable in the UK and R￿UbliC of Ireland (FRS 102)
(effective l January 20191.
FINANCIAL REVIEW
Fln•Dclal report
Net in¢ome amourLted to £142,191 (2024.. £122.430) •nd outEoing5 am1)￿ to £144.769 {2024.. £92,545). The
djaritys funds have reduced to £47,337 {2024.. £49,915). Full d¢la￿S of tbe fiDaD¢ial position ￿e shown in the aceollnts.
The tsustees arc of th¢ opinion that th¢ ¢haritys are available wd adequate to fvlfill and )ll of its obliWioTh4.
Funds and reserv
At the end of ¢b¢ penod the ch¥riry had untcstri¢ied funds of £47.337. The Intstces regularly r¢view the iv4ilAble
r¢serves, al￿ the l¢v¢l takes into a¢¢outtt exPeC￿d Trn)nthly exp¢nditwe and existlng commit0￿ll￿.
STRu￿uRE. GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMEL¥T
GoYernlnE doc￿Ment
The charity is controlled by its 8overnin8 docwnert a deed of tru8( •nd ¢onsi1￿t¢S & lirnikd co1np￿y, limited by
8uaraDte¢, as defin¢d by the Compatiics Ad 2006.
REFEREI%CE AND ADMINISTRATh DETAILS
ReKl8lered CompADy number
CE005520 (England and Wal¢s)
ReEJit¢r¢d Cbarlty ttwnb¢r
1164198
R¢glstered offlee
Manufa¢tory Hou
Bell LDn¢
Hertford
Hertfordsbir¢
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Trujte
Profusor M Can¥bell-K¢lty Trustee
J C CatringLon Chair
P R R Chapman Trustee {reSi￿d 10.325)
Professor W Dutton Truste¢
G M R Graham OBE Trth (deceased 8.8.25)
J P Leighfield CBE Trustee
Dr M Sbort CBE Tntstrx
T Gr¢8oryTntste¢ (¥ppointed 17 1.25)
Ms B C Clarke MBE Tnjstee (apw)int¢d I1.10.24)
IDd¢pend¢Dt ExaAdller
Cook & PartneTr Limited
Manufactory Howc
B¢ll Lane
Hertford
Hertfordshir¢
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Approved by ordrx of the bo3￿ of tr￿lIe¢S OD 17th October 2025 and its behalf ty.
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REPORT OF THE TRLS
YEA
FO
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J C Carrinwn. T￿￿te¢
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EPEM)ENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF
ARCHI￿Ts OF IT
Indepertdent examin¢r'* report to th¢ trustees of Ar¢bfvu of TT Cth¢ Compw
I rw)rt to the charity tr￿￿tte8 on my examination of the a¢counts of the Company for th¢ year ended 31st July 2025.
Re$ponslblMtles artd b*sls of report
As tb¢ ¢haritys trusi¢¢s of the (#Thl also its for the purposes of conTJaDy law) you ar¢ responsible for
the preparation of the xco￿￿ in aee4)rdance with the requirenmts of the coul￿nIeS Act 2006 Cthe 2Crf)6 A¢V).
Havin8 ￿tISfied myself that the accounts of the Compony are not requiT¢d to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act
and ate ¢li8ible for independetti examinatio￿ I ryort in tcspeet of my examinatson of your accounts as carried
ou¢ under Scctson 145 of the Chariti¢s A¢t 2011 ('th¢ 2011 Acn. In ¢4￿y1￿8 oul n)y examination I hav¢ followed the
Dircctions 8iven by the Charity ComMi￿10n under S¢dion 145(5) (b) of the 2011 A¢L
IDdependettt
I have ¢ornplcied my ex#miDation. I Confirm that no matters bave come to my att¢ntion in CODne¢tion wilh the
examinat￿n giving me cau8e to b¢lieve:
accoulltin8 r¢cordJ were ooi k¢pt in respect of the Con¥1￿Y ￿ ￿qll￿edbY S￿tIOn 386 of th¢ 2006 Act; or
the aceoullts do not a¢eord with d¥)sc records. or
th¢ accouttts do Dot cornply with the xcountiDg requir￿ty of Sxtion 396 of the 2006 Act othcr thall any
Tequirerneut thai the ac¢outtts 8ive a ttu¢ fairviewvthi¢h iB not a llhatte¥ considered as pth of an independent
¢xamina¢1￿ or
the aceounts have noi been pr¢pared in accordance with th¢ methoth and principles of the Stthm¢nt of
Recommended Practi¢e for ac¢ountinB attd reporting by clJaTitieg1gpplicable to chan.uu pr￿arIng th¢ir accoun¢8
in accordaD¢¢ with the FinaA¢ial Reporting Stsndard applicable in the UK And Republi¢ of Ireland IFRS 10211.
I have no ¢on¢¢rn$ and have ¢Oll￿ across no other mpttm in conn￿)￿ with examiMtioD to whi¢h atienlion should
be drawm in thij r¢p)rt in order to enable a PToper ￿derS¢IDding of th¢ #ecounts to be r¢ached.
Jeffrey Oliver
Cook & PartDers Limited
M4nufactory House
Bell Lall¢
Hertford
H¢rtfordsbire
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ARCIIIVES OF IT
R TH
YEAR E
2025
UnTestri¢t¢d
funds
2024
Total
INCOME AND ENDOWMEYL rs FROM
Dona¢ions and legacie5
141.156
118,625
Other trading activities
1,035
3.805
Totsl
142,191
l22.430
EXPENDTnfRE ON
Raising fi￿d$
144.768
92,545
NET INCOMEI(EXPEI¥DrruRE)
(2.577)
29,885
RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS
Tr)tsl funds brought fomrd
49.915
20.030
TOTAL FiJNDS CARRIED FORWARD
47,338
49,915
Thc wtes fonn part of th¢se fi￿a￿la1 tstemeDts
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BALANCE SHE
JULY
2025
Unrestricted
2024
Total
Notes
CURRE￿ ASSETS
Cash at battk
47J38
49.915
NET CURRE￿￿ ASSETS
47.338
49,915
TOTAL ASSETS CURRE
LIABILITIES
47,338
49,915
NET ASSETS
47.338
49,915
Unr¢$tricted fuDds
47.338
49,915
TOTAL FUNDS
47,338
49,915
The cbaritable company is entitled to ex¢Jnption from a￿lIt Se¢iion 477 of the Conynies Ad 2006 for the year
ended 3 1st July 2025.
The membern have not requiT¢d the eon¥any ty obtsiA an audit of its fin￿Cl￿ ststements for the year ended
3 1st July 2025 iti •¢¢ordance with Secti<m 476 of the Conw1￿ Act 2￿6.
The trustee5 ackI￿vIta81 their Tesw>nsibilitiM for
(a)
ensuring that thc charitable comp4ny ke¢ps xcounting that conwty with Sections 386 and 387 of the
compani￿ A¢t 2006 and
prepating fiJwn¢i&l ststemen¢s whi¢h 8ive a true •nd flir view of the stste of aff8ir5 of the charitsble ¢omparty
t the end of ¢a¢b fuwicial year and of its surplus OT deficit for ¢a¢h fuwcial yewr in *e¢ord&nce with tb¢
requiremeDts of SectiOll$ 394 395 aod wbi¢b otheThise coll4Trly with th¢ r¢quit¢meDts of th¢ Companies 'A¢t
2006 T¢latiD8 to fillancial stst¢m¢nts. so far as appli¢abl¢ w the clwithble ￿mpIlly.
(b)
The￿ financial stathtt￿ts bav¢ bun prep￿￿ in thc¢ordAn¢¢ with the provisiom oppli¢able to charitsble wllp8nies
subject to the SM￿ ¢ompanies rewm¢.
The fllwwial $tatemeDts We￿ 8ppro•Kd by the Board of Tntstees and authoTi8ed for issue OD 17th O¢1ober 2025. and
were si8ned on its behalf by.
J C Carrio8lon. Tn
The notes forni part of these fill1￿1•1 stat¢nxnts
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NOTES TO THE FIF*'AliCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31￿ JLILY 21125
ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Bufis ofprep4Tlng the flnancw thtsments
The financial ststements of the ¢harilable company, vAhieh ts a public benefit entiry WLd¢r FRS 102, have bc¢rt
pr¢p&red in accordanc¢ with the Clwiu¢$ SORP (FRS 102) 'AcCO￿ting a￿1 Reportillg by Clwities.. Ststemellt
of R￿QmMe￿dCd Prncti¢¢ applicable to ¢lwitiu prepating their XCo￿ts in actordance with th¢ Financial
Reporting Standard applicabl¢ in the UK aDd R¢public of Irelhtsd (FRS 102) (effective l January 2019),,
Finattcial Reponing Standard 102 Tr Fitiancial ReFKJrting Sthndard applicabl¢ in th¢ UK and Republi¢ of
Ir¢land' and the Conypni¢$ Acf 2￿6. The finaDcial statements bcm prepar￿1 under th¢ historical co$t
convention.
Intomt
All income is re¢ognised in the Stytement of Fin8Deial Activities once the charity ¢ntidemcnt to the it
is probable thai the in¢ome will be re¢¢iv¢d 2￿j the aT￿Urtt can be mcasured reliably.
Expen￿t￿re
Liabilities are re¢ognised as wenditwe as 800n as thett 1$ a legal or Col￿tru￿1V¢ obligation committing the
tharity W thai expendit￿¢. it is probable that a transts ofeconomic benefits will be r¢quired in settl￿￿nt at
th¢ amount of the obligation can b¢ Meas￿ reliably. Eyndiwr¢ is ￿¢UnIed foi on an accnjals b8513 and has
b¢¢n elL%sified undu headin8s th#¢ a8gre8atc all cost related to th¢ ¢ate80ry. whe￿ costs cannot b¢ directly
1ttTib￿Cd to partial￿r he￿1￿89 Ihey have t¢eD ail(Kat¢d to ￿liVI(1¢S oll a basis ¢ODSiS(Ult with thc usc of
resourcc3.
Taxatlo
The charity is ¢xenyt from ¢orporation tsx ott its charitabl¢ activities.
Fund attOUDdn¥
Unrestricted fimd$ can be used in accoyd￿ with the charitthle obje¢ttVeS At th¢ discretion of the t￿￿te¢s.
Restricted only b¢ wed for parti¢uknr restricted pu￿11¢5 within the obje¢is of th¢ ¢harity. R¢stri¢tions
arise Twhen specified by th¢ donor or fiwds are for particular r¢stricted puw.
Further explanation of th¢ and purpNe of eocb fiuvj is Inc1￿kd ID the no￿ to tb¢ financial statem¢iits.
OTHER TRADING AcfivTfiES
2025
2024
Fundraising events
1,035
3,805
TRu￿Es, REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS
There wer¢ llo trustces. re¢Jurntion or other benefits foT ts year ended 31# July 2025 Dor for the year ended
31xt July 2024.
Trnteu, expe••e¥
Tn￿¢ exp¢oses were incurred in the y¢ar totalling £176 (2024: £niD.
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. contlthued
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST
Y202
COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACllVITIES
Un[￿triCte￿I
Donations and le8acie¥
118.625
Other ttaditt8 aclivities
3.805
Tot
122,430
EXPENDrruRE ON
Raising fijnds
92.545
NET INCOME
29,885
RECOI¥CILIATION OF FUNDS
Total funds brou8ht forward
20,030
TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD
49.915
MOVEM￿ ll¥ FiJNDS
Net
nwvemcnt
in fundj
At
31.7.25
At 1.8.24
17nrertrlctsd hpdi
49,915
(2.577)
47,338
TOTAL FUNDS
49,915
(2,577)
47J38
Nel trm¢ment in funds, included itith¢ ab)ve gr¢ &8 follow5:
COmiD8
r¢sources
R¢source5
expended
Movement
in fi]nds
Unre5trl¢ted fund•
Unr¢$tricied fimd
142.191
(144,768)
(1577)
TOTAL FUNDS
142,191
(144,768)
(2.577)
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STOTHEFI
nthiued
MOVEMENr IN FUNDS. ￿ntInued
CoJy•r*tlveJ for movement ltt funth
movemcnt
At
31.7.24
At 1.8.23
Unrutrittsd fun
Utrtithd fund
20,030
29,885
49,915
20,030
29,885
49.915
CompATative net nwven*ot in fillm￿ )￿l￿ded in the above ay¢ as follows..
expend¢d
in
UDreitricted fvndy
Unrestri¢ted fU￿j
122.430
192.545)
29,885
TOTAL FUNDS
122,430
(92.545)
29,885
A c￿1 year 12 months prior ￿ar 12 llK*nths ¢ortl)ined positson 1$ a5 follow5:
Net
movemcrtt
in fijnds
At
31.7.25
At 1.8.23
Unr¢rtrlcted funds
UDt¢slrict¢d fiu
20.030
27,308
47.338
TOTAL FUNDS
20,030
27,308
47,338
A euryent year 12 months and prior ytar 12 u¥Jth ¢ombittd net llb)v•nent iti fund4 i￿luded in the Jbove are
43 follows:
Rewurces
Movem¢nt
in fiwds
Uthrestrlct¢d fllndl
UDreslri¢td fund
264.621
(237.313)
27.308
264.621
(237,313)
27,308
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NOT
TO THE FThANCIAL STATEME
- CODtinu¢d
RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES
There w¢ff no re]a*d party tTrosactions for th¢year Cl￿ 31st Juty 2025.
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DETAILED STATEMEhT OF FIN￿)CIAL ACTIVITIES
FOR THE YEAR EYDED 31ST JULY 2025
2025
2024
INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS
Donationi #nd leg*th8
Donations
Gift aid
131,156
iO.OLX)
109,750
8.875
141.156
118.625
Other tr*dlnE *¢ll￿tI
Fundraisin8 evenls
1.035
3,805
Totsl lllconthig rewur¢ei
142.191
122,430
EXPENDrruRE
R*lilth% donatitsm And leyd
Archives
FutwJrai5ing
Websit¢ development
Transcripts
Research & Edwdtion
Int¢rvi¢ws
Content & M3rketiD8
Profession￿ f¢¢9
Events
20.098
7,400
2.498
240
14.011
2,658
4,107
14,875
4.047
7.174
1,020
2.735
37.857
7,356
805
90265
36,616
Other tr*dltt% Aetlvlll¢s
Administration & mana8¢m¢nt
S4,503
55.929
Tot8] r¢sourcu eXp￿ded
144,768
92,545
Net (exp•ndltureyln¢ome
(2.57T)
29.885
This p88¢ does not formport of the statutory fiDaDcial stateD*nts
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