Charity Reg6tsation No. 1188637
Northumberland Archives Trust
NORTHUMBERLAND ARCHIVES CHARITABLE TRUST
ANNUAL REPORT AND UNAUDrrED FINANCIAL sfATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022

NORTHUMBERIAND ARCHIVES CHARITABLE TRUST
LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Trustees:
Stuart Bankier
(Appointed 22 SepteTnber 2020 for 3 years)
(Appointed 15 February 2021 frjr 3 years)
(Appointed 2@ May 2020 for4years)
(Re-appointed 6 Decernber 2021 to 31 t)ecember 20241
(Appointed 2￿ May 2020 for 3 years)
{Appointed 2¢ May 2020 for 4 years}
(Appointed 22. September 2020 for 3 years}
(Appointed ￿ December 2021 to 31 D￿rnber 20241
Morag Boyes
William Brown&Swinbume
John Carr-Ellison
Sir Philip Mawer
Susan Shaw
Prof. Annie Findley
John Webster
Charity Number:
1188637
Principal Address:
c/0 Northumberland Arthives
QEII Country Park
A5hingion
Northumberland
NE63 9YF
Independent Examiner.
Leanne Ma50n
Bankers:
UnityTrust Bank
PO Box 7193
Planetary Road
Willenhall
WVI 9DG

NORTHUMBERLAND ARCHWES CHARITABLE TRusr
TRUSTEES. REPORT
For the Year ended 31 March 2022
Introduction
In thi5. our second annual report on the work of the charity, we are glad to be able to record
further progress in tts developmenl both a5 regards the achievement of its objects and as
an organisation. Initially set up in the Spring of 2020. the first two years of the Trust's
existence have inewtably been affected by the restrictions imposed as a result of the global
pandemic: it was only in D￿mber 2021, for exarnple, that the Trustees were able to meet
in-person for the first time. Nonetheless good progress has been made in establishing a firm
basis on which Trustees can build for the future.
Our Purpose
The purpose of the charity is set out in its charitable objects:
o odvance the education of the generalpublic by promoting. supporting ond assisting in
the re5torution, preserv(rtion and maintenance of the Archives ¢3ndArchive Services provided
in Northumberland".
Our passion is to assist Northumberland's Arthive5 Setvice to gather in the riches of the
Countvs records and, through cataSoguin& analy5ing and digitising them, to make them
known and availableto as many people, of all generations, as possible. We attach particular
importance to sharing these treasures Wtth young people, whether in schoo15, at university
or at work. The Archives Service's LEARN platform, for example. is increasing5y used in
Northumberland's schools in supportof the core curriculum. As the details of individual
projerts which follow indicate, widening knowledge and understanding of the importance
and value of archival material - not just to aid understanding of the past but to help us build
healthy working ¢ommunÉtÈes for the future - is a key component in all the Trust does.
Our Projects
l) Projects completed
During the past year, two of the first set of projects we supported have been completed:
itall Democratisin
Camera Club
This projert has involved the County Archives Servtce working with Cramlington
Camera Club to preserve the Club's di￿31 archive at the Woodhorn Archive5 Centre,
as well as invol)ring communtty group5 in the creation and Prese￿atIOn of digital
photographs. The Trust supported a bid through the Audience Agency for funding
from the National Lottery Herttage Fund's "Digital Skills for Heritage" initiative. The
Archive￿= Northumbedand Arthives and Cramlin
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project sought not only to alert community group5 to the importance of digital
archival material but to the need to ensure it is captured for posterity rather than
simply being lost to any permanent record.
The project ensured that the Camera Club's photographic record of the many
changes affecting Cramlington over the past 50 years is now permanently preserved
and accessible via the Archive's CALM online catalogue. It brought member5 of the
Club and young people from the local secondaryschool and Girl Guides to work
together on developing photographic skills and ensuring photos were preserved for
all time. An independent evaluation report on the projett included this comment by
one of the teachers about the value of the project to the students-
his [experience] will likely be something they will rernemberfor a very long time,
and they are excited to be making images that will be part of the archives," iys just
been so lovelyfmm start tofinish."
bl The Harriet Carr Collection
In 1791, Harriet Carr, the daughter of a suetsssful Northern businessman Ralph Carr.
set off wrth her brother on a Grand Tour to Italy via France and Switzerland. from
which they eventually returned home some three years later. Harriet was an artist of
distinction and amongthe paintings she made on the Tour ￿￿S a portrait of
Georgiana Cavendish. Duchess of Devonshire, who she met in Rome.
The project. towards the funding of which the Trust received a private donation.
enabled the cataloguing of papers from the Harriet Caff Collection and the creation
of a module. now on the LEARN platfonn, focusing on the Grand Tour and the
artistic. social and other insights to be Eained from studying 18 century portraiture.
Papers from the Collection a￿ also being added to the National Archives. DISCOVERY
platform. from where they will be awailable nationally and intemationally.
2) Projects currently in Train
itals in the North
The funding for this projert- whith will catalogue and record the provision of
healthcare in Northumberland before and afterthe introduction of the National
Health Serwce - has been a&sembled and volunteer assistan￿ is being recrutted to
undertake the necessary work.
bl Online Palaeo
h Module
With the help of fundingfrom Newcastle UniversTty. a module 15 beingwritten and
developed by a student from the University to help volunteers working on archival
manuscriptsto decipher and date those manuscripts. Once created. this will be of
lasting benefft to the training of the signfficant number of volunteers who help the
Archives Service catslogue records, not just volunteers in Northumberland but
potentially elsewhere.

c} Photocentre Collection
This collection contains over a million negatives which document all aspects of life in
North Northumberland and the Scottish Borders between 1951 and 2012. The
project aims to provide greater ac¢ess to the collection by cataloguing and creating
digital copies of its contents.
In 2021, the Trust successfully applied to the Community Foundation T￿e and Wear
and Northumberland for fundingto continue this process and was awarded an initial
grant of £6,0(NJ which. together with contributions from other sour￿5 and the Trust,
has been used to hire the part-time service5 of a 5Uitably qualified digital assistant,
who also assisted a project to create an exhibition of photO￿aphS of royal visits to
Berwick-upon-Tweed a5 part of HM The Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations. We
heard in June 2022 that a related funding application to enable work on the
collection to progress fvrther and over a longer timescale had also been successful.
3) Projerts in Preparation
a) Bl hPro
ect
An application has been submitted to the Platten Fund vthich wrll enable work wtth
several primary schools in Blyth on a project inspired by Current initiatives promoting
the regeneration of the town. The Trust has recently heard that it has been awarded
£10,000 to facilitate this project.
bl Lord Crewe Trustees
Funding has recently been granted by the Lord Crewe Trustees to enable the further
cataloguing of elements of the papers of theirTrust, set up to admini5terthe will of
Nathaniel, Lord Crewe {Bi5hop of Durharn 1674-17211. This w￿rk is scheduled to
begin in May 2022, following whith work to develop two further modules on the
LEARN platform will start eady in 2023.
As well as these specrfic projects, aready planned, further inrtiatives are also being
considered, including one which would focus on further steps to catalogue and reveal the
secrets of the many estate records deposited with the Arthives Service by some of
Northumberland's oldest-established families.
Our Organisation
Throughout the year covered by this report, we have continued steps to strengthen the
organisation of the Trust, to increase understanding of its aims and obje¢ts, and to build Its
support. These have included:
Receiving and adopting the resu￿ of our Branding exercise- refiected in the logo on
the title page of this reporL
Unveiling the TrusV5 website-which can be found at
www.northumberl3ndarchivestrust.or
The stte indudes a linked email facility and
providesthe opportunityto make a donation to the Trust online.

Developing arrangements to build, over time, a body of regular supporters of the
Trust- both Patrons and Members- induding establishing a system to enable us to
hold their membership detalls digitally and to communicate with them via email as
necessary.
Printing a leaflet containing basic infomiation about the Trust, copies of vthich are
now available at both of the Countrf5 Record offices, in Ashington and Berwick-
upon-Tweed respectively.
We are also currently exploring the possibility of enabling contactless donations to be made
towards the Trusvs work by casual visitors to the two Record offi￿S.
Our efforts to publiase the work of the Arthives Service and the Trust have extended to
include the joint sponsorship of a series of onlinetalks by members of the Service and
others, each of which was introduced by a Trustee. In the coming year we look to raise the
profile of the Trust further through occasional articles pla￿d in the local press and by
beginning to develop a presen￿ on social media.
Our Finances
We acknowledged with gratitude in our first Annual Report the grant of £10,000 we
received from Northumbedand County Council to begin our work. Since that point, we have
gradually widened the sources of our income to include donations from a number of grant-
makingtrusts and contributions from individuals (includingour gradually growing network
of supporters). The unaudited accounts attached to this report provide a full picture of our
income and expenditure and, in so doin& confinn that the Trust is adequately funded.
Our Governance and Our People
We have sought to build the charttrfs Trustee body gradually and Wrth careful regard to the
range of skills needed to ensure that the Trust remains fully effective in achieving its
purpose. In December 2021, we were pleased to appoint John Webster as a Trustee: John
had already made an invaluable contribution by overseeingthe development of our website
and its associated membership database. We were also delighted that, having served for an
initial 18 months, John Carr-Elllison agreed to renew his term of appointment as a Trustee
until 31 December 2024. Also in December 2021, we warmly welcomed Lynn Hartley-
Browell, who now attend5 Trustee meetings, as our membership secretary.
The Tnxstees have agreed that. in order to enable them to rewew the chariVs trustee
requirements in a coordinated way, we will take stock of these in December each year, with
view to ensuring the carefully phased timing of any proposed changes.
The Board of Trustees has also continued to explore means to ensure appropriate training
for its members, including the provision of training on safeguarding through the
'Northumberland Communities Togetherf online learning service of Northumberland County

Council. We review at least annually our developing surte of policies relating to different
aspects of the chariws governan￿, which now indude policies on Risk Management as well
as Conflicts of Interest, Safeguardin& GDPR and the Role and Expertations we have of those
appointed as Trustees.
All Trustees give their time and expertise to the Trust on an entirely voluntary basis. In
signing this report on their behalf. the Chair of Trustees wishesto record his warm personal
thanks to each of the Trustees fortheir dedication to their task; to Sue Wood and Linda
Bankier, the Senior Archivists at Woodhorn and Berwick respectively, for their expert adwce;
to Karen Lounton, NCC ManagerforArchives and Registry seN￿S, for keeping us UP-to-
date with wider developments affecting the countys archives: and to Tony Kirsop, fomier
NCC Regeneration Manager, who retired recently after playing a crucial role in the Trusvs
establishment. Together, we lookfonvard to further strengthening the Trust and extending
its impact duringthe year ahead.
Signed on behalf of the Trustees by:
Sir Philip Mawer (Chairl
Stuart Bankier (Treasurer)
Date:
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Northumberland ATchives Charitable Trust
Independent Examinerfs Report to the Twstees of the Northumberland Archives
Charitable Trust
I have examined the accounts of the Northumberland Archives Charitable Trust for the year
ended 31st March 2022 and. in my opinion. they represent a true reflection of the financial
position of the Trust at that date.
There are no matters which I need to drawto the attention of the Trustees.
Signed...
L o.qfi.ti£... Mqso
Full name.. .
3o.Cq.21522

Northumberland Archives Ch3ritableTrusi
Statement of Financial Acrivr(ies foi the Year Ending 31st March 2022
Year Enrfing
31st Marth
Year Ending
31st March
2021
Incorning Resources
Grants
iO.(MJ)
Patrons
Membership
Gfft Aid
Voluntsry Income
ICKJ
95
273
4.412
Total Income
io
Resources Expended
Administration Costs
Bank Service Charge
Website Design
Meeting Costs
1631
1721
11,9461
1481
12391
11801
13rKII
1631
Insurance
Logo
12.7851
1631
1631
Charitable Activtties
Hospital Project
Harriet Carr Project
Photo Centre Exhibrtion
Photo Centre Digitisation
12.0001
ii.(xx>i
11,(KK>I
iio,m)I
Governance Cfjsts
Total Expenditufe
112.7851
1631
Surplus for the Year
IL9051
9.937
Year Endi
3tst Mzrth
2022
Year EndÉng
31st Marth
2021
Balance Sheet
Current Assets
Cash at Bank
9,937
Current Liabiltties
Credit015
Website dessgn
Northumberland ArchNÈs
11.9461
Iio.IKK)I
111.9461
Totsl A$5ets
8.031
9,937
Represented by
Unrestricted Funds
Brought Forward
Loss for the year
Carried forward
9.937
I1,￿)5}
8.032
10,co)
1631
9.937
8.032
9.937
Rostritted Funds
Total Funds
8,032
9,937