# THE JOHNSON SOCIETY

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1200987
- **Other names:** THE JOHNSON SOCIETY (LICHFIELD)
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** Nov. 11, 2022
- **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=1200987


## Contact

- **Address:** 18 CRICKET LANE, LICHFIELD
- **Postcode:** WS14 9ER
- **Phone:** 01543263538
- **Email:** info@thejohnsonsociety.org.uk
- **Website:** https://johnsonnew.wordpress.com/



## Activities

**Objects:** TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE LIFE, WORKS AND TIMES OF DR SAMUEL JOHNSON (1709-1784) BY ANY MEANS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES SEE FIT, INCLUDING: • ENCOURAGING INTEREST IN, AND STUDY OF, THE WRITINGS, LIFE AND TIMES OF SAMUEL JOHNSON; • SUPPORTING THE SAMUEL JOHNSON BIRTHPLACE MUSEUM IN THE CITY OF LICHFIELD BY HELPING TO MAINTAIN AND ENHANCE ITS CONTENTS, AND BY WORKING WITH THE JOHNSON BIRTHPLACE ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF LICHFIELD CITY COUNCIL; • ASSISTING IN PRESERVING PHYSICAL MEMORIALS OF JOHNSON AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES, INCLUDING BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS, ARTEFACTS, BUILDINGS, STATUES AND JOHNSON'S WILLOW; • PARTICIPATING IN ANNUAL COMMEMORATIONS OF JOHNSON'S BIRTHDAY; • PROMOTING KNOWLEDGE OF EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY HISTORY IN GENERAL.

**Activities:** Encouraging interest in, and study of, the writings, life and times of Samuel Johnson; Supporting the Samuel Johnson Birthplace Museum in the City of Lichfield; Assisting in preserving physical memorials of Johnson and his contemporaries; Participating in annual commemorations of Johnson's birthday;  Promoting knowledge of eighteenth-century history in general.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Staffordshire



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £17026 | £13546 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £13391 | £22398 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Dr Philip Ward Jones** (Chair) — appointed March 20, 2024
- Colin Greatorex — appointed March 20, 2024
- DAVID GLYN ARTHUR — appointed March 20, 2024
- JOHN WINTERTON — appointed March 19, 2025
- MARILYN JEAN DAVIES — appointed March 20, 2024
- Martha Ross Smith — appointed March 20, 2024
- RICHARD ALASTAIR DAVIES — appointed March 20, 2024
- Roderick HANNAM — appointed March 20, 2024
- Terence Michael Dockery — appointed March 25, 2026