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Charlty R•gl•tr•tlon Numbor. 204967 NORTHAMPTONSHIRE RECORD SOCIErY ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31•t DECEM8ER 2025

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE RECORD SOCIETY Report of the Tru8tee8 for the year ended 311t DECEMBER 2025 INDEX Page Number Management Informatlon Truste￿, Annual Report Indopgndorrt Examinorf* Report stat•m•nt of Financlal Actlvltlo4 10 Balance Shogt 11 Princlpal Accountlng Pollclo• 12 Not•8 to the Financial Statom6nts 13-15

Northamptonshire Record Society One hundred and thlrd Annual Report for the Year ended 31 December 2025 Presidentr Lord Boswell ofAynho DL MA FSA [obit August2025J vIce-P￿s1dents.' The Lord kn'eutenant o( Northamptonshire Martin Gaskell DL MA PhD TrRHistS The Chalr ofwest Northamptonshire Councll The Chalr ol North Northamptonshlre Councll The Mayor of Northampton The Marques5 of Northarnpton. DL The Bishop of Peterborough Earl Speneer DI. MA The Dean of Peterborough Cathedral tady Victor13 Leatham Trustees.. Deburah Ha￿er MA (Chair) Stuart Bell CBE MA Lord Boswell ofAynho DL MA FSA (obiL 30th August2025J Mrs jenny Burt MA Mrs l.P.T. Eady (reswned December2025J William Frank]In Margaret Hawktns BLib MA Msc Francls Flowcutt MA Nicholas Karn MA DPhil FSA Professor Edmund King PhD FSA Kelth Brooker PhD (resigned December2025J Professor Matthew Mcconnack PhD (resigned Apn'1202S) CrSspln Powell BA Dip AA (raigned December2025) Wendy Raybould PhD Terry Waterfleld PhD Hon Geneml Editor.. Willlam Franklin Hon. Edltor (of Northarnptonshire Past ond Pr&¥ent).. Wendy Raybould PhD Hon. Libmrion.. Margaret Hawkins BLib MA Msc Hon. Dfyltal Editor Francis Howcutt MA Hon. Treasurer Stuart Bell CBE MA General sec￿tary.. Graham laTnpard PhD [￿Fig￿ed September2025J Acting Generalsecretary." Shirley Wong (from October2025J Fincnce Officer Shirleywong

Bank.. Nat Wesi Banl The Drapery, Northampton IndependentExaminer.' Brenda Peers-Ross, 29 Drift Road. Selsey, West Susse& P020 OPW Office.. Wootton Hall Parl Mereway. Northampton NN4 8BQ Email.. Telephone.. +44 (0]1604 762297 Registered Charity No 204957 THE NORTHAMPTONSHIRE RECORD SoCI￿y OBJE￿ OF THE SOCI The name of the Society shall be The Northamptonshire Record Sodety-. OBIEcrivRs The objects of the Soclery shall be: a) The edltSng and publication OK origlnal documents and other materlal relatlng to the hlstory of the anclent Counry of Northampton. b] The stimulation of interest In the hlstory ofthe anclent County of Northampton by the arranging from time to time lertures at varlous p13ce5 within the County and by other means, c) The malntenance of a library and its furnishings for the beneh't of Members ofthe Soclety. d) The care of manuscrlpts. books, paintings. artefacts and other objects which may be glven or lent lo the Soclety from tlme to tlme. GOVERNANCE Appolntment ofTrustee5 The Charity Commission considers those involved with the management of the Trust (S.e, thc Council) to be trustees. Under the Rules of the Soclety, Council member5 are elected each year. The Trustee body aims to achleve an appropriate mlx of academic, financial and admlnlstratlve expertise In IL8 membership. Governing instruments The original Trust Deed of the Society setting out the objectives of the Society and appolnt5ng the original Custodian Trustees Is dated 10 December 1920. The proceeding5 of the Soclety are governed by a set of Rules drawn up under thts Trust Deed. These Rules have been amended from tlme to tlme, most recently on 8th lune 2024. PUBLIC BENEFIT The trnstees are cognlsant of thelr obllEation to provide public beneflL In 20Z5 the Society maintained its longstanding record of brlnglng new edltions of original historic documents and material to a wider audience with the publication of new volumes. The year also marked the 350th anniversary of the Great Fire of NorthaTtEpton and In addition to a special edition ol Northamptonshire Past and Present devoted to the subjert the Society 3150 contributed lunds towards a special exhibition at the County Archivcs which marked the occasion, and the Society participated in a symposium held oll 4th july at the University of Northampton.

The Society has continued its popular progrdmme of W0￿$hop5 designed to introduce participants to original historic documents, and to explain the context in which they were produced and what they can rell us. These take place in the Sociery's Library and are organised in conjuncrion wtth the County Archive5, In order to secure access to the Archives for the number of parttcipants involved it has proved necessary to introduce a modest charge from mid 2025 to cover the costs charged to the Society. We are delighted that the workshop programme won 'Be5t Projectr in the 2025 Northamptonshire Heritage Forum awdrds. A considerable amount ol material (rom the SocIet￿s past publications and other sources of relevance to the history of the County has been made freely available on the website which has continued to grow in pupularity since its relaunch. The usual progrdmme of lectures has also been successfvl and in 2025 the Sodety started to hold them in d ransie of locatinn5 lu improve acLe5s ￿ iho%e living across the County. By these means the reach of the SocieWs actlvitles has Increased sub5t2nti3lly in recent year& The Soclety has maintained contsct with West Northamptonshire Council concerning their futhre plans for the ludge's LOd￿ng5 and the Sessions House where many of the Societys historic porrraits are hun

TRusfEFS' REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025 During 2025 the tNstees were Deknrah Hayter (Chair). Stuart Bell. Lord Boswell of Aynho (obiL 31)th August 2025J, Dr Keith Brooker (resigned De￿mber 2025), Mrs lenny Burt, Mrs l.P.T. Eady {resigned December 2025), William Frankiin. Margaret Hawkins, Francis HoweutL Dr Nicholas Karn, Professor Edmund Kin& Professor Matthew Mccormack (resigned Muy 2025), Crispin Powell (resigned December 2025), Dr Wendy Raybould, and Dr Terry Waterfield. The Council expresses its sincere thanks to those trustees who have resigned. and to Rosemary Eady in partlcular. a stalwart on the Council from 1972 who made a slgnlficant contribution to the work ot the Society in countless Myys. The Trustees were deeply saddened to learn of the death of Rlchard Pe5tell, past Chairman (2015-22] and of Lord Boswell of Aynho. our President Since 2015, during the course of the year. Tributes will appear in the 2026 edition of Northamptonshire Past andPresenL Membersblp of Commlttees The Councll agreed to absorb the work of the Library Committee into the Finance and General Purposes Commiltee in 2025. The Tnembership ofthe committees was as follows (the Chalr Is ex-officlo a member of each committee).. Flnance & General Purposes Commlttee: Deborah Hayter {Chair), Lord Boswell of A￿h0. Stuart Bell. lenny Burt. Willlam Frankllffj Margaret Ilawkins. Francls Howcull, Dr Wendy Raybould. Publicatlons Committee., Bruce Bailey (resigned during 2025). Siuart Bell, Willlam Frank]In, Margaret Hawkins, Deborah Ilayier [Chalr). Francis Howcutt. Dr Wendy Rafv)uld. The Council expresses Its gratitude to Bruce for his significant coniribution and wise counsel over many years. Governance The Council met twl¢e durlng the course of 2025, and Its committees were able to meet In person or by znom. Deborah Hayter remained Chair of the Councll. There were no new elections onto the Councll during the course of the year, although Professor Matthew McComacK Dr Kelth Brooker, Mrs l.P.T. Eady and Crispin Powell reslgned. Thi)ugh not a Trustee, Ms Phoebe Frost has participated in cornmittee rneering& bringtn8 a welcome perspective on behalf of younger member& The Council has actively sought new members to Tefvesh its range of skills and looks forward to welcoming them from the 2026 AGM. ArranRements are aIso being made tor the recrulmient ofa new President following the death of Lord Boswell. During 2025 the Council agreed Dew polldes on Reserves. ￿egUardIn& Complalnts Handllng, Social Medla, Grant Makin& Lone stsff and Volunteers and Prlvacy. Chan8es In the Offlce Graham lampard resigned as General Secrefary in September Z025, and the Council thanks him for hls servlce to the Society. Mr5 Shirley Wong was appointsd as Flnance Officer Dn 8th January 2025. replacing Kate Millin. Following rhe departure of Dr. lampard Mrs Wong also arted as General Secretary untll the end ot 2025. The Council undertook a review of the Job Description5 and established a new role combining the duties of General Secretary and Finance Officer and Mrs Wong was ap￿}nted to that position from the be￿nn)ng of 2026.

Finance report The Finance & General Purposes Committee established in October 2019, replacing the Finance & Investments Commtttee. This Committee inCor￿rateS the Terms of Reference of the Finance & Investments Committee and is also authorised to exercise any lunetion of the Council not falling within the remit of any other committee; and any ￿nCtion of the Society that requires a decision before the next norTnal meeting of the Council. This now includes the remit of the former Library Comvnittee. All such decisions Must be reported to the next scheduled meeting of the Council. The Council is currently revtewing all of its governance structures with a view to simplification and redudng duplication. At the 2025 AGM the Society appointed Brenda Peers-Ross. fonnally of CVS which had previously provided the Society with that service, as the Independeni Examiner. Christine Andrews, also forrnerly of CVS, has Provided payroll servfice& Ai thc end 012025 the Society remains in a secure financial position over311 which leaves it well placed to deal with any changes in circumsLinces which might arise in the short to medium term, In common wlth 2024 the year has seen .some Impurtant investments in digitisation ol material lor the new webslte and Improvements to the Soclety'5 offices whlch support their more intenslve use for workbhops. These have enabled a significant increase In our actlvitles and opportunltles for engagement available for members. detailed elsewhere in this report. For the first tlme In several years the Soclety has also employed two paid staff members (albeit both part time), though followlng the departure of Dr Graham Lampard that has now been reduced to one. Nevertheless the day to day operating cn5ts of the Society, for IT .gupporL 4taffin8 and postaKe Parricularly, have increased, and CUTrently exceed our reEular Income. The Council ha5 identified areas where cusls will be examined lo identsfy putential savings, including revlewing IT expendlture and maklng more mater121 awdilable to members digltally (with iheir agreement) in order to reduce postage costs. Mcmbershlp subscrlptions were not Increased In 2025, but the changes to subscriptions agreed to keep Pace with inflatlon at the 2024 AGM came into effect over the course of the year. The Soclety continues to encourage member5 to subscribe by Direct Deblt using 'Go Cardless. which ¢onslderably reduces admlnlsirative costs. The Socletyagreed a Re%ervcs Poliry in 2025 wliich aims to fund its programme ofpublications and day to day runninR costs from the income from its investmenis and from sub5crlptions. It will maintaln sufficient flexibillry In reserves whlch are accesslble in the short term to fund day to day running costs for 12 to Z4 months, including siaff salarles where appropriate. In order to allow sufficienf tiTne for alternative arTangements to be made for the long term care and presenotlon of the contents uf the library, and of the docuTnents, paintings and artefacts etc. for whlch the Soclery Is responslble. The Society will maintsin sufficient reserYe5 which rnay in the meanwhile be invested ro fvnd rhe anticipated costs of the luture programme of publications which shall agreed by the Publieations Committee from time to time, in order to ensure that editorial work whith has been agreed and 15 in preparation to fulfil the Society's puryK15es will eventually be published. The Society's investment portfolio has grown: as of 31st December 2025. inve5trnents totalled £358,347 {E344,896). up £13.451 on the previou5 year. There was £45,3191£42,251] cash at bank Income from subscriptions Increased to reflert the new rates agreL￿ at the 2024 AGM. Lower than usual expenditure on publications reflerts the rimlng of the Societys volume5 being complLlted for printin& The Council h3S agreed that funding should be flexlbly applled ro sUp￿rt the pipeline of publications as they are completed. and the Honorary Generdl Editor has provided a forward programme to Inforni fLnanclal planning.

Membershlp During the course of 2025 the Societys membership decreased, frorn 417 in December 2024 to 400 in December 2025. These were broken dovrn as follows: 305 Individual UK members 43 Family UK members 5 Foreign-based Indlvidual members 28 UK Instilutions 19 Foreign Fnstitutlons There were 4 Honorary members. Over the course o( the year 7 new mernber5 lolned and 24 members elther cancelled their membership or sadly died. A new promotional leaflet has been widely disrribured. and at the end of 2025 a total of 96 member5 paid their annual subscriptions by Dlrect Debit (that figure has now increased to 118]. Publlcadons report Northamptonshire Past ondPresen¢ - Honorary Edltorfs Report Wendy Raybould 2025 saw the J50th annlversary of the Great Fire of Northampton and a special 155ue of Northamptonshire Past and Present marked the occaslon wirh a collection of papers on that topic. Nine authors contributed a wlde range of fascinaling perspectivcs on the vvent and a number of these al%0 spoke ai the Great Flre Symposium, jointly organised by the Soclety and the Unlverslty of Northampton which was held at the UnivLrbity in july. This was the final Issue of Ihe journal edited by Dr Wendy Raybould who has now retired from that posltion. Nell Lyon has picked up the baton in an actiTyg capacity for 202& The Council is most grateful to Dr Raybould for all her eft'Drts over the years. Honorary General Edltorfs ReporL. Wllllam Franklln In 2025, we publSshed The Enclosure of Northampton.Fhlre 1485.1901, whlch was Intended to be David Hall's lasr volume. Unfortunately. David, who had been the Society's General Editor for tnany years, died before it was completed. and I was privileged to be able to complete the work. whlch we belleve Is the most detalled work on enclosure produced by any Record Society in En￿an(L 202.5-26 saw the publication of two volumes, The Rockin9ham Account Roll (ed. Sandra Raban), which wlll probably be the penultlmate volume in thc Mellows Serles, and Democrotic Rodicals (ed.Tlm Hughesj, in the Virtor H3t]ey Series. Volumes currently ID actlve progress Northamptonshire in the earty Nineteenth Century.. The Drawlngs of George Clrlrke of Scoldwell. Thls was helng edlled by Bruce Balley and Rosemary Eady. and will now be completed by Nell Lyon and the General Edltor. We would Ilke to thank Rosemary and Bruce for their work in making this volume possible. Mellows Trust Volume. The Peterbornugh Chronicle5 Vol l. (ed. Edmund King) This is likely to be the last of the Mellows volumes to be printe(L We nArrently anticipate thls will be the Soclety's 2027 volume. Memories of Northamptonshire 1868-1958 (ed. Neil Lyon). In September 1957 the IAJcal History Commlltee ol the Northamptonshire Rural ComJDunity Council launched a competition acr055 ihe Coiinty called Memories of o Villager., 109 submissions were rLceived. covering 86 of the Cuunly's village& loan Wake, the n)ain judge for the competition, noted, 'the essays gwe a most remarkable

pictu￿ of the changes in Village life in the last 60-70 years all over the County,, This will be published in 2028. the platinum aDniversary of the collectiOEL Other volumes The Soclety currently has a proposed list ofpublications by year through to 2032. Including: 'GoJden in Wisdom Sllver In Eloquence. (ed. Davld l*plne)-- William Sponne was a Fifteenth-century Archdeacon and Rector of Towcester. He founded 2 charity in Towcester. This work will look at Willlam Sponne and his charity, drawing on archives from various repositories. 'Northampton before the Flre, (eL Steve H(Jlder). The final title for this volume is yet to be agreed. The work will include much original data on the town. inLludTng that of the Courts of Common Pleas, the King's Bench and Exchequer Pleas and ChantrylFraternity Certificate5. 'Criminals and the Luw in Northomptonshire. 1399-1422. (ed. Ted Powell). The Northamptonshsre Eyre Rollfor 126&69' (ed. Clive Knowles / Adrian Jobson). Llbrary report- MarRaret Hawklns, Honorary Llbrdrla l am pleased to report that b)rrowlng from the collection has Increased in recent months, probabty prompted by the worlL8hop serles which has brought the Library to mernbers, atientlon. The Library's modest book fund has been used io purch&se volumes on various aspocts of Northampton5hlre's history 35 well as a number of useful background works intended principally to be of help to those undertaking research. Re-classlflcallon from Browne to Dewey is almost complete, All books on the County generally have been re-classified and work on speciffic localltles has reached W,. Thc next project wlll be to edit our lar8e number of background works to ensure that these are relew4nt to our members. This may resulL in further volume8 belnR oftered for sale to our members or belng sent to auction, thus producing a modest, bul welcome, Income. In relation to a specific question the Commirtee agreed that In the cvcnt that thc flve General Pitt-Rivers excavailon monologue books which had been donatcd to the Archaeologlcal Resources Centre, Chester House, should be sold by them rhen the proceeds from any sale should be divided 50.50 with the NRS, Dl8ltal Publlcatlons Report- Francls Howcutt Major improvements continued In the layout and content of the Soderls websife. Measures of success %ince ils relaunch in August 2024 up to the end of 2025 include: 26,750 hits to the HoTne page. 14 other pages each attracted more than 3,000 hits. A combined total 01257,143 hlts to Jll 240 page5 on the slte. Clicks to the site from Google increased during the year from 900 to 1,600 per month. The number of linlLS offered by the SignFM)sts directory to free online resources relevanl to the history of Northamptonshire rosc during the year from ZOO to more than 2,300. This collertion is arranged in over 40 categories and continues to grow. so do visit ahd revisit it at: https'./l www.northamptonshirerecordsoclety-org.uk/signposts Thank you to laTne5 Slattery-Kavanagh who provldes reliable and proactive web design. hosting and management service During the year. the Society ￿nded the digital publication of 13 WO￿ that were not pre￿oUSlY available online. By the end of 2025, the pages on our sitc that featurc them have attracted a total of 17,914 hits. During the year, the 32 publications in the Record Soaety's collection at Internet Archlve attrarted a further 2.246 hit&

Our Faceknk page contlnues to drawreaders to the Sothtys website. We poswl a totsl of96 new ltell￿ at Facebook durlng 2025, many of whtth were then shared In a host of other places online. By the end of 2025, the nurnber of 'followerf a$kng to re￿1ve update5 from our Facebook page In thelr o newsfeeds rose to 863. There wue two l¢cture5 held in 202S. The IlrsL whSch took place at DelapreAbbey OD 10th May was a lecture by Dr Paul Stamper. Writing the HtsroryofNorthampts)nshlre..Antiquarles Archaeologists ond Htstorlans,. Thls was followed by the AGM. The Autumn lecture, on Ilth Ortober of 2025 w35 held at Sul8rave Manor. Thls was given by Eleanor Townsend of Wadham Couege Oxford on ?onsh Church PotronK sUPPOrtlngyour church andsovinsyoursoul in Medleval Northamptonshlre,. Wlth the 350th am]iversary of the Great Flre of Northampton. we svere pleased to be Involved wlth the commemoratlon of that 518nlficant event In the town's history over the Course of 2025. The Soclety contrlbuted £450 towards the mountlngof a special exhlbldon atthe CouDtyArcMves ofa ran8e materlal from the period Illustratlng Northampron before and after the fire. DeiY)rah Hayter andwllllam Franklin were speakers at the Gr& Flre Symposlum gtven at Northampton UnIver￿ty on 4th luty, and Northomptonshlre Part& Prwnt devoted a whole tssue to the $ublecL The Coundl. throuth ourllbrarlan and seuetsry, conttnues to malntsln the Ilbraryand Its furn18hlngs ftir the benefitof Members of the Sodety. irt 2025 the Llbrary was the venue for a serfies of workshops given by members of the Sodety. lookln8 In detsll at different type$ of hlstorfcal documents. The programme has Induded: . The Medleval Landscap¢ of Open Flelds . People and Places., Unlockjng the secrets of the census . Endosure records . An introdurtory workshop forbe8lnners . Northamptonshtre Parks and Gardens . Maps In the Arthlves We are addlng to, as weu as removln8 books and artefacts to enlwicethe collertlon. Thls ensure we meet the flnal objertlve of carlng for Tr4nuscrlpts, bookn palntlngs, artefacts alld other oblects. whlch my be 81Yen orlent to the Sodety from tlme to tlme. Deborah Hayfer On behalf of the Coundl 9thAprll 2026

Brenda Peers-Ross 29 Orift Road Selsey Chichester West Sussex P020 OPW Independent Examine￿3 Report to the Trustees of: NORTHAMPTONSHIRE RECORD SOCIETY Reglstered Charity No: 204957 I report on the acc#)unts of the charty for the year end￿ 31st December 2025 which are set out on page$ 10 to 1 S of the financial report. Pago 9 This report is made sO￿ty to the Trustees in accordance with Section 43{31 of th8 Charities Act 2011. My work has been undertaken so that I rn￿h1 state lo the Trustees those matters whth I am required to stale lo them in an independent examineT'S report and for no other purpose. To fv116$t extenl pemiitted by law.. I do not accept responsibilty to anyone other than the Trustees for my work, for this report, or lor the opinM)n$ I have fomied. R••p•ctlv• r••pon•lbllltl•• of tru•t•M •nd ox•mln•r The Chaity's Trustse$ are responsib￿ for the preparation of accounts: you 0)nS￿er that the audtt requiTernenls of Se¢lk¢n 144 {21 of the Charits Act 2011 (the Act) does not apply It is my responsibility to Stats. on the basts of pr¢)cedures SpeCTf￿ in General Directions given by the Charity CcM))mlsslon ￿der 8ecllon 156 01 tre Act. whelher parbcular matters have come to my att￿ts.0n. Ba¥1• of Ind•p•nd•nt •xamln•f• •tal•m•nt My examination was carned out in accordance with gonernl Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examinabon includes a review of the accounting records kept by the ¢h8rfty and a compan8on of the accounts, pre8errted wrth those record8. It also Includ85 ¢onsid&r8th?n of any unusual ￿m9 or disclosures of the a(xounts and seeking explanations from you as trustee8 ¢oneAming any such m8tters. The procedures undertaken do not prov￿8 all the OVKlence that would be required in an audrt, and consequenty no opinion is gNen a8 to whether the accoun1$ present a Irue and fair ¥￿." and th8 report IB limrted to th08e matters Set out in tho Statsmont below. Indopondont Ex•mIng￿8 tst•m•nt I have comp￿ted my éxamination. I confimi that no matter8 have ojne to my attention.. wh￿h gives me rea8onabb cAu8e to believe that in any material respect tho requirernenls.. lo keep &￿intsng records ￿ actordaneè with Sect&)n 130 of the Act., and to prepare accounts which accord with the a¢¢ounling records and trj 3mpty with the actounknrYJ records of the Act have been met. or in my opinion. attentx)n should b8 dr**m to enable a proper undergtsnding of the accounts to be refic￿d. Brenda Peern-Ross FMAAT, ACIE 24tr April 2026

NORTHAhlPTONSHIRE RECORD SOCIEr 9010 STATWNT OF FINAPIttAL ACTINryTIE$ FOR ￿ YEIR ENDED 31 DEc￿BER 202S 20 2024 IrtcornA Frm: Donatiofisar￿ LegaD Ch•rlfabl¢ kllvknes 16,364 13.339 1.015 16,384 15.678 2,339 32.351 9.575 9,575 X.591 23 950 Raistw Fund Charltable ac4Mtie8 Govwn8nL 24,85) 2.815 2.815 36483 364B3 N•t mo¥￿•Tht of•Jnd• TrnnBferbeWn fvndu 4.68 114.8921 1.818 8.828 2.359 112.5331 11.818) 1.240 11.8031 10.138 13.451 ol Fund¥ Total funds brwhl 1*January 2024 325.954 58.912 S94.8e6 3322CfJ 57,131 389,331 BI￿1￿ •t J1 DK•nty•r 192J 346.241 ,761 4011)06 325.954 58.912 384.886

IR60iBtwedChty N￿nbal.. 204957) BALANCE SHEET A8 AT31 OECEM8ER 2V25 2D25 Flxod Ax¥•lx ,887 53,460 358,347 344.896 .887 S3.4¢￿ 358,347 344,896 Cury•ntA•••l• 643 42.018 42.661 218 42,251 42,467 Cash at bof 3.301 3.&)1 45.319 45, Amourts thjo In N•ybw 11.3031 1,303) 12,497 11,303) 12.4971 N•t Curn•nfJMt4 41,358 3,301 44.659 39,970 NET A88ET8 314248 51711 403,006 384,886 2025 2024 346.245 346,24S 325,951 56.781 58.912 R•stsided 58,161 . r86perf￿0 TrLrt and bthLf by. Qebprah Hayt•r Th• Th)té# on rw 13 b 16 01th8 tst•v￿. P8g811

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IKIRTHAMPTONSHIRE RECORD SOCIErY 140Tes TO THE AccO￿Ts Tolal UNeBtiiGtod I￿￿l(l￿d Toki 2Q24 10.¢ 3.166 10.053 3.1 8.481 8,481 rax re6￿M￿le $4•& of puNica)ns Saes ol Illyory b¢ok£ 481 633 9.575 2.118 11384 2,118 633 9.575 2 Clrtl•bk• A¢tritO•• E¥p•ndltw• 2024 Salartes Pu￿1¢8￿0nS and [k.tht￿￿ ol bc¢• Evonts and L￿8￿rea Llbr4ry 8dok 9.057 3.077 1,687 9.057 3077 1.667 5.791 12,S81 5,791 12,)61 375 375 2249 $1¥t￿n•ry,tr>o￿ •NI Wgphce Emal ,cLryut•r, webii Sub•rriptiM. m•mb•rshlp Oth¢r e4D8ns88 IT. eqiiprnpnl 5,618 5.818 i>J 8.742 8.742 1.202 2C 33 643 J tslt••• •XP•f• 2026 2D74 and Nl 0057 $.791 The runb8rd•rnpWe• th• y4wbylwd ¢thHlli••i". 2. (2024.. 21 Durfng th•y￿rthe tnAkns £rAI 12024. £Tht> The lo¢•1 ttTpJn&turn fdm￿N•0 IJ £Trl. f2Q4. thri Total 2024 20 l#*JeF•¥Jent a¥aminalon Inwr8rKe Pwdl ch 550 2￿01 2.￿1 191 191 181

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