# ROYAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 206888
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Sept. 22, 1962
- **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=206888


## Contact

- **Address:** UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON, GOWER STREET, LONDON
- **Postcode:** WC1E 6BT
- **Phone:** 020 3821 5311
- **Email:** administration@royalhistsoc.org
- **Website:** https://royalhistsoc.org



## Activities

**Objects:** TO PROMOTE AND FOSTER THE STUDY OF HISTORY BY ASSISTING IN THE PUBLICATION OF RARE AND VALUABLE DOCUMENTS, AND BY THE PUBLICATION FROM TIME TO TIME OF VOLUMES OF TRANSACTIONS, AND OF SCHOLARLY HANDBOOKS.

**Activities:** The Royal Historical Society promotes and defends the scholarly study of the past through its lectures and publications, and speaks for the interests of history and historians. It offers grants to support research training and prizes for historical publications.

**Area of benefit:** NATIONAL




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2025 | £683784 | £789698 | £4567062 | 5 |
| June 30, 2024 | £610496 | £669456 | £4737379 | 5 |
| June 30, 2023 | £579957 | £574529 | £4506823 | 5 |
| June 30, 2022 | £562795 | £482488 | £4466750 | 4 |
| June 30, 2021 | £506172 | £427493 | £4672686 | 4 |



## Trustees

- **Professor Lucy Noakes** (Chair) — appointed Jan. 1, 2024
- Dr Adam Budd — appointed Nov. 24, 2023
- Dr Catherine Clare Feely — appointed Nov. 23, 2024
- Dr David John Hitchcock — appointed Nov. 22, 2025
- Dr Emilie Murphy — appointed Dec. 1, 2021
- Dr Helen Julia Paul — appointed Nov. 25, 2022
- Dr Jesus Sanjurjo-Ramos — appointed Nov. 23, 2024
- Dr Katharine Marie Bradley — appointed Nov. 25, 2022
- Dr Stella Ruth Fletcher — appointed Nov. 22, 2025
- Professor Barbara Bombi — appointed Dec. 8, 2019
- Professor Catriona Louise Pennell — appointed Nov. 22, 2025
- Professor Clare Victoria Joanne Griffiths — appointed Nov. 24, 2023
- Professor Iftikhar Haider Malik — appointed Nov. 24, 2023
- Professor Karen Louise Harvey — appointed Nov. 23, 2024
- Professor Mark James Knights — appointed Nov. 24, 2023
- Professor Matthias Neumann — appointed Nov. 22, 2024
- Professor Olwen Ruth Purdue — appointed Nov. 25, 2022