2021-12-31-accounts - Yorkshire Archaeological And Historical Society

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Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society Stringer House 34 Lupton Street, Leeds LS10 2QW

Company number 00038346 Charity number 224083 www.yahs.org.uk

Patrons, Officers and Board Members 2021

PATRONS

LORD CRATHORNE MR SEBASTIAN FATTORINI LORD HOPE OF THORNES THE MOST REVEREND & RIGHT HONOURABLE DR JOHN SENTAMU

PRESIDENT

D. ASQUITH

HONORARY VICE-PRESIDENTS

P.V. ADDYMAN S. THOMAS

VICE-PRESIDENTS

M.J.HERON R. MORRIS

MANAGEMENT BOARD

D. ASQUITH G. BRANNAN D. BREAR D. BUCK (until 19 June 2021) G. COOKSON

K. COX (from 19 June 2021 C. DEAN (until 18 February 2021

A. GIBSON R. HOYLE

A. MULLER I. ROBERTS S. THOMAS M. TYLEE

Annual Report & Accounts 2021

ANNUAL REPORT Page The Society 2 Review of the year 3 We collect 4 We publish 5 We meet, we learn 8 We give 16 We communicate 17 Accounts 19

ACCOUNTS Trustees' report 2 Examiner's report 6 Statement of financial activities 7 Balance sheet 8 Notes to the accounts 9

The Society

Objects

"The examination, preservation and illustration of the History, Architecture, Antiquities, Manners, Customs and Traditions of the historic county of York."

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MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY

612 Operation

The Society is a charity and a company run by an elected Management Board who are its Trustees and Directors.

COMBINED MEMBERSHIP OF OUR FIVE SPECIALIST SECTIONS

Enquiries

Our website provides several ways to contact the Society according to the nature of your particular enquiry. Alternatively please write to:

The Honorary General Secretary, Yorkshire Archaeological & Historical Society, Stringer House, 34 Lupton Street LEEDS LS10 2QW

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SUBSCRIPTIONS TO OUR JOURNAL, RECORD SERIES AND THE WAKEFIELD COURT ROLLS SERIES COMBINED

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Review of the year

As serving President of the Society I have pleasure in presenting this our Annual Report and Accounts for 2021.

It is unlikely that anyone will be surprised to learn that our activities in 2021 were restricted as in 2020 by the coronavirus regulations. Again however, the lecture programme continued online, publications were produced, grants given and new material added to the archives. More details are given in later pages of this Report and our thanks are due to all those members of the Society and its sections who made these things happen.

In 2021 the Society was very fortunate to welcome a new Honorary Treasurer, Mrs Kirsty Cox, who is continuing the process of modernising services on which all our other activities depend. The Society closed its financial year with a satisfactory overall balance between income and outgoings.

With an eye to longer term sustainability however, three challenges were evident at the end of the year. Firstly, income from subscriptions is not rising and we cannot assume better returns from investments, and secondly some costs have already begun to rise and others may well follow. The third challenge is to replace Trustees and Honorary Officers standing down. Volunteers remain hard to find and vacancies impair our capacity to maintain and improve services. This is the context in which our shorter-term activities have to be planned and the more effective these are in getting the Society more widely known the better it will be in the longer term.

DAVID ASQUITH President, Yorkshire Archaeological & Historical Society

We collect

SOCIETY COLLECTIONS REPORT

There have been a number of useful developments for our collections during the year, despite the disruption caused by Covid. Progress was made by the University on cataloguing the open access books from our library, and work is expected to be completed by April 2022. The University has used grant funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council and other sources to upgrade its research centre, and further work will be undertaken shortly to provide better accommodation for our maps and large format material. Despite the limitations on access entailed, this refurbishment is very welcome news.

A pilot project to conserve two of the eighteenth-century court rolls from the manor of Wakefield (YAS MD225) has begun. The pilot is being carried out on behalf of the Society by conservators of West Yorkshire Archive Service. When completed it will enable us to frame a properly informed funding bid to conserve up to 49 rolls, which will be a major undertaking.

Among this year’s accessions we have been fortunate to be able to purchase, via Professor Richard Hoyle, a very fine survey of the estates of the Currer family of Kildwick Hall, near Skipton. The volume, which dates from 1771, includes a number of exquisite maps drawn by Thomas Addison and George Lang, and is an excellent complement to material already in our archives. The volume will have the reference YAS MD492

SYLVIA THOMAS Hon Collections Liaison Officer

We publish

THE RECORD SERIES

The substantial achievement of the Record Series for 2021 was the publication of the Yorkshire Historical Dictionary, the final and crowning work of Dr George Redmonds, long wellknown as the historian of Yorkshire place-names and surnames. This twovolume work defines the meaning and use of over 4,000 words from the twelfth to the nineteenth century which Dr Redmonds identified in the course of a lifetime of research on Yorkshire records. It will remain unsurpassed as a major reference work on regional history and language.

The Record Series has published over 160 volumes since 1885. Fifty of its

publications were reissued by Cambridge University Press in 2013 and now many volumes in the series can be consulted on-line through the Internet Archive website. Access is easily obtained through the ‘Our Publications’ page of the YAHS website.

A principal aim of the Record Series has always been to publish as wide a spectrum as possible of original records relating to the history of Yorkshire. In recent years, these have ranged from an edition of the archives of the Middleton family of Catholic gentry in the Tudor and Stuart period to the wartime diary of a Dewsbury shop assistant. Future volumes will include an edition of the medieval property deeds of the Metham family of Howdenshire, the record book of Hull corporation in the sixteenth century and the nineteenth century letters of a Yorkshire portrait painter.

BRIAN BARBER and CHRISTOPHER J WATSON General Editors

We publish

THE WAKEFIELD COURT ROLLS SERIES

Volume 21 in the series was published in October. It contained the Wakefield manorial court roll for 1439-40 and the court rolls for Sowerbyshire for 1439-41. It also included a recently-identified account roll for 1265-66 for the manors of Wakefield, Conisbrough and Greetwell, Lincolnshire, three northern manors of the Earl of Surrey. This has especial interest as the earl was a major participant in the second Baron’s War, as a leading royal supporter opposing the followers of Simon de Montfort. His account roll thus includes details of the expenditure entailed in pursuing skirmishes against his opponents in Yorkshire.

There are two editors involved in this volume. One is the president, David Asquith, previously the editor of volume 18 (2015) for 1658-59. He worked on the Wakefield roll, making use of a Latin transcription generously made available by Celia Parker. The other was Christopher Watson, who edited both the Sowerbyshire roll and the account roll. He was also the editor of volume 20 (2019), the manorial court roll for 1360-61.

As mentioned in the annual report for 2020, the society has now decided that any future manorial court rolls for Wakefield will be published in the society’s Record Series, as was the previous practice before a separate publishing section was established for the court rolls in 1974. The society remains keen to provide an opportunity for any potential editor to prepare further court rolls for publication.

BRIAN BARBER General Editor

We publish

THE YORKSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL JOURNAL

Volume 93 for 2021 presented an important series of Neolithic radiocarbon dates from the Yorkshire Wolds, and a report on pollen analysis from sites on the Tabular Hills to complement the better-known vegetation history of the North York Moors. An analysis by Richard Brickstock of around three thousand Roman coins from York added to an earlier article (in Vol. 91), and summarised the contribution of coinage to our understanding of Roman Yorkshire. Recent and highly significant developments in this understanding were considered by Professor Martin Millett, in a review of two major publications reporting on continuing work in advance of upgrades to the A1 and at Scotch Corner.

The history content included three articles. Colum Giles explored the changes in how Yorkshire’s vernacular buildings have been studied over the course of a century or more, and the potential to use the findings in novel ways. George Newton highlighted the role of Wakefield cloth merchants as lynchpins in an extensive early-modern trade which extended from Kendal and the Dales via Wakefield to London, and to other English regions. Gillian Cookson investigated a pioneering ironworks, Hunslet Foundry, and the part it played in building Leeds as a centre of engineering from 1770.

Overall, the journal publisher Taylor & Francis report that there were 6093 fulltext downloads of articles in 2021, which compares with 4584 in the previous calendar year.

ROGER MARTLEW GILLIAN COOKSON Archaeology Editor History Editor

We meet, we learn

PREHISTORY RESEARCH SECTION

During the coronavirus pandemic our membership increased to 141, comprising 101 YAHS, 26 Section-only, 10 Institutional and 4 Hon members.

Our traditional meetings for members were transferred to Zoom, consequently attracting a wider audience. The AGM in March was preceded by Fraser Brown talking about ‘The Mesolithic and Neolithic of the north-west’.

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Our joint meeting with the Prehistoric Society heard Dr Mel Giles talk about ‘Bog Bodies: face to face with the past’. In December Dr Helen Chittock discussed her research of ‘ Iron Age Art in East Yorkshire: What did decoration do?’

Summer visits resumed to see Peter Halkon’s ringfort excavations (fig 1) and Steve Sherlock’s dig at Loftus. In September, along with YAHS members, we explored the refurbished galleries at Craven Museum (fig 2).

Figure 1

The slot dug for the wooden pallisade was later cleared and out filled with animal bones, mainly cattle. Skulls and horns can be seen in situ in the excavated trench.

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Grants

Projects supported by our grants were adversely affected by Covid constraint. Payment was made for isotope analysis on an EBA burial on Baildon Moor (£408), but our commitments to C14 dates at a Mesolithic site at Eskletts (£590), to a henge site in Redcar (£315), to the hilltop enclosure at Nunburnholme (£2,268) and to the ringfort at Kipling House (£1,512) have yet to be completed.

Section funds are robust, enabling a further £5k of reserves to be invested into the YAHS’s CCLA account.

Prehistoric Yorkshire No 59 was published on schedule and posted to members before Christmas.

Yorkshire Quern Survey

No Quern Survey AGM was held, but an annual report on YQS activity during 2021 will be issued by email to Section members in the Spring.

Research and recording added 110 querns to the archive and 33 queries from the public were answered. YQS reports were included in publications on excavations on the M1 at Catterick and at Malton.

JOHN CRUSE

Secretary

We meet, we learn

ROMAN ANTIQUITIES SECTION

Over the year, meetings have continued to be run online – videos of the meeting may be made available on our website or through another platform in the future.

Interestingly, numbers at meetings have held up despite the lack of face-to-face meetings, especially with some members who would not otherwise be able to attend the meeting being able to log in to the online session. We do not anticipate a change in the situation until well into 2022, depending on the pandemic.

Meetings in 2021 included lectures on:

How wide was the Frontier: Pete Wilson (January), Pandemic on Hadrian's Wall: Nick Hodgson (March); Julia Velva a Roman lady from York: her city revealed: Patrick Ottaway (May); Latest development at Petuaria: Peter Halkon (September): Cataractonium: Supplying the Northern Frontier: Stuart Ross (November). A programme of lectures is being developed by Peter Halkon for 2022.

Also included in the activities was a visit to the celebrated excavation at Eastfield, Scarborough, with the visit led by our Hon. Chairman Dr Pete Wilson.

JO HERON, Secretary

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We meet, we learn

MEDIEVAL SECTION

Meetings continued through the year as in 2020, with online lectures. This did mean that some attendees were able to login from distant parts and overseas. It has also meant that membership numbers have largely held up over the year.

The programme covered a wide range of exciting topics with: Sarah Rees-Jones, Hidden in plain sight (January); Brian Worrall, Moated Manor House of Skipwith (February); Elizabeth Craig-Atkins, The Digital Ossuary: New recording and analysis of the medieval charnel house at Rothwell, Northants (March); Helen Caffrey, Almshouses: medieval inspiration, enduring provision (April); Kate Giles, The

Maison Dieu, Ripon. Helen Caffrey

Writing on the Wall: Graffiti and the Horselads of East Yorkshire (May); Tony Hunt, Seeing the light fantastic: experiments in multispectral imaging in archaeology (June), then restarting with Eric Houlder, Excavating at Sutton Hoo (September); Matthew Townend, Topic on Dialect (October); Stuart Wrathmell, Viking settlements in eastern Yorkshire (November) and Danica Summerlin, Papal ritual & celebration in the Central Middle Ages (December). Attendance at lectures has held up with between 30 and 40 people attending, and including some members who live at a distance from Leeds and would not otherwise attend an in-person lecture.

In addition Medieval Yorkshire for 2020 and 2021 was produced in two volumes. The journal was a dedicated commemoration of the work of Professor Maurice Beresford. It was published in conjunction with the YAHS and a very successful conference to celebrate his work and the research that has followed in his wake.

JO HERON Secretary

We meet, we learn

INDUSTRIAL HISTORY SECTION

Lecture programme

Seven talks were held in 2021, a mixture of in-person, Zoom and hybrid, as follows:

Malcolm's Military Meanderings by Malcolm Brooke, an exploration of bunkers, borders and places of military significance;
Great Uncle Percy by Glenda Shaw, which was an illustrated talk about Percy Shaw, inventor of the ubiquitous “Cats-Eye”;
The Excavation of The Round Foundry, Holbeck, Leeds by Richard Jackson, an overview of the archaeological excavations at this historically important site; IK Brunel - Genius or Failure? by Marian Brockway, a review of the works of this controversial engineer;
Reservoir Railways - Visualising the Construction of Hebden Bridge’s Reservoirs (1870 - 1935) by Dr Michael O'Grady, an image-rich talk featuring old maps, satellite images, recently published LiDAR data and 'then and now' photographs; Rosedale Railway for Iron and Steel Making in 19th Century Teesside and County Durham by Rob Shorland-Ball, an illustrated talk on the railway, its place in history and the remains of its infrastructure;
Not Just the Bouncing Bomb - The Life and Work of Sir Barnes Wallis by Chris Henderson.

Thanks must go to our Vice-chair, John Suter, for his technical expertise (and patience when all was not well!) with regard to the Zoom and hybrid Zoom/in-person meetings.

Industrial History Online

Work has continued on the Industrial History Online database which now contains 8,680 site records and 3,786 images and we would like to thank everyone who has contributed to the continuing success of the website. Interest has been shown in contributing material to the database by a number of other Societies, but due to COVID it has not been possible to meet to explore how we may be able to collaborate. Last year also saw a major development with the introduction of a comprehensive Code of Practice for Contributors and an Agreement that all material on IHO should be available under the Creative Commons Attribution - Non Commercial – Share Alike Licence Agreement (CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0).

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I ndustrial History Section - Industrial History online, continued

We remain, however, keen to hear from any members who would be interested in photographing Industrial Heritage Sites, particularly in providing up to date photographs of the many sites for which we only have historic images. We would like to thank the YAHS for its continuing support of this project.

Newsletter and site visit

Three issues of the Newsletter were produced and sent to members generally by email or in a few cases posted. The final issue of 2021 was the last edited by Margaret Tylee after many years as editor. Thanks go to Margaret and a welcome to the new editor Andrew Milsom. Jane Ellis also arranged a visit to the mill engines at Bancroft Mill in Barnoldswick on their steaming day. A walk around the one-time industrial sites of the town followed.

Photos by Jane Ellis

Finally thanks to the members and officials of the Section for their continued support in what has been a difficult year, but happily the Section continues to thrive.

BILL JAGGER

Chair, Industrial History Section

We meet, we learn

FAMILY HISTORY SECTION

The operation of the Family History Section has proved again to be challenging during 2021. Thanks are due the very small team of members who have continued to work to keep the Section’s services running. At this time the limited human resources available means we are a provider of lectures, a magazine publisher, and occasionally advice providers to those who are “stuck” in their researches. We need to be more than this if we are to stop the almost relentless decline in the scope of our activities.

Ancestry and Find my Past have cornered our former markets for many publications. The section did not attend any fairs in 2021 partly as a result of Covid and declining sales for paper based publications.

During 2021 the Section managed the direct day-to-day operation of the Yorkshire Roots website to raise the profile of the Section on the internet, as well as improving our service to members

The Lecture programme during 2021 covered a wide range of topics such as: The Turnpike Story, What made Yorkshire Great, Before the Census, Headingley’s Botanical Gardens and Royal Park, Every Picture tells a Story - Some Lost Leeds Buildings

Old survivors on Briggate included the 1613 residence of Richard Sykes pictured here in c. 1900 as no: 56 F Wallis, hosier and glover.

Illustration courtesy of Leeds Museums & Galleries.

The Section continued to exchange copies of its publication The Yorkshire Family Historian with other genealogical societies throughout the UK, Canada and Australia. A noticeable feature was that the great majority of our exchange magazine partners now insist on receiving and taking delivery of publications electronically rather than as printed copies.

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Family History Section (continued)

The Section received a slow but steady flow of enquiries during the year, some of them asking for information well beyond our capabilities, many based in very little starting information (for example finding family ancestors back in the 1500 - 1600s). Some of the more prosaic enquiries essentially asked us to carry out a free of charge genealogical research project, these were politely refused.

The Section continued its memberships of the Yorkshire and of the National Federations of Family History Societies to maintain contact with Family History societies, topics and resources on a wider scale.

J KORNA Webmaster

We give

THE SOCIETY GRANTS SCHEME

The Society received 12 applications for grant funding in 2021: nine to the main society fund, and three to the Prehistory Research Section (PrehRS); a total of £11,568 was awarded. Of the nine applications to the main society fund, two were rejected, one remains to be resolved, whilst an offer to help purchase the Kippax Court Roll of 1612–13 at auction was not required.

A subsequent award to North Yorkshire Archives to help secure the Hensall Court Rolls at auction was happily realised.

The largest award was towards a further phase of excavations at the prehistoric hilltop enclosure at Kipling House Farm, directed by Peter Halkon, principally to investigate the rectangular enclosure to the east of the main enclosure. Another archaeological award has been made to Martin Foreman towards his reporting of an unusual Romano-British lead cistern found by metal detectorists near Rudston.

The remaining awards have been made to assist in the cost of the production of illustrations for two significant publications. Thomas White (c.1736–1811) Redesigning the Northern British Landscape, by Deborah Turnbull and Louise Wickham, was published in November 2021, whilst The Medieval Stained Glass of West Yorkshire, by Brian Sprakes, part of a British Academy research project ( Corpus Vitrearum Medii Aevi) , will be published in late 2022 or early 2023.

It should be noted that Debbie Hallam’s trial excavations at Kettlewell, funded in 2020, but postponed due to Covid-19, were successfully undertaken in 2021, with good results and notable public engagement.

The three PrehRS grants awarded in 2021 were all required for radiocarbon dating material from the sites at Kipling House Farm and Nunburnholme (by Peter Halkon), and Kirkleatham (by Stephen Sherlock).

IAN ROBERTS, Honorary Grants Officer

We communicate

PROMOTIONS GROUP

Briefing is the magazine for Society members, primarily distributed electronically but hard copies are available. Two issues were produced in 2021 and they continue to be well received. Thanks are recorded to the Editor, David Brear, who welcomes contributions for future issues.

The Society continues to send out regular email messages to keep members informed of activities. It is important that members agree to share their email addresses with us to avoid missing this information.

The Society’s Facebook page continues to grow with 3,745 followers in November 2021 a 31% increase over November 2020.

The website is kept up to date with information about the Society’s collections, activities and publications. An important addition was a scanned copy of John Brearley’s Memorandum Book of 1772-3, the original having been acquired in 2020 at auction.

Events

Covid has prevented many events, but a successful visit was made to the newly reopened Craven Museum in Skipton in September and 23 October saw the delayed celebration of Maurice Beresford’s work on deserted medieval villages with an online conference Lost Villages Found. Over 50 attended with a mixture of YAHS members and non-members. A special edition of Medieval Yorkshire was given to those attending as part of their conference fee.

Future Activities

A promotional postcard will be included in a future issue of The Dalesman and a display is booked for the Craven Museum later in 2022. A celebration for Maurice Beresford’s work in Leeds is now planned for 2023 to coincide with Leeds City of Culture.

Margaret Tylee, Chair, Promotions Group

Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society

Charity number 224083

A company limited by guarantee number 00038346

Annual Report and Financial Statements

for the year ended 31 December 2021

Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society

Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2021

Contents	Page
Trustees' report	2 to 5
Examiner's report	6
Statement of financial activities	7
Balance sheet	8
Notes to the accounts	9 to 15

Prepared by West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO

Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society

Trustees' report for the year ended 31 December 2021

Reference and administrative details of the charity, its trustees and advisors

The trustees during the financial year and up to and including the date the report was approved were: Name Position Dates David Asquith President Kirsty Anne Louise Cox Treasurer Co-opted 19 June 2021 Gary Robert Brannan David Brear Dr Gillian Cookson Dr Alexander Myles Gibson Professor Richard William Hoyle Axel Erhard Wilhelm Muller Ian Daniel Roberts Sylvia Thomas Margaret Ann Tylee Dr Brian John Barber Resigned 19 June 2021 Ms Charlotte Dean Resigned 18 February 2021 Dr David John Buck Resigned from trustee role 19 June 2021 Company secretary Dr David John Buck Charity number 224083 Registered in England and Wales Company number 00038346 Registered in England and Wales Registered and principal address Investment Managers Stringer House CCLA 34 Lupton Street Senator House Hunslet, Leeds 85 Queen Victoira Street LS10 2QW London. EC4V 4ET Bankers Virgin Money Barclays Bank plc NatWest Bank plc PayPal 20 Merrion Way 2 Churchill Place 135 Bishopsgate 5 New Street Square Leeds Canary Wharf London London LS2 8NZ London. E14 5RB. EC2M 3UR EC4A 3TW

Independent examiner

Claire Welling West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO Stringer House 34 Lupton Street Leeds LS10 2QW

Structure, governance and management

The charity is a company limited by guarantee and was formed on 7 March 1893. It is governed by a memorandum and articles of association which were amended by special resolutions 25 March 1935, 29 April 1949. 24 October 1970, 19 June 1993, 26 September 2015 and 30 June 2018. The liability of the members in the event of the company being wound up is limited to a sum not exceeding ten shillings.

Method of recruitment and appointment of trustees

The trustees of the charity are also the directors for the purposes of company law and are appointed by the members at the AGM.

Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society

Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 December 2021

Objectives and activities

The charity's objects

The objects for which the Society is established are:-

(a) The taking over of the property, effects, and liabilities of the present unincorporated Association known as The Yorkshire Archaeological and Topographical Association.

(b) The examination, preservation, and illustration of the History, Architecture, Antiquities, Manners, Customs, Arts and Traditions of the county of York; and especially the collection and preservation of books, pamphlets, manuscripts, deeds, engravings, drawings, coins, antiquities, and other objects relating to or bearing upon the History, Antiquities, or Topography of the county.

(c) The acquisition by donation, purchase, or otherwise, of a Library and a Museum, and the use, maintenance and extension of such Library and Museum.

(d) The holding of meetings for the reading of papers, the exhibition of antiquities, and other objects, and the discussion of subjects connected with any of the objects of the Society.

(e) The holdings of meetings at, and for the inspection and examination of places rendered interesting by their antiquities, architecture, or associations, or for any other reason.

(f) The acquisition by purchase, taking on lease, tenancy, or otherwise, of lands and buildings, and any other property, real and personal, for any estate, term, or interest, which the Society for the purposes thereof may from time to time think proper to acquire, and which may lawfully be held by them subject to the provisions of the 21st section of the Companies Act, 1862; and the re-sale, leasing, letting, management, surrender, or disposition of any such property for any of the purposes of the Society, or for any purpose which may be thought incidental or conducive to the attainment of any of the objects of the Society.

(g) The transcription, abstracting, reproduction, printing, publication, and sale of books, pamphlets, journals, transactions, prints, engravings, and other matters, by subscription or otherwise, and the payment of all usual and necessary expenses thereof.

(h) The borrowing of money for the purposes of the Society, and the execution of mortgages and other securities to secure the monies so borrowed, with interest thereon.

(i) The granting of money towards the cost of exploring and preserving ancient buildings and other objects of antiquity, or for the furthering of any of the objects of the Society.

(k) The doing of all other lawful things incidental or conducive to the attainment of the above objects or any of them.

The charity's main activities

The primary objective of the YAHS is the promotion of the study of Yorkshire’s past through archaeology and history.

Public benefit statement

In undertaking their responsibilities as trustees, and therefore in setting objectives and planning and overseeing the Society's activities, the members of the Management Board bear in mind the Charity Commission's general guidance on public benefit. In particular, bearing in mind the Society's primary objective to promote the study of Yorkshire’s past through archaeology and history, the trustees are confident that appropriate public benefit has accrued in the past year through activities such as the provision of public access to the Society's archives, the promotion of opportunities to learn about archaeology and history via conferences, lectures and exhibitions, and the availability of grant funding to support the archaeological and historical research.

The charity operates to advance the arts, culture, heritage or science and to advance education.

Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society

Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 December 2021

Achievements and performance

The activities of the Society are aimed at fulfilling its aims and objectives. During 2021 the Society pursued these activities through its programme of lectures and other events, through the production of publications, and through the promotion of research into the archaeology and history of the historic county of Yorkshire via the award of grants and directly. Through its special interest Sections, the Society also again catered for those people interested in studying and researching specific topics and periods. Although many of the Society's activities had to be arranged online in 2021, due to the coronavirus pandemic, in many instances new audiences were attracted because those activities were available online for the first time.

The Society continued to publish new work in 2021. Volume 93 of the Yorkshire Archaeological Journal was issued, albeit again slightly later than usual due to the effects of the coronavirus and related restrictions. New volumes of Medieval Yorkshire and Prehistoric Yorkshire were also produced, as were further issues of the Society's magazine, Briefing (volumes 8 and 9) and an edition of Roman Yorkshire .

The lecture programme for 2021 was almost entirely delivered online. These lectures proved very successful, in some instances attracting markedly more participants than had previously attended face-toface sessions. A conference to celebrate the former Society member Professor Maurice Beresford (and marking the 100th anniversary of his birth) was also held online and attracted a good attendance.

The Society's Library and Archives are deposited on long-term loan in the Special Collections department of the University of Leeds Brotherton Library. The Archives are open to the general public, as well as to the Society members, but coronavirus pandemic restrictions had to be placed by the University on access to the archive collections, and for much of the year material could not be directly accessed. To partly alleviate these limitations, the University made arrangements for the free copying of some material, and online consultations with archivists enabled some research to continue. Access to the Society's library was, perforce, even more limited for most of 2021 for the same reason.

Grants were awarded by the Society to support the following activities:

1 excavations at Kipling House Farm (£3,434)
2 support for publication of book about T White, Garden Designer (£500)
3 support for costs of obtaining C14 dates for finds from a henge near Redcar (Kirkleatham Howe) (£315), from Kipling House Farm (£1,512) and for material from excavations at Nunburnholme (£2,268).
4 analysis of Rudston Roman lead vessel (£384)
5 contribution to NYCRO towards the cost of purchasing a series of early 17th century court rolls for the manor of Hensall, North Yorkshire (£1,153).

Financial review

The net income for the year was £132,840, including net income of £127,700 on unrestricted funds and net income of £5,140 on endowment funds, with nil net movement on restricted funds.

The Management Board and its Finance Committee continue to actively seek and take advice on the best way to use the investments and income the Society receives. The major part of the Society's assets are now held in the COIF (Charities Investment Fund) of CCLA, as can be seen in the attached accounts.

In 2016 the Management Board, following Finance Committee proposals, decided that investments should, where practicable and efficient, be managed by third party experts. This approach continues. In terms of the investments and the reserves, the objectives expressed by the Trustees was that the investments held should ensure, as far as is practicable, that the real capital value is at least maintained in the long term whilst also providing a sufficient income to ensure that the Society can adequately finance its charitable intentions. As an initial benchmark it was expected that a minimum net return of £20,000 per annum would satisfy future income flow with costs of investment management covered before that net income.

£5,316 was committed to the completion of the Leeds University post 1850 books cataloguing project at the year end date.

Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 December 2021

Reserves policy

The charity's free reserves, excluding fixed assets, at the year end were £173,590.

The Trustees consider that the Society should retain sufficient Reserves so that they can develop long-term strategies and short-term plans to implement the Society’s charitable objectives, without being hampered by financial restraints. The Trustees consider that Unrestricted Reserves at a minimum amount of £60,000 should be retained to cover the above requirements per annum.

Statement of trustees' responsibilities

The trustees (who are also the directors for the purposes of company law) are responsible for preparing the Trustees report and the financial statements in accordance with the applicable law and UK Accounting Standards.

Company law requires the trustees to prepare financial accounts for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company and of the incoming resources and application of resources, including the income and expenditure, of the charitable company for the year. In preparing these financial statements, the trustees are required to:

select suitable accounting policies and apply them consistently;

observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP;

make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;

state whether applicable UK accounting standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements;

prepare the accounts on a going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charitable company will continue in operation.

The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charitable company and to enable them to ensure that the financial accounts comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

This report has been prepared in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities (Charities SORP (FRS102)), and in accordance with the special provisions of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.

Signed on behalf of the board of trustees on 12 May 2022

David Wilkes Asquith (Trustee)

Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society

Independent examiner's report to the trustees of Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society

I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the charitable company for the year ended 31 December 2021, which are set out on pages 7 to 15.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the charity's trustees of the charitable company (and also its directors for the purposes of company law) you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 ('the 2006 Act').

Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the charitable company are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of your charity's accounts as carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act ('the 2011 Act'). In carrying out my examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act.

Independent examiner's statement

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:

1 accounting records were not kept in respect of the company as required by section 386 of the 2006 Act; or 2 the accounts do not accord with those records; or
3 the accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements of section 396 of the 2006 Act other than any requirement that the accounts give a 'true and fair view' which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination; or
4 the accounts have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities [applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)].

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Claire Welling

16/5/2022

West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO

Stringer House 34 Lupton Street Leeds LS10 2QW

Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society

Statement of Financial Activities

(including summary income and expenditure account) for the year ended 31 December 2021

Notes Income from: Grants (2) Donations, legacies and Gift Aid Sales, licence fees and royalties Subscriptions Investment income Other income Release of prior year's provision Total income Expenditure on: Main Activities Yorkshire Archaeological Journal Subscriptions / donations paid Grants awarded Meeting rooms, lectures and excursions Library and archive collections Other professional services Other printed publications Digitisation and web services Main Activities total Administration Administrative assistance Rent, rates and utilities Insurance Telephone and broadband Postage and stationery Other charges Printing and photocopying Bank charges Independent examination AGM Administration total Total expenditure Net gains/(losses) on investments Net income / (expenditure) Fund balances brought forward Fund balances carried forward (3)	2021 Unrestricted funds £ - (734) 5,860 24,952 33,399 9 - 63,486 4,600 802 5,021 1,547 25,730 421 12,487 2,237 52,845 4,466 4,613 1,041 820 3,031 35 - 340 2,250 - 16,596 69,441 133,655 127,700 1,234,599 1,362,299	2021 2021 Restricted Endowment funds funds £ £ 4,633 - - - - - - - - 2,583 - - - - 4,633 2,583 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4,633 - 4,633 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4,633 - - 2,557 - 5,140 9,714 61,665 9,714 66,805	2021 Total funds £ 4,633 (734) 5,860 24,952 35,982 9 - 70,702 4,600 802 5,021 1,547 25,730 421 12,487 6,870 57,478 4,466 4,613 1,041 820 3,031 35 - 340 2,250 - 16,596 74,074 136,212 132,840 1,305,978 1,438,818	2020 Total funds £ 4,375 11,657 7,691 24,508 43,462 117 8,259 100,069 4,645 1,031 3,381 4,255 9,041 1,383 2,692 4,416 30,844 4,221 4,047 1,061 913 2,459 155 1,618 355 2,250 150 17,229 48,073 57,793 109,789 1,196,189 1,305,978

All incoming resources and resources expended derive from continuing activities.

Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society

Balance sheet

as at 31 December 2021 2021 Unrestricted £ Fixed assets Investments (4) 1,188,709 Total fixed assets 1,188,709 Current assets Debtors and prepayments (6) 2,471 Cash at bank and in hand (7) 190,307 Total current assets 192,778 Current liabilities: amounts falling due within one year Creditors and accruals (8) 8,250 Deferred income (9) 10,938 Total current liabilities 19,188 Net current assets / (liabilities) 173,590 Net assets 1,362,299 Funds Unrestricted funds 1,362,299 Restricted funds - Endowment funds - Total funds 1,362,299	2021 2022 Restricted Endowment £ £ - 59,508 - 59,508 - - 9,714 7,297 9,714 7,297 - - - - - - 9,714 7,297 9,714 66,805 - - 9,714 - - 66,805 9,714 66,805	2021 Total £ 1,248,217 1,248,217 2,471 207,318 209,789 8,250 10,938 19,188 190,601 1,438,818 1,362,299 9,714 66,805 1,438,818	2020 Total £ 1,112,005 1,112,005 18,648 183,150 201,798 2,250 5,575 7,825 193,973 1,305,978 1,234,599 9,714 61,665 1,305,978

For the year ending 31 December 2021 the charitable company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.

The members have not required the charitable company to obtain an audit of its accounts for the year in question in accordance with section 476. The trustees (who also the directors for the purposes of company law) acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.

These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies’ regime and with FRS 102 (effective January 2019).

The financial statements were approved by the board of trustees on 12 May 2022

David Wilkes Asquith (Trustee)

Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society

Notes to the accounts

for the year ended 31 December 2021

1 Accounting policies

Basis of accounting

These accounts have been prepared under the historical cost convention with items recognised at cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant note(s) to these accounts. The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019) and with the Charities Act 2011.

The charity constitutes a public benefit entity as defined by FRS 102. There has been no change to the accounting policies since last year. No changes have been made to the accounts for previous years.

Going concern

The trustees are satisfied that there are no material uncertainties about the charity's ability to continue.

Incoming resources

All incoming resources are included in the Statement of Financial Activities (SOFA) when the charity becomes entitled to the resources, it is more likely than not that the trustees will receive the resources and the monetary value can be measured with sufficient reliability.

Grants and donations

Grants and donations are only included in the SOFA when the charity has unconditional entitlement to the resources.

Where grants are related to performance and specific deliverables, they are accounted for as the charity earns the right to consideration by its performance.

Investments

Investments are stated at market value at the balance sheet date. The SOFA includes the net gains and losses arising on revaluations and disposals throughout the year.

Heritage assets

The Society has in its ownership various books and historical documents whether bought through appeals or gifts to it over the years. These assets, being of a historical nature, have not been included on the balance sheet. It is not practical to obtain valuations of such assets held. Historical books and documents are written off to the statement of financial activities on a receipts and payments basis when they are sold or acquired.

Expenditure and liabilities

Expenditure is recognised on an accrual basis as a liability is incurred. Liabilities are recognised where it is more likely than not that there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to pay out the resources and the amount of the obligation can be measured with reasonable certainty.

Grants payable with performance conditions

Where the charity gives a grant with conditions for its payment being a specific level of service or output to be provided, such grants are only recognised in the SoFA once the recipient of the grant has provided the specified service or output.

Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society

Notes to the accounts

for the year ended 31 December 2021

1 Accounting policies continued

Grants payable without performance conditions

Where there are no conditions attaching to the grant that enables the donor charity to realistically avoid the commitment, a liability for the full funding obligation must be recognised.

Taxation

As a charity the organisation benefits from rates relief and is generally exempt from income tax and capital gains tax but not from VAT. Irrecoverable VAT is included in the cost of those items to which it relates.

Tangible fixed assets

Tangible fixed assets (other than heritage assets) are capitalised and included at cost including any incidental expenses of acquisition. Gifted assets are shown at the value to the charity on receipt.

Fund accounting

Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the charity.

Restricted funds are subjected to restrictions on their expenditure imposed by the donor or through the terms of an appeal.

Endowment funds represent those assets which must be held permanently by the charity, principally investments. Income arising on the endowment funds can be used in accordance with the objects of the charity and is included as unrestricted income unless restrictions have been imposed by the donor. Any capital gains or losses arising on the investments form part of the fund. Investment management charges and legal advice relating to the fund are charged against the fund.

Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the accounts.

Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society

Notes to the accounts continued

for the year ended 31 December 2021

2 Grants Marc Fitch Fund Friends of the National Libraries Victoria & Albert Museum 3a Restricted funds Local History Publications Aerial Archaeology Yorkshire Quern Survey Marc Fitch Fund	Balance b/f £ 222 7,901 1,591 - 9,714	2021 Unrestricted funds £ - - - - Incoming £ - - - 4,633 4,633	2021 Restricted funds £ 4,633 - - 4,633 Outgoing £ - - - 4,633 4,633	2021 Total funds £ 4,633 - - 4,633 Transfers £ - - - - -	2020 Total funds £ - 3,125 1,250 4,375 Balance c/f £ 222 7,901 1,591 - 9,714

Fund name

Purpose of restriction

To be used for purchases of books on the Tudor and Stuart period from funds provided by Mr R T Spence

Local History Publications

Aerial Archaeology Yorkshire Quern Survey Marc Fitch Fund

For activities in this speciality For activities in this speciality Towards internet archive costs

Endowment funds JD Hicks Fund Elisabeth Exwood Mem Trust	Balance b/f £ 42,323 19,342 61,665	Incoming £ 2,194 389 2,583	Outgoing £ - - -	Revaluation and transfers £ 165 2,392 2,557	Balance c/f £ 44,682 22,123 66,805

3b Endowment funds

Fund name

Purpose of restriction

JD Hicks Fund

Elisabeth Exwood Memorial Trust

To be used for the purchase or repair of books, maps, pamphlets or computer items.

To be used towards purchases for the society's library and new publications in the society's "Record Series"

Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society

Notes to the accounts continued

for the year ended 31 December 2021

4 Fixed assets investments Balance b/f Gain / (loss) on revaluation Income generated (Income transferred out) Total 5 Analysis of investments CCLA COIF Charities Ethical Investment Fund CCLA COIF Charities Investment Fund Preference shares CCLA Claremont Investment 6 Debtors and prepayments Trade debtors Accrued income Other debtors 7 Cash at bank and in hand Cash at bank Cash in hand 8 Creditors and accruals Trade creditors Accruals	2021 Listed investments £ 1,112,005 136,212 35,982 (35,982) 1,248,217	2021 Total £ 1,112,005 136,212 35,982 (35,982) 1,248,217 2021 £ 9,802 9,891 196,258 1,032,266 1,248,217 2021 £ 171 2,300 - 2,471 2021 £ 207,318 - 207,318 2021 £ 6,000 2,250 8,250	2020 Total £ 1,054,212 57,793 36,814 (36,814) 1,112,005 2020 £ 8,639 8,662 190,678 904,026 1,112,005 2020 £ - 6,648 12,000 18,648 2020 £ 183,015 135 183,150 2020 £ - 2,250 2,250

Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society

Notes to the accounts continued

for the year ended 31 December 2021

Deferred income		Released	Income	Expenditure	Deferred to
		from last	received	incurred	next year
		year
		£	£	£	£
Receipts in advance		5,575	5,363	-	10,938
		5,575	5,363	-	10,938
Item name	Reason for deferral
Receipts in advance	Subscriptions and activities receipts		in advance	of their due date

10 Related party transactions

Trustee expenses

No trustee received any expenses during this year or the previous year.

Trustee remuneration and benefits

No trustee received any remuneration or benefit during this or the previous year.

Other related party transactions

Other transactions with trustees or related parties Professor Richard Hoyle Trustee Purchase of a survey of the Estates of the Currer family of Kildwick, Yorkshire by T. Addison and G.Lang, 1771 Name of trustee or related party Relationship to charity Description of transaction	2021 £ 6,000 6,000	2020 £ - -

Main Activities total 52,845 26,469	Digitisation and web services 2,237 4,416	Other printed publications 12,487 2,692	Other professional services 421 1,383	Library and archive collections 25,730 4,666	Meeting rooms, lectures, excursions 1,547 4,255	Grants awarded 5,021 3,381	Subscriptions / donations paid 802 1,031	Yorkshire Archaeological Journal 4,600 4,645	Main Activities - -	Total income 63,486 92,994	Release of prior year's provision - 8,259	Other income 9 117	Investment income 33,399 40,762	Subscriptions 24,952 24,508	Sales, licence fees and royalties 5,860 7,691	Donations, legacies and Gift Aid (734) 11,657	Grants - -	£ £	funds funds	Unrestricted Unrestricted	2021 2020
4,633	4,633	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4,633	-	-	-	-	-	-	4,633	£	funds	Restricted	2021
4,375	-	-	-	4,375	-	-	-	-	-	4,375	-	-	-	-	-	-	4,375	£	funds	Restricted	2020
- -	- -	- -	- -	- -	- -	- -	- -	- -	- -	2,583 2,700	- -	- -	2,583 2,700	- -	- -	- -	- -	£ £	funds funds	Endowment Endowment	2021 2020
57,478	6,870	12,487	421	25,730	1,547	5,021	802	4,600	-	70,702	-	9	35,982	24,952	5,860	(734)	4,633	£	funds	Total	2021
30,844	4,416	2,692	1,383	9,041	4,255	3,381	1,031	4,645	-	100,069	8,259	117	43,462	24,508	7,691	11,657	4,375	£	funds	Total	2020

Fund balances carried forward	Fund balances brought forward	Net movement in funds	Net income / (expenditure)	Net gains/(losses) on investments	Total expenditure	Administration total	AGM	Independent examination	Bank charges	Printing and photocopying	Other charges	Postage and stationery	Telephone and broadband	Insurance	Rent, rates and utilities	Administrative assistance
1,362,299	1,234,599	127,700	127,700	133,655	69,441	16,596	-	2,250	340	-	35	3,031	820	1,041	4,613	4,466	£	funds	Unrestricted	2021
1,234,599	1,130,767	103,832	103,832	54,536	43,698	17,229	150	2,250	355	1,618	155	2,459	913	1,061	4,047	4,221	£	funds	Unrestricted	2020
9,714	9,714	-	-	-	4,633	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	£	funds	Restricted	2021
9,714	9,714	-	-	-	4,375	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	£	funds	Restricted	2020
66,805	61,665	5,140	5,140	2,557	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	£	funds	Endowment	2021
61,665	55,708	5,957	5,957	3,257	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	£	funds	Endowment	2020
1,438,818	1,305,978	132,840	132,840	136,212	74,074	16,596	-	2,250	340	-	35	3,031	820	1,041	4,613	4,466	£	funds	Total	2021
1,305,978	1,196,189	109,789	109,789	57,793	48,073	17,229	150	2,250	355	1,618	155	2,459	913	1,061	4,047	4,221	£	funds	Total	2020

Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society

Charity number 224083

A company limited by guarantee number 00038346

Annual Report and Financial Statements

for the year ended 31 December 2021

Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society

Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2021

Contents	Page
Trustees' report	2 to 5
Examiner's report	6
Statement of financial activities	7
Balance sheet	8
Notes to the accounts	9 to 15

Prepared by West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO

Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society

Trustees' report for the year ended 31 December 2021

Reference and administrative details of the charity, its trustees and advisors

Independent examiner

Claire Welling West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO Stringer House 34 Lupton Street Leeds LS10 2QW

Structure, governance and management

Method of recruitment and appointment of trustees

The trustees of the charity are also the directors for the purposes of company law and are appointed by the members at the AGM.

Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society

Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 December 2021

Objectives and activities

The charity's objects

The objects for which the Society is established are:-

(a) The taking over of the property, effects, and liabilities of the present unincorporated Association known as The Yorkshire Archaeological and Topographical Association.

(c) The acquisition by donation, purchase, or otherwise, of a Library and a Museum, and the use, maintenance and extension of such Library and Museum.

(d) The holding of meetings for the reading of papers, the exhibition of antiquities, and other objects, and the discussion of subjects connected with any of the objects of the Society.

(e) The holdings of meetings at, and for the inspection and examination of places rendered interesting by their antiquities, architecture, or associations, or for any other reason.

(h) The borrowing of money for the purposes of the Society, and the execution of mortgages and other securities to secure the monies so borrowed, with interest thereon.

(i) The granting of money towards the cost of exploring and preserving ancient buildings and other objects of antiquity, or for the furthering of any of the objects of the Society.

(k) The doing of all other lawful things incidental or conducive to the attainment of the above objects or any of them.

The charity's main activities

The primary objective of the YAHS is the promotion of the study of Yorkshire’s past through archaeology and history.

Public benefit statement

The charity operates to advance the arts, culture, heritage or science and to advance education.

Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society

Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 December 2021

Achievements and performance

Grants were awarded by the Society to support the following activities:

1 excavations at Kipling House Farm (£3,434)
2 support for publication of book about T White, Garden Designer (£500)
3 support for costs of obtaining C14 dates for finds from a henge near Redcar (Kirkleatham Howe) (£315), from Kipling House Farm (£1,512) and for material from excavations at Nunburnholme (£2,268).
4 analysis of Rudston Roman lead vessel (£384)
5 contribution to NYCRO towards the cost of purchasing a series of early 17th century court rolls for the manor of Hensall, North Yorkshire (£1,153).

Financial review

The net income for the year was £132,840, including net income of £127,700 on unrestricted funds and net income of £5,140 on endowment funds, with nil net movement on restricted funds.

£5,316 was committed to the completion of the Leeds University post 1850 books cataloguing project at the year end date.

Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 December 2021

Reserves policy

The charity's free reserves, excluding fixed assets, at the year end were £173,590.

Statement of trustees' responsibilities

select suitable accounting policies and apply them consistently;

observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP;

make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;

state whether applicable UK accounting standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements;

prepare the accounts on a going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charitable company will continue in operation.

Signed on behalf of the board of trustees on 12 May 2022

David Wilkes Asquith (Trustee)

Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society

Independent examiner's report to the trustees of Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society

I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the charitable company for the year ended 31 December 2021, which are set out on pages 7 to 15.

Responsibilities and basis of report

Independent examiner's statement

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:

1 accounting records were not kept in respect of the company as required by section 386 of the 2006 Act; or 2 the accounts do not accord with those records; or
3 the accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements of section 396 of the 2006 Act other than any requirement that the accounts give a 'true and fair view' which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination; or
4 the accounts have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities [applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)].

Claire Welling

16/5/2022

West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO

Stringer House 34 Lupton Street Leeds LS10 2QW

Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society

Statement of Financial Activities

(including summary income and expenditure account) for the year ended 31 December 2021

Notes Income from: Grants (2) Donations, legacies and Gift Aid Sales, licence fees and royalties Subscriptions Investment income Other income Release of prior year's provision Total income Expenditure on: Main Activities Yorkshire Archaeological Journal Subscriptions / donations paid Grants awarded Meeting rooms, lectures and excursions Library and archive collections Other professional services Other printed publications Digitisation and web services Main Activities total Administration Administrative assistance Rent, rates and utilities Insurance Telephone and broadband Postage and stationery Other charges Printing and photocopying Bank charges Independent examination AGM Administration total Total expenditure Net gains/(losses) on investments Net income / (expenditure) Fund balances brought forward Fund balances carried forward (3)	2021 Unrestricted funds £ - (734) 5,860 24,952 33,399 9 - 63,486 4,600 802 5,021 1,547 25,730 421 12,487 2,237 52,845 4,466 4,613 1,041 820 3,031 35 - 340 2,250 - 16,596 69,441 133,655 127,700 1,234,599 1,362,299	2021 2021 Restricted Endowment funds funds £ £ 4,633 - - - - - - - - 2,583 - - - - 4,633 2,583 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4,633 - 4,633 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4,633 - - 2,557 - 5,140 9,714 61,665 9,714 66,805	2021 Total funds £ 4,633 (734) 5,860 24,952 35,982 9 - 70,702 4,600 802 5,021 1,547 25,730 421 12,487 6,870 57,478 4,466 4,613 1,041 820 3,031 35 - 340 2,250 - 16,596 74,074 136,212 132,840 1,305,978 1,438,818	2020 Total funds £ 4,375 11,657 7,691 24,508 43,462 117 8,259 100,069 4,645 1,031 3,381 4,255 9,041 1,383 2,692 4,416 30,844 4,221 4,047 1,061 913 2,459 155 1,618 355 2,250 150 17,229 48,073 57,793 109,789 1,196,189 1,305,978

All incoming resources and resources expended derive from continuing activities.

Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society

Balance sheet

as at 31 December 2021 2021 Unrestricted £ Fixed assets Investments (4) 1,188,709 Total fixed assets 1,188,709 Current assets Debtors and prepayments (6) 2,471 Cash at bank and in hand (7) 190,307 Total current assets 192,778 Current liabilities: amounts falling due within one year Creditors and accruals (8) 8,250 Deferred income (9) 10,938 Total current liabilities 19,188 Net current assets / (liabilities) 173,590 Net assets 1,362,299 Funds Unrestricted funds 1,362,299 Restricted funds - Endowment funds - Total funds 1,362,299	2021 2022 Restricted Endowment £ £ - 59,508 - 59,508 - - 9,714 7,297 9,714 7,297 - - - - - - 9,714 7,297 9,714 66,805 - - 9,714 - - 66,805 9,714 66,805	2021 Total £ 1,248,217 1,248,217 2,471 207,318 209,789 8,250 10,938 19,188 190,601 1,438,818 1,362,299 9,714 66,805 1,438,818	2020 Total £ 1,112,005 1,112,005 18,648 183,150 201,798 2,250 5,575 7,825 193,973 1,305,978 1,234,599 9,714 61,665 1,305,978

For the year ending 31 December 2021 the charitable company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.

These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies’ regime and with FRS 102 (effective January 2019).

The financial statements were approved by the board of trustees on 12 May 2022

David Wilkes Asquith (Trustee)

Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society

Notes to the accounts

for the year ended 31 December 2021

1 Accounting policies

Basis of accounting

The charity constitutes a public benefit entity as defined by FRS 102. There has been no change to the accounting policies since last year.

No changes have been made to the accounts for previous years.

Going concern

The trustees are satisfied that there are no material uncertainties about the charity's ability to continue.

Incoming resources

Grants and donations

Grants and donations are only included in the SOFA when the charity has unconditional entitlement to the resources.

Where grants are related to performance and specific deliverables, they are accounted for as the charity earns the right to consideration by its performance.

Investments

Investments are stated at market value at the balance sheet date. The SOFA includes the net gains and losses arising on revaluations and disposals throughout the year.

Heritage assets

Expenditure and liabilities

Grants payable with performance conditions

Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society

Notes to the accounts

for the year ended 31 December 2021

1 Accounting policies continued

Grants payable without performance conditions

Where there are no conditions attaching to the grant that enables the donor charity to realistically avoid the commitment, a liability for the full funding obligation must be recognised.

Taxation

Tangible fixed assets

Fund accounting

Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the charity.

Restricted funds are subjected to restrictions on their expenditure imposed by the donor or through the terms of an appeal.

Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the accounts.

Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society

Notes to the accounts continued

for the year ended 31 December 2021

2 Grants Marc Fitch Fund Friends of the National Libraries Victoria & Albert Museum 3a Restricted funds Local History Publications Aerial Archaeology Yorkshire Quern Survey Marc Fitch Fund	Balance b/f £ 222 7,901 1,591 - 9,714	2021 Unrestricted funds £ - - - - Incoming £ - - - 4,633 4,633	2021 Restricted funds £ 4,633 - - 4,633 Outgoing £ - - - 4,633 4,633	2021 Total funds £ 4,633 - - 4,633 Transfers £ - - - - -	2020 Total funds £ - 3,125 1,250 4,375 Balance c/f £ 222 7,901 1,591 - 9,714

Fund name

Purpose of restriction

To be used for purchases of books on the Tudor and Stuart period from funds provided by Mr R T Spence

Local History Publications

Aerial Archaeology Yorkshire Quern Survey Marc Fitch Fund

For activities in this speciality For activities in this speciality Towards internet archive costs

Endowment funds JD Hicks Fund Elisabeth Exwood Mem Trust	Balance b/f £ 42,323 19,342 61,665	Incoming £ 2,194 389 2,583	Outgoing £ - - -	Revaluation and transfers £ 165 2,392 2,557	Balance c/f £ 44,682 22,123 66,805

3b Endowment funds

Fund name

Purpose of restriction

JD Hicks Fund

Elisabeth Exwood Memorial Trust

To be used for the purchase or repair of books, maps, pamphlets or computer items.

To be used towards purchases for the society's library and new publications in the society's "Record Series"

Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society

Notes to the accounts continued

for the year ended 31 December 2021

4 Fixed assets investments Balance b/f Gain / (loss) on revaluation Income generated (Income transferred out) Total 5 Analysis of investments CCLA COIF Charities Ethical Investment Fund CCLA COIF Charities Investment Fund Preference shares CCLA Claremont Investment 6 Debtors and prepayments Trade debtors Accrued income Other debtors 7 Cash at bank and in hand Cash at bank Cash in hand 8 Creditors and accruals Trade creditors Accruals	2021 Listed investments £ 1,112,005 136,212 35,982 (35,982) 1,248,217	2021 Total £ 1,112,005 136,212 35,982 (35,982) 1,248,217 2021 £ 9,802 9,891 196,258 1,032,266 1,248,217 2021 £ 171 2,300 - 2,471 2021 £ 207,318 - 207,318 2021 £ 6,000 2,250 8,250	2020 Total £ 1,054,212 57,793 36,814 (36,814) 1,112,005 2020 £ 8,639 8,662 190,678 904,026 1,112,005 2020 £ - 6,648 12,000 18,648 2020 £ 183,015 135 183,150 2020 £ - 2,250 2,250

Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society

Notes to the accounts continued

for the year ended 31 December 2021

Deferred income		Released	Income	Expenditure	Deferred to
		from last	received	incurred	next year
		year
		£	£	£	£
Receipts in advance		5,575	5,363	-	10,938
		5,575	5,363	-	10,938
Item name	Reason for deferral
Receipts in advance	Subscriptions and activities receipts		in advance	of their due date

10 Related party transactions

Trustee expenses

No trustee received any expenses during this year or the previous year.

Trustee remuneration and benefits

No trustee received any remuneration or benefit during this or the previous year.

Other related party transactions

Other transactions with trustees or related parties Professor Richard Hoyle Trustee Purchase of a survey of the Estates of the Currer family of Kildwick, Yorkshire by T. Addison and G.Lang, 1771 Name of trustee or related party Relationship to charity Description of transaction	2021 £ 6,000 6,000	2020 £ - -

2020	Total	funds	£			4,221	4,047	1,061	913	2,459	155	1,618	355	2,250	150	17,229	48,073	57,793	109,789	109,789	1,196,189	1,305,978
2021	Total	funds	£			4,466	4,613	1,041	820	3,031	35	-	340	2,250	-	16,596	74,074	136,212	132,840	132,840	1,305,978	1,438,818
2020	Endowment	funds	£			-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3,257	5,957	5,957	55,708	61,665
2021	Endowment	funds	£			-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2,557	5,140	5,140	61,665	66,805
2020	Restricted	funds	£			-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4,375	-	-	-	9,714	9,714
2021	Restricted	funds	£			-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4,633	-	-	-	9,714	9,714
2020	Unrestricted	funds	£			4,221	4,047	1,061	913	2,459	155	1,618	355	2,250	150	17,229	43,698	54,536	103,832	103,832	1,130,767	1,234,599
2021	Unrestricted	funds	£			4,466	4,613	1,041	820	3,031	35	-	340	2,250	-	16,596	69,441	133,655	127,700	127,700	1,234,599	1,362,299
				Expenditure (continued)	Administration	Administrative assistance	Rent, rates and utilities	Insurance	Telephone and broadband	Postage and stationery	Other charges	Printing and photocopying	Bank charges	Independent examination	AGM	Administration total	Total expenditure	Net gains/(losses) on investments	Net income / (expenditure)	Net movement in funds	Fund balances brought forward	Fund balances carried forward

OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY

Hon. General Secretary D. J. Buck (until 19.6.21; thereafter Acting) Hon. Treasurer K. A. L. Cox (from 19.6.21) Joint Hon. Editors G. Cookson (History, Acting) R. Martlew (Archaeology) Series Co-ordinators B.J. Barber (History) I. D. Roberts (Archaeology) Hon. Collections Liaison Officer S. Thomas Hon. Excursions Secretary Vacant Hon. Grants Officer I.D. Roberts Hon. Membership Secretary Vacant Hon. Publications Officer I. D. Roberts Chair, Promotions Group M. Tylee Hon. Volunteer Co-ordinator B. Wassell

HON. SECRETARIES OF SECTIONS, ETC.

Parish Register Section P. M. Litton Editor, Record Series B. J. Barber Assistant Editor Record Series C. Watson Wakefield Court Rolls Editor B. J. Barber Family History Section Vacant Industrial History Section (contact) M. Tylee Medieval Studies Section J. Heron Prehistory Research Section R. J. Cruse Roman Antiquities Section J. Heron

REPRESENTATIVES OF GROUPS AND AFFILIATED SOCIETIES

East Riding Archaeological Trust T.G. Manby East Riding Archaeological Society R. Coates Forest of Galtres Society H. Kirk Harrogate Archaeological Society J. Heward Huddersfield & District Archaeological Society S. Harling Hunter Archaeological Society R. Morgan Ingleborough Archaeology Group C Howard Middleham & Dales Local History Society A. Keates Olicana Historical Society C. Farmer PLACE M. Atherden Pontefract & District Archaeological Society E. Houlder Scarborough Archaeological & Historical Society K. Johnston Skipton & Craven Historical Society K. Jackson Upper Wharfedale Field Society H. Dye Upper Wharfedale Heritage Group M. White Wakefield Historical Society P. Judkins Whitby Literary & Philosophical Society C. Kroebel Yorkshire Philosophical Society F. Chambers Yorkshire Vernacular Buildings Study Group M. Cook

CONTACT DETAILS

YAHS, Stringer House, 34 Lupton Street, Leeds, LS10 2QW Telephone: 0113 245 7910 (Answerphone)

Email

office@yahs.org.uk president@yahs.org.uk secretary@yahs.org.uk treasurer@yahs.org.uk Website: www.yahs.org.uk

LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES

The Society's Library and Archives are available at the University of Leeds Library, where they are held on long-term loan. The Society's Archives and the books in the Society's Library printed in 1850 or before are accessible in the Special Collections department of the University Library. For details or to search the catalogue go to: https://library.leeds.ac.uk/info/1500/special_collections

The post-1850 books in the Society's Library are available on the open shelves of the University of Leeds Brotherton Library, and all the other books in the University of Leeds Library are accessible to both YAHS members and members of other groups affiliated to the YAHS. Letters of authorisation to enable application for University of Leeds Library cards may be obtained from the Society's office.

OPENING TIMES OF LEEDS UNIVERSITY LIBRARY

Details of the location and opening times for the University of Leeds Library may be found via: https://library.leeds.ac.uk/locations

The location and opening hours for Special Collections may be found at: https://library.leeds.ac.uk/locations/special-collections

EVENTS PROGRAMME

Members are reminded that the Events Programme Year runs from September to August. Subject to the relaxation of coronavirus-related restrictions on meetings, almost all the lectures for the 2022-2023 academic year are expected to take place at

the Swarthmore Education Centre, 2-7 Woodhouse Square, Leeds, LS3 1AD. The Membership Year runs from January to December and subscriptions for 2022 are due by 31 December 2021. The Yorkshire Archaeological Journal is published each year in August/September.