# THE BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 229524
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Nov. 13, 1964
- **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=229524


## Contact

- **Address:** c/o Institute of English Studies, Room 234A, Senate House, Malet Street, LONDON
- **Phone:** 02076544828
- **Email:** bibsoc@london.ac.uk
- **Website:** www.bibsoc.org.uk



## Activities

**Activities:** The Bibliographical Society promotes and encourages study and research in historical, analytical, descriptive and textual bibliography, the making and use of manuscripts, the history of printing, publishing and illustration, the history of bookbinding, the history of the book, as well as the history of libraries, provenance, readership, and book collecting.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- **What:** Education/training
- **Who:** Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £175038 | £144740 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £166720 | £155025 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £162337 | £135885 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £155456 | £139114 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £169305 | £122481 | — | — |



## Trustees

- DAVID ROBERT STANLEY PEARSON
- David Macfarlane — appointed Oct. 24, 2023
- Dr Alessandro Bianchi — appointed Oct. 18, 2022
- Dr Alexandra Franklin — appointed Oct. 24, 2023
- Dr JAMES WILLOUGHBY — appointed Oct. 18, 2017
- Dr Joseph Frederick Hone — appointed Oct. 28, 2025
- Dr Julia Lilinoe Morris King — appointed Oct. 28, 2025
- Dr Karen Limper-Herz — appointed Oct. 20, 2015
- Dr Laura Janet Cleaver — appointed Oct. 28, 2025
- Dr Matthew Thomas William Payne — appointed Oct. 20, 2020
- Dr Nicolas John Bell — appointed Oct. 17, 2017
- Dr Stella Dragomirova Panayotova — appointed Oct. 8, 2024
- Dr WILLIAM POOLE — appointed Oct. 18, 2017
- EDWARD POTTEN — appointed Oct. 17, 2017
- Gabriel Mary Sewell — appointed Oct. 18, 2022
- Julia Walworth — appointed Oct. 18, 2016
- Liam Martin Sims — appointed Oct. 24, 2023
- Lucy Grace Evans — appointed Oct. 8, 2024
- MARGARET LANE FORD
- Professor James Raven FBA — appointed April 23, 2011
- RICHARD ALAN LINENTHAL