# FRIENDS OF HISTORIC ESSEX

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 235270
- **Other names:** THE FRIENDS OF HISTORIC ESSEX-SUPPORTING THE ESSEX RECORD OFFICE
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** July 8, 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=235270


## Contact

- **Address:** ESSEX RECORD OFFICE, WHARF ROAD, CHELMSFORD
- **Postcode:** CM2 6YT
- **Phone:** 01621856827
- **Email:** friendsofhistoricessex@hotmail.co.uk
- **Website:** www.historicessex.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO FOSTER INTEREST IN ESSEX HISTORY AND IN THE COLLECTIONS AT THE ESSEX RECORD OFFICE, INGATESTONE HALL AND ELSEWHERE (FOR DETAILS SEE CONSTITUTION)

**Activities:** To support the work of the Essex Record Office.  The promotion of the education of the public in the history of the County of Essex as constituted in 1954, including those London Boroughs which were formerly within Essex. To publish or assist in the publication of material relating to the history of Essex.

**Area of benefit:** ESSEX




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Human Resources
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
- **Who:** Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Essex
- Throughout London



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £6657 | £10800 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £11208 | £17889 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £6187 | £4284 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £3705 | £3001 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £5935 | £3297 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Jennifer Butler** (Chair) — appointed May 17, 2015
- Anthony William Robert Gunn — appointed July 13, 2024
- Catherine Pearson — appointed July 13, 2024
- Martin Stallion — appointed Oct. 16, 2025
- Neil Wiffen — appointed July 6, 2019
- Rachael Bailey-Gibson — appointed July 8, 2023
- Ruth Earnshaw — appointed Oct. 17, 2017
- Simon Coxall — appointed July 24, 2021