Annual Report & Financial Statements for the year ended 31 Dec 2024
The Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain
@theSAHGB www.sahgb.org.uk 70 Cowcross Street, London, EC1M 6EL Charity No 236432 Company No 810735
Index
| Welcome Statement | 01 |
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| Reference and Administrative Details | 02 |
| Report of the Board of Trustees | 04 |
| Report of the Examining Accountant | 22 |
| Statement of Financial Activities | 24 |
| Statement of Cash Flows | 24 |
| Balance Sheet | 25 |
| Notes to Financial Statements | 26 |
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2024
Welcome from the Chair Dr Elizabeth Darling
2024 has seen another busy year for the Society. We have combined our annual programme of events with our ongoing work to promote our members’ interests, moved forward with the transition to a new journal publisher, and to continue to improve the organisation of our Society through improvements to the website.
Our seminar programme, run in collaboration with the Institute of Historical Research and very ably convened by Dr Lynne Walker and Dr Stephen Gage, continued throughout the year, providing a platform for scholarship by a range of scholars, from early to established. A packed house assembled for our Annual Lecture in March by Professor Paul Binski who spoke on ‘Architecture and Affect in the Middle Ages’. This was held at the recently restored Church House (Herbert Baker, 1930) in Westminster, and interested members were able to attend a tour of the new interiors. In May, the Society collaborated with Dr Peter Forsaith (Oxford Brookes University) for a day conference on the architects Seely & Paget, held at the Charterhouse. A day of fascinating papers culminated in a tour of this historic building. Our Study Tour this year took us to Norwich and three days were spent in glorious sunshine exploring both medieval and modern architecture; a particular highlight was an insightful talk on the major programme to restore Norwich Castle. A new initiative this year was the first Girouard Conference (co-organised with the University of Kent and the Courtauld Institute). A day conference, held in November, this was devoted to an exploration of the legacy of the architectural historian Mark Girouard. As always, our year finished with our annual Awards Ceremony, which was held at Hawksmoor’s St Anne’s Limehouse.
The Journal Transition Working Group, set up in 2023, has continued to explore the options for a new publisher for Architectural History, undertaking extensive research and talking to publishers about what they can offer us. A second initiative, also begun in 2023, was to work with the team who run the RIBA-V&A Partnership to ensure our interests
are represented following the decision to end the partnership and remove the archives and drawings collections from the V&A. Dr Oliver Urquhart Irvine joined us for a hybrid event in February 2024, at which he updated members about the progress of the move. We have also issued updates on the website and in The Architectural Historian magazine. In September, we launched an online questionnaire with the aim of enabling members to identify material they would wish to see made available during the period of the move. This work is ongoing and we continue to keep members informed through the website and our email newsletter. During this year, we also represented members’ interests when plans (since postponed) to move the collections of Historic Environment Scotland to new premises were announced.
The year has seen changes in the Board of Trustees with Dr Barnabas Calder and Prof. Christine Casey standing down as members. We thank them for their service. Our administrator, Kathryn Schofield, also left us in August and we extend our thanks to her for her work. Guy Marshall Brown joined us in September and has been responsible for enacting a thorough overhaul of our organisational software; important work that means we are now running more efficiently and saving costs from ending expensive software subscriptions. Alongside our Digital and Communications Manager, Edward Walker, work has also begun in making improvements to our website (both front and back of house) and reviving our newsletter. They also undertook the extensive work to launch our members’ area, which all members are encouraged to access.
The extent of this work, as well as the dayto-day running of the Society, would not be possible without the volunteers who make up the Management Committee and the Board of Trustees. Their contribution to the Society is invaluable and I know that members will join me in expressing heartfelt thanks to them for their tireless work.
Dr Elizabeth Darling, Chair
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Reference & Administrative Details
The Society, a company limited by guarantee, is registered as a charity with the Charity Commission. The affairs of the Society are governed by its Memorandum and Articles of Association. The liability of each member in the event of the company being wound up is limited to a sum not exceeding £1.
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President
President Professor Elizabeth McKellar
Honorary Secretary
Honorary Secretary Dr Doreen Bernath (appointed 28 July 2023)
Trustees
Chair Dr Elizabeth Darling (appointed 17 November 2022)
Honorary Treasurer Mr Luca Jellinek
Board of Trustees Dr Ann-Marie Akehurst
Mr John Cattell
Dr George Entwistle
Dr Alistair Fair
Ms Wendy Fish
Ms Tanvir Hasan
Dr Barnabas Calder (term completed 1 September 2024)
Professor Christine Casey (term completed 1 September
2024)
Management Team of the Society (non-Trustees and not elected by the General Meeting)
Administrator Ms Kathryn Schofield (stepped down 20 September 2024)
Dr Guy Marshall-Brown (appointed 20 September 2024)
Education Lead Professor Luca Csepely-Knorr
Programmes Lead Dr Stephen Gage
Communications Lead Ms Natalie Arrowsmith (stepped down 1 May 2024)
Editor, Architectural History Dr Emily Mann
Editor, The Architectural Historian Ms Hiba Alobaydi
Digital and Communications Manager Mr Edward Walker (appointed 1 September 2024)
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Reference & Administrative Details continued
The President’s Council (non-Trustees and not elected by the General Meeting)
Council Members
Professor Emeritus Malcom Airs OBE (Former President)
This group of eminent experts in our field and allied architectural disclines is led by the President and is intended to take a role in fundraising for the Society as well as to advocate for architectural history and heritage in the public realm.
Mr Bob Allies OBE
Professor Gary Boyd Ms Gillian Darley OBE Ms Helen Dorey MBE Professor Murray Fraser (Former Chair) Professor Miles Glendinning Dr Liz Green Mr Richard Griffiths Mr Edwin Heathcote Dr Olivia Horsfall Turner Professor Emeritus Maurice Howard OBE (Former President) Professor Emerita Deborah Howard (Honorary Patron) Sir Donald Insall CBE (Honorary Patron) Professor Emeritus Neil Jackson (Former President) Dr Anna Keay OBE Dr Deborah Mays Mr Charles O’Brien Sir Charles Saumarez Smith CBE Mr Matthew Slocombe Professor Ola Uduku Dr Diane Watters Professor Jianfei Zhu
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Report of the Board of Trustees
Charity No 236432 Company No 810735
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Report of the Board of Trustees
The Board of Trustees presents its report and the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2024.
The legal and administrative information forms part of this report. The financial statements comply with current statutory requirements, the Memorandum and Articles of Association and the Statement of Recommended Practice - “Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)”.
Organisation and Structure
The Society’s constitution is its Articles of Association, as revised and confirmed at the online AGM on 24 November 2021. It is governed by the Board of Trustees (BoT). The Chair, who is also a Trustee, can serve for a maximum of three years in that role but they must submit themselves for annual re-election, after initial appointment, for each of their two subsequent years in office. The BoT delegates day-to-day management of the Society’s affairs to the Honorary Secretary (called Chief Executive Officer in the Articles of Association) who leads a Management Team of a number of officers. The President, appointed by the Chair and Trustees serves a maximum of one five-year term. The President’s Council is a group of senior or co-opted members of the Society, who volunteer to support the Society’s fund raising efforts and to promote and advocate for the Society’s interest and profile in the wider world, though without budget or executive responsibility. Sub-committees on various facets of the Society’s activities report to the Board of Trustees.
Public benefit
In planning the Society’s activities, the Trustees have full regard to the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit. Our vision of ‘All Places, All Periods, All Welcome’ reinforces our commitment to accessible and diverse activity. We have a public programme with most activities open to all. For events with a charge for participation, we aim to offer support in the form of bursaries to students and young people. Within the professional programme, our academic seminars, co-supported by the Institute of Historical Research, are also publicly accessible. We publish news, podcasts, funding information and features on our website which is also freely available. Our awards, grants and scholarships programmes are open to all to apply, and they reward and celebrate research in our discipline and cognate sectors, in many cases publicly funded, which add to the public benefit. We are committed to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, and we are have convened a number of networks around protected characteristics to develop further outreach and diversify initiatives in the discipline. We actively partner with other charities and not-for-profit organisations, including the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), the Institute of Historic Building Conservation (IHBC), the C. F. A. Voysey Society, and the Institute of Historical Research (IHR).
Any surplus made from any of the Society’s activities forms part of its charitable funds.
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Objects of the Society
Our mission Knowledge, Advocacy, Dissemination
We are an educational charity dedicated to furthering the knowledge of architectural history through advancing research, education and learning; disseminating that knowledge to public and professional audiences through programming, content production, support and publishing; and advocating for our members and the discipline in heritage, architectural and higher-educational settings.
We strive to demonstrate that a strong discipline of architectural history is a vital strand of the arts and humanities, enriches the promotion and celebration of built heritage and the historic environment for all, and is part of the bedrock of architectural education and practice.
Our vision All Periods, All Places, All Welcome
We are focussed on strengthening our position as the leading subject and professional association for architectural history and architectural historians in all their professional contexts, as well as the leading forum for lifelong learning. We want to develop a diverse and sustainable membership that represents the discipline and practice of architectural history.
Our strength must be in our breadth of interest, representing plurality and proactively expanding the scope of the discipline - as the subject association we must find common threads, make connections, and weave them together. We should foster a sense of collective mission and community
of shared interest among members, professionals and other special interest organisations in our field. We need to provide more opportunities to network and exchange ideas across sectional interests and national borders, and build skills and create resilience in a difficult and complex professional landscape.
This vision can be summarised clearly as ‘All Places, All Periods, All Welcome.’
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Objects of the Society continued
Our values and principles Inclusive, Representative, Creative
As a small volunteer-led organisation that is spread geographically and has relatively limited resources, we need to have shared values and principles to guide our work and to help bring more diverse people into the fold.
We should thus aim to be agile, open and transparent; diverse, inclusive and representative of our different constituencies; and creative in problem-solving, programming, and fostering partnerships with other organisations in our sectors.
Our purpose Inform, Invigorate, Support
Beyond our ongoing commitment to the support of architectural history for its own sake, our campaigning purpose has two goals. First - to inform and invigorate the preservation of built heritage, so that architectural inheritances are understood, protected, and celebrated in their
historical contexts. Secondly - to help build and support architectural history as a fundamental discipline in contemporary architectural education so that historical method and heritage can properly inform contemporary practice.
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Activities and achievements during the year
Board of Trustees
The former Executive Committee officially adopted the roles of a Board of Trustees, following the election of the trustees in November 2021. Since then, the Board have been meeting four times a year, and the annual 2024 AGM was held on 14 November 2024.
Membership
During late 2024, a review of our membership database identified a fault that had occurred since the system was established in 2020. Thus, previously reported membership figures had erroneously included non-paying members. Consequently, the reported figure of 1109 members in 2023 was overstated. The number of members who paid the correct fees for 2024 is estimated to be approximately 750. This issue has now been resolved, and all statistics reported from 1 January 2025 onwards accurately reflect active memberships. While this adjustment appears to show a reduction in membership, it has no impact on revenue from membership fees, which has always reflected only paid-up members.
Aid declarations for the SAHGB, building on the many commitments made in previous years. We are sincerely grateful for this additional support.
2024 Membership Demographics:
Membership forms the foundation of the Society and enables us to deliver a comprehensive programme of events and outputs in pursuit of our mission as an educational charity: to advance knowledge of architectural history through research, education and learning.
Membership fees remain as approved at the 2023 AGM. The agreed increases took effect on 1 January 2024 for most categories; however, the Student, Young, and ECR rates were not increased and remain unchanged.
Donations with membership
We welcome donations with membership payments, and declarations committing to Gift Aid which will allow the SAHGB to claim tax relief on donations, if members are eligible to do this.
Throughout 2024, 71 new members completed Gift
2023 Membership Demographics:
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2024
Activities and achievements during the year continued
Education
With Prof. Luca Csepely-Knorr continuing as the Lead in Education across 2024, the following is a summary of the scholarships offered and progress made towards completion of the masters and PhD studies.
Research and Publication Grants
The Society supports valuable endeavours of scholarly projects through the research and publication grants across two rounds (May and October) of application periods:
Recipients in May 2024:
PhD scholars completed in 2024: Danielle Hewitt: The Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London, ‘Material from demolition: writing transformation through the London County Council War Debris Service’, SAHGB Andrew Lloyd Webber Award.
Heather Alcock: University of Liverpool, ‘Beyond the Village: Port Sunlight’s Global Influence’.
Erin Hammond: University of Edinburgh, ‘Forms of Feeling: Architecture and Emotion in the Victorian Gothic Revival, 1840-1875’, SAHGB one-year award.
Fuchsia Hart: University of Oxford, ‘Piety and Politics on Pilgrimage: Shrines in the reign of Fath-‘Ali Shah’, SAHGB one-year award.
PhD scholars continuing across 2024: George Jepson: The Architectural Association, London, ‘Shining Steel Tempered in the Fire: The Architecture of the Factory, Manchester 1790-1914’, the SAHGB 2020 Award, due to submit in 2025.
Michael Badu: London Metropolitan University, ‘Modern Movement Cosmopolitan: The Avant-Garde and Black Subjectivity in the Making of Progressive Practice’, part-time PhD studies, the SAHGB 2021 Award, due to submit in 2026.
MA scholars completed in 2024:
Joshua Goolden: MSc in Sustainable Heritage Management at the University of Liverpool, Arnold Stevenson Bequest, completed with Distinction in September 2024.
Edward John Gillin: ‘Gothic Science: William Whewell and the disciplining of architectural history’
Yanqi Huang: ‘The formative years of the York City Architect’s Department and the post-war architectural mediations for the historic city’s programme of modernisation’
Abigail Karas: ‘Heritage after the Future: Urban Development and Cultural Heritage in PostIndependence Chisinau’
Paul Larmour: ‘Belfast architects Sir Charles Lanyon (1813-89), and his two partners, W.H.Lynn (1829-1915) and Lanyon’s son John (1839-1900)’
Christina Malathouni: ‘Public Mental Health Facilities in Post-War England, 1948-1973’
Recipients in October 2024:
Edmund Harris: The Inimitable Architecture of Samuel Sanders Teulon (1812-1873)’
Rebecca Gill: ‘For the Glory of God: Ecclesiastical Architecture in the Age of Reform: Galeazzo Alessi and his Contemporaries’
Daria Myerscough: ‘The Legacy Attitudes Toward the WW2 Flak Towers of Berlin, Vienna and Hamburg’
Constance Marq: ‘Capturing Paris’s urban landscape: English architects’ Views of the French Capital in the Early Decades of the 19th Century’
Ryan Hampton: ‘Taverns as Contested Spaces in the Holy Roman Empire and Mexico (c. 1525-1600)’
Atarah Adams: part-time Conservation study at Birmingham City University, Arnold Stevenson Bequest, completed in September 2024.
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Activities and achievements during the year continued
SAHGB Journal: Architectural History
The contents of the 2024 volume included reconsiderations of early-eighteenth century architectural debates in Britain, nineteenthcentury asylum architecture in Britain and the US, a discussion of the Chinese Christian University in Nanking and an exploration of Empire at India House, London.
The Journal has been actively encouraging contributions from early career scholars entering the field and the society. Another priority was to look to build a closer relationship between the Journal and other scholarly events, such as the annual conference, symposiums, workshops and seminars. The Editorial Board remained fourteen strong, consisting of the editor and executive editor, two reviews editors (pre- and post-1750) and ten deputy editors, with diversity of expertise, experience, interests and perspectives.
A working group of Trustees was formed in 2024 to explore options for a new publishing arrangement since the Journal will transition from Cambridge University Press next year, as 2025 (volume 68) will be the last volume with them. The best way forward for the Society’s flagship publication is being extensively investigated within the current climate of academic publishing. The working group have been looking into the option of an Open Access (OA) platform alongside options of working with a different university press or to join a larger academic publisher. Key criteria include ensuring a continuity of editorial discretion and high-quality publication, widening of readership and accessibility, means of dissemination and promotion, cost implication, members benefits, and retention of its graphic identity as an annual volume. The investigation will carry on into early 2025 when a recommendation will be made by the working group to the Board of Trustees to be further accessed prior to a final decision.
SAHGB Magazine: The Architectural Historian The two 2024 issues, 18 and 19, of The Architectural Historian, with Hiba Alobaydi as Editor, supported by graphic designers Sam Aitkenhead and Angela Lyon, successfully came out in May and
November. Highlights and features in the May issue include: coverage of the Annual Lecture and Awards Ceremony, as well as insightful analyses of recent seminars; the power of poster politics by Dr. Sabina Andron; the challenges of navigating the built environment with epilepsy by Jessica Buckle; the British School at Rome-backed research on the Mosque of Rome; a fascinating look at the Museum of the Home’s collection; the art of exhibiting the built environment with Olivia Horsfall-Turner; uncovering the legacy of Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s Scotland Street School with Frank Arneil Walker; and examining architectural diversity in educational institutions prior to the 1880s with Diane Watters (SAHGB Council). Highlights in the November issue included: a contribution from the curator of Parliament’s Architectural Fabric Collection for our ‘Collection in Focus’ section; a feature by the Zaha Hadid Foundation reflecting on her legacy; and a book review of Phaidon’s recently released Atlas of Never Built Architecture.
SAHGB Podcast: The Architectural History Podcast The first two of the mini-series of four episodes on the subject of ‘Architecture and Media’, produced by Jessica Kelly (Podcast Editor) and Matt Roberts, were completed in 2024 and posted on the Society’s website. This series explored a different ‘medium’ and its relationship with architecture, in which each episode included invited speakers covering research from a range of periods and disciplines to show the breadth and scope of architectural history.
‘Architecture and Media’ Podcast Series: Episode 1: ‘Architecture and periodicals, pamphlets, magazines’ ; featuring Anne Hultzsch and Liske Huits
Episode 2: ‘Architecture and radio’ ; featuring Olga Touloumi and Shundana Yusuf
Episode 3: ‘Architecture and television’ ; featuring Gillian Darley and Tom Dyckhoff
Episode 4: ‘Architecture and the internet (contemporary criticism)’ ; featuring Teshome Douglas Campbell and Kate Wagner
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As with the first series, the aims of the podcast are to broaden the audiences and diversify the voices and narratives of architectural history research in academia, heritage and practice. This series is supported by a £5,000 Knowledge Exchange Funding, secured by Jessica Kelly from the University for the Creative Arts.
In parallel, an application for AHRC Follow-on Funding for the project, ‘Women of the Welfare Landscape’, a podcast series scheduled for early 2025, has been prepared and submitted by Luca Csepley-Knorr. Jessica Kelly has also been awarded RIBA Research funding for a future podcast series in 2026 on the subject of ‘Public Service and Private Practice: histories of the changing architectural profession’.
A description of role and terms were set out and discussed, and forms of regular contacts, possible collaborations, interests, agenda, initiatives, plan of activities and future visions were shared. A collaborative biennial EDI+ECR symposium has been proposed for 2026, and the in-between year of 2025 will be given to the organisation of one or two workshops with the networks’ own initiated themes and to open to participation across the society. Other than these public events in the society’s calendar, the network conveners are encouraged to organise reading groups, virtual coffee meetings, and any other informal means of gathering and exchanging between network members to promote and strengthen bonds of shared causes.
Communications
Equality Diversity and Inclusion
While the society has long sustained the support towards early career researchers (ECR), the EDI Networks were established in parallel in 2019 based on the protected characteristics outlined in the Equality Act 2010, reflecting the Society’s commitment to diversifying and making the discipline of architectural history more inclusive. There were four branches of EDI networks in 2024 in parallel to the ECR network: ‘Women Architectural Historians Network’, ‘LGBTQIA+ Network’, ‘Race and Ethnicity Network’ and ‘Disability Network’. A cross-network conveners meeting was called on 2 May 2024 to reconnect continuing and new conveners, and to enable further contact and collaboration.
| Network’, ‘Race and Ethnicity Network’ and ‘Disability Network’. A cross-network conveners meeting was called on 2 May 2024 to reconnect continuing and new conveners, and to enable further contact and collaboration. |
Network’, ‘Race and Ethnicity Network’ and ‘Disability Network’. A cross-network conveners meeting was called on 2 May 2024 to reconnect continuing and new conveners, and to enable further contact and collaboration. |
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| Active Networks and Conveners | |
| Women Architectural Historians Network |
Rosamund West and Rebecca Preston |
| LGBTQIA+ Network | Christiane Buxton |
| Race and Ethnicity Network |
Vacant |
| Disability Network | Jordan Whitewood- Neal |
| ECR Network | Camilla Allen and Juliana Kei |
The appointment of Edward Walker as the new Digital and Communications Manager since 1 September 2024 has brought new development of digital content across our website and social media. A new Members’ Area was launched on the website, giving members access to exclusive content as part of their benefits. It was well received and helped to broaden membership, particularly by engaging younger generations who are increasingly using online resources for research and specialist knowledge. This has also supported the online distribution of our magazine, making current back issues available. Website navigation has been improved, with the expanding of the News and Features section.
Further content is planned and will be fully integrated on the website. The new area can also be used as a space to share documents with the membership and allow for responses. Mechanisms to capture feedback from members and users on the website have been established to enable further improvements in the future. A more strategic approach to social media postings has also been planned to promote events, disseminate news, support fundraising and enable connections between different activities across the society. Website and social media analytics are being gathered and collated as indicators of demands, interests and areas for further development.
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The Alice Davis Hitchcock Medallion
The Alice Davis Hitchcock Medallion – awarded since 1959 – is given annually to the author of a literary work that provides an outstanding contribution to the study of architectural history. The work must be by a British author (or authors), or deal with an aspect of the architectural history of the British Isles or the Commonwealth. The award is named after the mother of the American architectural historian Henry RussellHitchcock, and the medallion consists of a Wedgwood portrait of James ‘Athenian’ Stuart. It was presented to the Society’s general meeting in 1959.
Following an open nomination process, nominees were invited to submit to a longlist. Longlist submissions comprised a writing sample, supporting statement and letters of endorsement from publishers and peers. From this, the judges decide a shortlist, read the works in their entirety, and then make a final award (with the possibility of further commendations).
The judging panel was chaired by Professor Elizabeth McKellar (SAHGB President), and comprised Dr Louise Durning, Prof. Iain Jackson, Dr Zoe Opacic, and Prof. Florian Urban.
From the nominations, the following four titles were shortlisted in 2024:
Steven Brindle , Architecture in Britain and Ireland, 1530-1830 (Paul Mellon Centre)
Robyne Calvert , The Mack: Charles Rennie Mackintosh and the Glasgow School of Art (Yale University Press)
Finola O’Kane , Landscape Design and Revolution in Ireland and the United States, 1688-1815 (Paul Mellon Centre)
Christopher Tadgell , Architecture in the Indian Subcontinent: From the Mauryas to the Mughals (Routledge)
The Alice Davis Hitchcock Medallion was jointly awarded to Steven Brindle and Robyne Calvert . The judges praised Brindle’s book for its interweaving of individual case studies and themes within the broader historical sweep of the narrative. Calvert’s The Mack was said to raise important issues about the social meaning of conservation which resonate far beyond Mackintosh alone.
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Awards continued
The Colvin Prize
The Colvin Prize is awarded annually to the author or authors of an outstanding work of reference that relates to the field of architectural history, broadly conceived. All modes of publication are eligible, including catalogues, gazetteers, digital databases and online resources. It is named in honour of Sir Howard Colvin, a former president of the Society, and one of the most eminent scholars in architectural history of the twentieth century. The prize was inaugurated in 2017, winners receive a commemorative medal designed by contemporary medallist Abigail Burt.
The judging process for the Colvin Prize mirrored that of the Alice Davis Hitchcock Medallion. The juding panel was chaired by Dr Elizabeth Darling (SAHGB Chair), and comprised Sarah Akigbogun, Assoc. Prof. Laura Fernández-González, Dr Samantha Martin, and Prof. Adam Sharr.
From the nominations, the following four titles were shortlisted:
Elain Harwood , Brutalist Britain. Buildings of the 1960s and 1970s (Batsford)
Jonathan Kewley , Isle of Man (Pevsner Buildings of England series) (Yale University Press)
Hamed Khosravi , Do you remember how perfect everything was? The Work of Zoe Zenghelis (AA Publications)
Editors: Sophia Psarra, Uta Staiger and Claudia Sternberg , Parliament Buildings. The Architecture of Politics in Europe (UCL Press)
The Colvin Prize was awarded to Hamed Khosravi . The panel commended the book for the richness of its content and its carefully assembled mix of image and text. The panel also praised the book for its accessibility to a wide audience, especially among future practitioners.
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The Hawksmoor Medal
To encourage new and unpublished entrants to the field of architectural history, the Society’s Essay Medal (popularly known as the ‘Hawksmoor’) is awarded annually to the author of the best essay submitted in competition. The competition is limited to PhD students and early career researchers (defined as within 5 years from graduation of a terminal degree).
The judging panel was chaired by Dr Doreen Bernath (SAHGB Honorary Secretary), and comprised Dr Emily Mann, Prof. Sussan Babaie, and Prof. Christian Frost.
The winner of the Hawksmoor prize was: Christopher Cowell , The Height of Health: Sections, Sanatoria, and Settler Colonialism in Northern India, 1815–1842 . Judges noted the work to be innovative in its interdisciplinary trace and sophisticated in its writing and argument.
Two commendations were awarded:
Aleksander Musiał , The Pleasures of Antiqueereones: Speculative Antiquities and Rediscovering Hygiene Architecture in Charles Cameron’s Ancient Thermae Series (1767-1780)
Aoife Stables , The Art of Triumph: A Print of the Florentine Arch for the Royal Entry of Mary I into London, 1553
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Awards continued
The Dissertation Prize
This prize celebrates the outstanding work in architectural history being carried out by postgraduate students on taught Master’s-Level courses in UK universities. The prize recognises innovative and critical thinking in and around the subject of Architectural History, broadly conceived, which supports the Society’s aim to help create a broader discipline.
To acknowledge the differences in the educational and pedagogical structures at different courses, the Society has two distinct categories for the Dissertation Prize.
Category One is for dissertations by students on taught Master’s-level courses related to architectural history and heritage. The juding panel was chaired by Prof. Luca Csepely-Knorr, and comprised Dr Moa Carlsson, and Dr Anne Hultzsch.
Category Two is for dissertations by taught Master’s-level students on accredited professional architecture (MArch) degrees. The juding panel was chaired by Prof. Luca Csepely-Knorr, and comprised Richard Adetokunbo Aina, Dr Robert Proctor, and Dr Lui Tam.
The winner of Category One was Arielle Lavine (AA School), FOREST CHILDREN: How Educations of Indigenous and Settler Children Reinscribe the Colonial Order. Judges were particularly impressed by how the author linked the present debate about unceded lands, Indigeneity, truth, and reconciliation to a rigorous historical enquiry and a proposal for a future trajectory.
The winner of Category Two was Bianca Zucchelli (Bartlett, UCL), The Eel, The Dowry and The Seamstress . The jury found that this creative, well written and very enjoyable dissertation provided a unique perspective on gendered labour in historical contexts by recreating the life of a woman in a small Italian town in the mid twentieth century, integrated with feminist theories and interdisciplinarity.
One commendation was awarded:
Kshiraja Krishnan (RCA), City of Limelight: The spatial production of cinema halls and latecolonial Bombay (1910-1933) .
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Awards continued
The Heritage Research Award
The SAHGB - IHBC Heritage Research Award recognises and celebrates the quality of architectural-historical research produced by colleagues in heritage and conservation practice, as private consultants and in nondepartmental public bodies.
Applied research undertaken for statements of significance, conservation management plans, listing, other forms of statutory protection, and to directly inform decision making in the planning and wider heritage sphere makes a significant, but all too often under-recognised contribution to the discipline and indeed to the quality of the historic environment. The Award provides an opportunity to understand better the diversity of this work, celebrate the very best of the research that goes into it, and make it better known to other professionals and the public.
In 2024 there were joint winners: Tim Howson , Market Cross, 25 Town Street, Thaxted, Essex (Heritage Asset Assessment, 2024); and Dr Christian Clarkson and Nicholas Uglow , Dalkeith Palace, Midlothian (entry draws on a recent Conservation Management Plan for the site). Both works were noted to make indispensable contributions to the future of the respective buildings.
The judging panel was chaired by John Cattell, and comprised Kathryn A Morrison FSA, Henry Russell OBE, Matthew Saunders MBE, and Sally Stradling FSA.
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Programmes
The return of in-person events continued across 2024, though hybrid has become the norm for flagship events, including the AGM, Annual Lecture, and Seminar Series. Dr Stephen Gage continued as the Lead in Programmes.
Academic Seminars
‘Constructing Coloniality: British Imperialism The SAHGB-IHR Seminar series continues to run during academic terms and the sessions are well attended by participants both in person and online. New initiatives this year include parallel visit to the Soane Museum collections and a special format seminar in the form of a panel discussion about women in the construction in the early modern period, in conjunction with the Women’s History IHR seminar.
2024 Seminars:
25 January: Neal Shasore, ‘Rethinking the Inbetween: Reflections on Interwar Historiography’
ECR Symposium
Having established the alternate framework between the Biennial Conference and smallscale symposiums and workshops, the Early Career Researchers Symposium 2024, entitled ‘Re-reading and Understanding the Narratives of the Other’, took place across the 26-27 June at the Birmingham City University, co-organised by SAHGB scholarship recipients Atarah Adams (MA) and Michael Badu (PhD). The event concluded successfully with input across two days from a series of paper presentations, roundtable discussions and the two keynotes: Ann de Graft Johnson, founding member of feminist design collective Matrix, and Professor Renée Tobe of Leeds Beckett University. The format of workshops and seminars on the second day worked well, with collaboration and input from the EDI networks, where attendees discuss and learn about the ins and outs of postgraduate, PhD and post-doc research, writing, peer supports and publication.
22 February: Judy Stephenson, ‘The
Construction Businesses of Early Modern London’
21 March: Laura C. Jenkins, ‘(Re)constructing the Gilded Age: The Cornelius Vanderbilt II Ballroom’
9 May: Elizabeth Merrill, ‘Architectural Tracings and the Fragility of Design Authorship’
6 June: Alborz Dianat, ‘The Network Around Walter Gropius in Britain, 1934-37’
4 July: Sofia Singler, ‘The Religious Architecture of Alvar, Aino and Elissa Aalto’
10 October: Livia Lupi, ‘Painting Architecture in Early Renaissance Italy: Invention and Persuasion at the Intersection of Art and Architectural Practice’
7 November: Panel, ‘Women in Building Construction in the Early Modern Period’, chaired by Lynne Walker and featuring Linda Clarke, Conor Lucey, Amy Erickson, Kirsty Wright, Elizabeth C. Biggs and Shelley E. Roff
5 December: Otto Saumarez Smith,
‘Swedophilia: Ethic or Aesthetic? Oliver Cox, Michael Ventris and the lure of Swedish Architecture in PostWar Britain’
Preparation for the 2025 Conference is also well underway by autumn 2024. A call for conveners has been opened based on the agreed premise of a ‘Future Heritage’ theme that will respond to the 50th anniversary of the European Charter of the Architectural Heritage in 2025, and along with some of the key focuses set out by the Board of Trustees and supported by the Council. A proposal from Prof. Miles Glendinning and Dr Alistair Fair of an Edinburgh event across two days, for which there will be a number of panels and invited speakers, with input from Historic Environment Scotland, as well as walks and tours organised locally, has been accepted by the society.
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Programmes continued
Annual Lecture
The 2024 Annual Lecture, entitled ‘Architecture and Affect in the Middle Ages’, was delivered by Prof. Paul Binski. This was a successful public event with full attendance that took place at Church House, London, with a hybrid format of inperson and online audience. A tour of the building was offered beforehand with the architect, Alex Scott Whitby, of the recent sustainable renovation, which was also well attended.
Annual Study Tour
Our annual study tour 2024 took us to Norwich/ Norfolk in September, which ran smoothly and received positive feedback. It began with a morning walking tour on the first day, a visit to Norwich Castle in the afternoon with the head curator, and a keynote/drinks reception by Professor Sandy Heslop hosted at Norwich Cathedral (including tour from the Cathedral archaeologist). The second day featured a coach trip to the recently restored Oxburgh Hall along with visits to Wymondham and other sites, back in Norwich in the evening for the tour dinner, to be hosted at the medieval Great Hospital. The third day offered a morning coach trip to countryside sites south of Norwich, including Hales, Kirby Cane and Ditchingham, with tour of recently listed All Hallows Convent, and returning to Norwich in the afternoon to see Goldsmiths Street (2019 Stirling Prize winner) and Lasdun’s UEA campus with tour by Dre Barnabas Calder.
Members Events
The hybrid Q&A session on the future of the RIBA House of Architecture Project with Oliver Urquhart-Irvine (RIBA Executive Director of Architecture Programmes and Collections) took place on 29 February 2024 (postponed from 2023) at Allies and Morrison, which was well attended both in person and online. The society has reaffirmed its commitment to continue to support the process by feeding back responses to the questionnaire set out by Oliver from our members and to press issues on the future of the archive and collection, such as which parts of the collection are to be prioritised for access and digitisation.
Study Days and Courses
A well-attended study day in the setting of the Charterhouse, Clerkenwell, took place on 1 May 2024, in collaboration with Peter Forsaith (Oxford Brookes) and the conference explored the work of architects Seely and Paget and life in the 21st century, and buildings that they have restored after the war. Future plans for study days and courses include: Simon Green’s proposal for a study tour of the East Riding; a possible study day with Rebecca Lane to visit Ashton Court; establishing the Insalls lecture series for 2025; and plans for RIBA short course collaboration for 2025 in conjunction with their new exhibition, ‘Difficult Sites: Architecture Against the Odds’.
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Governance and Management
Staff and volunteers
The Society is as ever heavily reliant upon volunteers. However, in order to sustain stable management, the Society has since 2022 established the position of Administrator that qualified for employment status, and in 2024 added the position of Digital and Communications Manager. Dr Guy Marshall-Brown took over Kathryn Schofield’s role as the Administrator on 20 September 2024. Edward Walker was appointed as the Digital and Communications Intern on 1 March 2024 (taking over from Francesco Fiammenghi who stepped down at the end of 2023), and later stepped up as the Digital and Communications Manager on 1 September 2024.
The management team, comprises of various Leads and Editors, remained stable over 2024, and a call for a new Communications Lead was made in late 2024, which the Society was hoping to fill by early 2025.
Trustees
For the purposes of company law, the Trustees shown on page 2 are also the directors of the company. Trustees automatically retire upon completion of their term of office but may be eligible for reappointment.
No Trustee has any beneficial interest in the Society. All Trustees are members of the Society and guarantee to contribute £1 in the event of winding up.
Since the departure of two Trustees in 2024, the Chair has initiated the process of nomination to recruit new Trustees to the board in 2025. New Trustees are identified following a review of the skills and experience needed to oversee and develop the Society.
Following appointment, new Trustees receive a briefing and induction programme as appropriate, using materials supplied by the Charity Commission and other relevant bodies.
The Society’s governing documents and policies are reviewed regularly to ensure they keep pace with developments in best practice.
Trustees’ responsibilities in the preparation of financial statements
The Trustees (who as noted are also directors of the Charity for the purposes of company law) are responsible for preparing the Society’s annual report and financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
Company law requires the Trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Charity and of the incoming resources and application of resources, including the income and expenditure, of the Charity for that period.
In preparing those financial statements, the Trustees are required to:
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Select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
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Observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP;
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Make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
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State whether applicable UK Accounting Standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements; and
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Prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the Charity will continue on that basis.
The Trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the Society and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the Society and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
The Trustees are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the corporate and financial information on the Society’s website. Legislation
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in the United Kingdom governing the preparation and dissemination of financial statements may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions.
Risk Management
The Board of Trustees’ has examined the major strategic, business and operational risks which the Society faces and confirms that systems have been established to enable regular reports to be produced so that the necessary steps can be taken to lessen these risks.
Reserves
The Board of Trustees examines the major strategic, business, and operational risks facing the Society and confirms that regular reports are taken and discussions held covering these areas to ensure the necessary steps to mitigate such risks are implemented.
As at 31 December 2024, the Society’s free reserves were £392,395 (2023: £387,984). In order to meet unexpected liabilities or appeals for funding, the Trustees believe that the Society should hold easily accessible reserves of between £300,000 and £350,000 and expect the free reserves to be within, or close to, this range.
Going Concern
After making appropriate enquiries, the Trustees have a reasonable expectation that the Society has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.
Investment powers and policy
The Trustees have the investment powers set out in the Memorandum and Articles of Association to invest in any investments, securities or properties, those monies that the Society does not immediately need. Such funds are invested by the Society’s discretionary investment managers, Brewin Dolphin.
Independent examiner
In view of the scale of the Society’s activities and net assets, an independent examination but not an audit of the Financial Statements is required. This examination has been carried out by Sue Kowszun BA FCA DChA.
Statement of disclosure of information to the Independent Examiner
The Trustees at the date of approval of this Trustees’ annual report confirm that, so far as each of them is aware, there is no relevant audit information of which the Society’s independent examiner is unaware, and the Trustees have taken all steps that they ought to have taken to make themselves aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the independent examiner is aware of that information.
Approved by the Board of Trustees on 17 September 2025 and signed on its behalf by:
Dr Doreen Bernath, Hon. Secretary
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Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees of The Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain Limited (SAHGB)
Charity No 236432 Company No 810735
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Independent Examiner’s report
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Company for the year ended 31 December 2024, which are set out on pages 24 to 32.
Responsibilities and basis of report
As the charity’s trustees of the 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 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 2011 (‘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 which gives me cause to believe that:
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Accounting records were not kept in respect of the Company as required by section 386 of the 2006 Act; or
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The accounts do not accord with those records; or
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The accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements concerning 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
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The accounts have not been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (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.
Sue Kowszun BA FCA DChA
Harlequin Accounting and Financial Services Limited Bancroft, Mill Road West Chiltington, West Sussex RH20 2PZ
17 September 2025
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Financial Statements Approved on 17 September 2025
| Statement of fnancial activities INCOME FROM: Charitable activities Events income Ancilliary trading income Fundraising Donations and legacies Investments Investment income TOTAL INCOME EXPENDITURE ON: Raising Funds Fundraising and development Trading expenditure Investment management Charitable Activities Education and grant making Total Expenditure Net income/ (expenditure) and movement in funds for the year before gains/ (losses) on investments Net gains/ (losses) on investments Transfer between funds Net income/ (expenditure) and movement in funds for the year Reconciliation of funds Total funds brought forward Total funds carried forward |
Notes | Restricted Funds £ Designated Funds £ Unrestricted Funds £ Total Funds 2024 £ Total Funds 2023 £ |
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| 2 3 4 5 11 |
- 9,377 9,377 9,154 - 26,479 26,479 27,404 - 21,638 38,927 60,565 44,178 17,564 365 14,177 32,106 31,845 |
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| 17,564 22,003 88,960 128,527 112,581 |
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| - 30 22,585 22,615 21,520 - - 17,250 17,250 18,280 3,518 73 2,839 6,430 6,411 - - 53,644 53,644 94,833 |
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| 3,518 103 96,318 99,939 141,044 |
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| 14,046 21,900 (7,358) 28,588 (28,463) |
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| 14,580 303 11,769 26,652 22,612 - - - - - 28,626 22,203 4,411 55,240 (5,851) 480,631 9,979 387,984 878,594 884,445 |
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| 509,257 32,182 392,395 933,834 878,594 |
The statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses in the year. All incoming resources and resources expended derive from continuing activities.
| Statement of Cash fows | Notes | Restricted Funds £ Designated Funds £ Unrestricted Funds £ Total Funds 2024 £ Total Funds 2023 £ |
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| Cash fows Net cash provided by/ (used in) operating activi- ties Cash withdrawal from investments Net transferred (to)/ from Investments Change in cash and cash equivalents Cash and cash equivalents at start of year Cash and cash equivalents at end of year |
10 | (14,656) 21,608 (17,582) (10,630) (57,197) - - 30,586 30,586 63,536 - (21,608) 21,608 - - (14,656) - 34,612 19,956 6,339 14,656 – (68) 14,588 8,249 |
| - - 34,544 34,544 14,588 |
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Financial Statements continued
The accompanying accounting policies and notes form an integral part of these financial statements.
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| Balance Sheet Notes |
2024 £ |
2023 £ |
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| Fixed Assets Investments 11 Current Assets Stock Debtors and prepayments 12 Cash at bank Creditors: amounts due within one year 13 Net current assets Net assets 14 Funds of the Society Unrestricted funds Designated funds Restricted funds Total funds 15 |
8,658 7,947 34,544 |
9,583 6,948 14,588 |
900,552 (21,958) |
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| 922,294 | ||||
| 54,149 | 31,119 | |||
| 39,609 | 53,077 | |||
| 11,540 | ||||
| 933,834 | 878,594 | |||
| 387,984 - 490,610 |
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| 392,395 | ||||
| 32,182 | ||||
| 509,257 | ||||
| 933,834 | 878,594 |
For the year ended 31 December 2024 the Society was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.
Trustees’ responsibilities:
The Trustees have not required the Society to obtain an audit of its accounts for the year in question in accordance with section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.
The Trustees acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect accounting records and for the preparation of financial statements.
The accompanying accounting policies and notes form an integral part of these financial statements.
These unaudited financial statements have been subject to independent examination. See report on page 23.
Signed on behalf of the Board of Trustees, 17 September 2025
Luca Jellinek, Honorary Treasurer
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Notes to the Financial Statements
1) Accounting policies
Basis of preparation
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention as modified by the inclusion of fixed asset investments at market value, and they have been prepared in accordance with the “Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)”. They also comply with the Charities Act 2011 and the Companies Act 2006.
The Society meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102.
These unaudited financial statements have been subjected to independent examination. See report on page 23.
The principal accounting policies of the Society have remained unchanged from the previous year and are set out below.
Going Concern
The financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis.
Income
Incoming resources are included gross, without netting off any related expenditure.
Incoming resources, including legacies, are generally recognised when the Society becomes entitled to the resources, when receipt is virtually certain and when the monetary amount can be measured with sufficient reliability. Specific policies relating to the Society’s particular income sources are as follows:
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Donations are included in the Statement of Financial Activities (SOFA) gross of any related tax claim.
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Income relating specifically to a future accounting period is deferred.
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Interest on funds on deposit is included when receivable. Dividend income is recorded when received.
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Expenditure
Liabilities are included once the Society is under a legal or constructive obligation to transfer economic resources.
Costs of charitable activities include those costs directly attributable to activities undertaken in pursuit of the Society’s objects.
Support costs include central functions and have been allocated to activity cost categories consistent with the use of these resources.
Governance costs include all costs relating to compliance with legal and regulatory requirements.
Bursaries payable are included as liabilities once the Society has irrevocably committed itself to the award.
Fixed Asset Investments
Investments held as fixed assets are revalued at market value at the balance sheet date and both realised and unrealised gains and losses are taken to the SOFA.
Stock
Stock also comprises copies of the Society’s publications, medals and prizes and is included at the lower cost and net realisable value with due provision made for obsolete and slow-moving items.
Fund Structure
Unrestricted funds are those funds available for use at the discretion of the Trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the Society.
Restricted funds may only be utilised in accordance with the wishes of the donor.
Designated funds are unrestricted funds earmarked by the Trustees for particular purposes.
Taxation
No provision for taxation, deferred or otherwise, has been made in the financial statements of the Society, as it is a charity in accordance with the Charities Act 2011 and is exempt from taxation except for value added tax (VAT), provided that income and gains are applied for charitable purposes under s505 of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 and s252 of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992. VAT is included in the cost of those items to which it relates.
Foreign currencies
Transactions in foreign currencies are recorded at the rate ruling at the date of the transaction. Monetary assets and liabilities are retranslated at the rate of exchange ruling at the balance sheet date. All differences are taken to the SOFA.
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| 2)Events Income Annual Lectures Study Tour Annual Conference Other Events |
Unrestricted Total 2024 £ Unrestricted Total 2023 £ 1,147 709 6,551 6,240 - 2,205 1,679 - |
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| 9,377 9,154 |
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| 3)Donations and Legacies Subscriptions Gifts and donations |
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| Restricted Funds £ Designated Funds £ Unrestricted Funds £ – – 30,996 – 21,638 7,931 |
Total Funds 2024 £ Total Funds 2023 £ 30,996 27,303 29,569 16,875 |
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| - 21,638 38,927 |
60,565 44,178 |
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| 4) Investment income Dividend and interest income |
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| Restricted Funds £ Designated Funds £ Unrestricted Funds £ 17,564 365 14,177 |
Total Funds 2024 £ Total Funds 2023 £ 32,106 31,845 |
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| 17,564 365 14,177 |
32,106 31,845 |
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| Staff Costs £ Other Costs £ |
Total 2024 £ Total 2023 £ |
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| Costs of raising funds Costs of generating voluntary income Trading expenditure Investment management costs Total cost of raising funds Charitable activities Education and grant making Printing & distribution of journals & newsletters Events - study tours, lectures & symposium Grants, awards and prizes Support costs - (see note 6) Governance costs - (see note 7) Total costs of education and grant making Total expenditure |
19,778 2,837 – 17,250 – 6,430 |
22,615 21,520 17,250 18,280 6,430 6,411 |
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| 19,778 26,517 |
46,295 46,211 |
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| – 12,875 – 14,720 – 16,950 – 7,188 – 1,911 |
12,875 15,678 14,720 15,019 16,950 55,950 7,188 6,913 1,911 1,273 |
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| - 53,644 |
53,644 94,833 |
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| 19,778 80,161 |
99,939 141,044 |
Bursaries are awarded in accordance with the Society’s objects of furthering the study and advancing the knowledge of the history and development of architecture. All bursaries awarded during the year were made to individuals and relate to research undertaken in architectural history.
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| 6)Support costs | Unrestricted Total funds 2024 £ Unrestricted Total funds 2023 £ |
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| Accountancy and taxation Bank charges Postage and offce costs IT and software costs Insurance |
1,400 1,200 371 242 410 1,995 4,061 2,662 946 814 |
| 7,188 6,913 |
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| 7)Governance costs | |
| Unrestricted Total funds 2024 £ Unrestricted Total funds 2023 £ |
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| Independent examination fee Legal fees and compliance Trustee expenses |
350 300 82 61 1,479 912 |
| 1,911 1,273 |
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| 2024 £ 2023 £ |
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| Salaries and wages Pension costs |
19,497 17,594 281 269 |
| 19,778 17,863 |
The total number of employees at 31 December 2024 was 2 (2023: 2).
9) Trustees remuneration and related party transactions
The following trustees recieved bursaries; Dr George Entwistle £250 (2023: nil), Four Trustees (2023: Four) were reimbursed travel expenses and administration costs to a total of £1,479 during the year (2023: £912). There are no other related parties who had a personal interest in a transaction entered into by the Society during the year (2023: nil).
At the end of the year £19 was due from SAHGB Publications Limited (2023: £19).
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| 10) Reconciliation of net income/ (expenditure) to net cash fow from operating activities |
Restricted Funds £ Designated Funds £ Unrestricted Funds £ Total Funds 2024 £ Total Funds 2023 £ |
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| Net income/ (expenditure) per statement of fnancial activities Adjustments for: (Gains) / Losses on investments Interest from investments Asset management costs (Increase)/ Decrease in debtors (Decrease) / Increase in creditors (Increase) / Increase in stock Net cash (used in)/provided by operating activities |
28,626 22,203 4,411 55,240 (5,851) (14,580) (303) (11,769) (26,652) (22,612) (17,564) (365) (14,177) (32,106) (31,845) 3,518 73 2,839 6,430 6,411 - - (999) (999) 8,712 (14,656) - 1,188 (13,468) (10,232) - - 925 925 (1,780) |
| (14,656) 21,608 (17,582) (10,630) (57,197) |
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| 11) Investments | |
| Restricted Funds £ Unrestricted Funds £ Unrestricted Funds £ Total Funds 2024 £ Total Funds 2023 £ |
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| Managed portfolio of investments Market value of managed portfolio 1 January Investment income Cash payout Funds transfer Asset management costs Realised/ unrealised gains/ (losses) Market value of managed portfolio 31 December Shares in SAHGB Publications LTD Investments at market value comprises: Equities Fixed interest securities & Alternative investments Cash held within the investment portfolio Assets in the UK Assets outside the UK |
480,631 9,979 409,941 900,551 916,041 17,564 365 14,177 32,106 31,845 - - (30,586) (30,586) (63,536) - 21,608 (21,608) - - (3,518) (73) (2,839) (6,430) (6,411) 14,580 303 11,769 26,652 22,612 |
| 509,257 32,182 380,854 922,293 900,551 |
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| 509,257 32,182 380,855 922,294 900,552 |
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| 275,649 17,419 206,147 499,215 468,335 211,622 13,373 158,265 383,260 424,999 21,986 1,389 16,443 39,818 7,217 |
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| 509,257 32,181 380,855 922,293 900,551 |
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| 263,256 16,636 196,880 476,772 380,670 246,001 15,546 183,974 445,521 519,881 |
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| 509,257 32,182 380,854 922,293 900,551 |
| 12) Debtors and Prepayments | Unrestricted Total funds 2024 £ Unrestricted Total funds 2023 £ |
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| Tax receivable on gift-aided receipts Amounts receivable from subsidiary Prepayments and accrued income |
7,407 6,385 19 19 521 544 |
| 7,947 6,948 |
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| 13) Creditors: amounting falling due within one year Accruals and deferred income Bursaries and awards Wages payable Tax and social security payments Pension payments |
Unrestricted Total funds 2024 £ Unrestricted Total funds 2023 £ 24,138 18,570 14,557 32,865 188 1,354 523 122 203 166 |
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| 39,609 53,077 |
| 14) Analysis of net assets between funds Cash at bank Other net assets Investments Net assets |
14) Analysis of net assets between funds Cash at bank Other net assets Investments Net assets |
Restricted Funds £ Designated Funds £ Unrestricted Funds £ Total Funds 2024 £ Total Funds 2023 £ |
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| - - 34,544 34,544 14,588 - - (23,004) (23,004) (36,546) 509,257 31,182 380,855 922,294 900,552 |
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| 509,257 32,182 392,395 933,834 878,594 |
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| Movement of funds - 2024 Unrestricted funds: General funds Designated funds: Girouard fund Restricted funds: Jonathan Vickers Fund James Morris Fund Arnold Stevenson Fund Total funds |
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| 1st Jan 2024 £ Incoming £ Outgoing £ Net Gains £ Transfers £ 31st Dec 2024 £ 387,984 88,960 (96,318) 11,769 - 392,395 9,979 22,003 (103) 303 - 32,182 |
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| 397,963 110,963 (96,421) 12,072 - 424,577 51,588 1,885 (378) 1,565 - 54,660 5,301 194 (39) 161 - 5,617 423,742 15,485 (3,101) 12,854 - 448,980 |
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| 480,631 17,564 (3,518) 14,580 - 509,257 |
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| 878,594 128,527 (99,939) 26,652 - 933,834 |
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| Movement of funds - 2023 Unrestricted funds: General funds Designated funds: Girouard fund Restricted funds: Jonathan Vickers Fund James Morris Fund H B Allen Charitable Trust Fund Arnold Stevenson Fund John R Murray Charitable Trust Fund Total funds |
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| 1st Jan 2023 £ Incoming £ Outgoing £ Net Gains £ Transfers £ 31st Dec 2023 £ 386,011 84,655 (92,551) 9,869 - 387,984 - 9,979 - - - 9,979 |
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| 386,011 94,634 (92,551) 9,869 - 397,963 58,702 2,114 (10,729) 1,501 - 51,588 5,027 181 (36) 129 - 5,301 11,586 417 (12,299) 296 - - 420,879 15,154 (23,051) 10,760 - 423,742 2,240 81 (2,378) 57 - - |
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| 498,434 17,947 (48,493) 12,743 - 480,631 |
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| 884,445 112,581 (141,044) 22,612 - 878,594 |
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Jonathan Vickers fund
This fund (set up in the name of, and with a substantial donation from the estate of, a late member) is being used specifically to support post-graduate students of architectural history.
James Morris fund
This fund had previously been used to provide an annual essay prize in memory of James Morris, who was a partner of Sir Herbert Baker in Cape Town. We are reviewing with the donor the allocation of the remaining funds dedicated to this prize.
H B Allen Charitable Trust fund
This grant was awarded to fund a PhD scholarship in Heritage Buildings.
Arnold Stevenson fund
Income from this fund (set up in the name of, and with a substantial donation from the estate of, a late member) is to be used to fund educational bursaries.
John R Murray Charitable fund
The donation established a fund to cover expenses related to the Oral Histories Programme.
Girouard fund
The Girouard Fund has been established in memory of Mark Girouard (1931 - 2022). Its purpose is to support architectural publications.
15) Company limited by guarantee
The Society is a company limited by guarantee and as such does not have any share capital. The Trustees, who are also the members, have each agreed to contribute £1 in the event of a winding up.
16) Control
In the opinion of the Trustees there is no single controlling party of the Society.
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