# WAKEFIELD HISTORICAL SOCIETY

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 248363
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** June 21, 1966
- **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=248363


## Contact

- **Address:** 12 Denhale Avenue, WAKEFIELD, West Yorkshire
- **Postcode:** WF2 9EF
- **Phone:** 07525192579
- **Email:** info@wakefieldhistoricalsociety.org.uk
- **Website:** www.wakefieldhistoricalsociety.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** PRESERVATION OF MATTER OF HISTORICAL OR ANTIQUARIAN INTEREST RELATING TO THE CITY OF WAKEFIELD AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD.

**Activities:** Lecture programmes of historical interest subject particularly relating to the Wakefield & Yorkshire area. Summer season visits to places of historical interest. Encourages research into matters of historical interest particularly in the Wakefield and Yorkshire areas.

**Area of benefit:** WAKEFIELD AND DISTRICT.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- City Of Wakefield



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £3774 | £3351 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £4334 | £1832 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £4634 | £2891 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £5281 | £887 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £1044 | £5742 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **RICHARD KNOWLES** (Chair) — appointed March 14, 2018
- Angela De Courcy Bower — appointed March 11, 2026
- BRIAN THOMAS — appointed Oct. 6, 2011
- Claire Pickering — appointed Jan. 17, 2017
- DAVID SCRIVEN — appointed Oct. 6, 2011
- Dr Joanne Harrison RIBA IHBC — appointed March 10, 2021
- Jody Ineson — appointed March 8, 2017
- Kenneth Rowley — appointed March 11, 2015
- LORRAINE SIMPSON — appointed March 11, 2015
- MARY JOSEPHINE HERON — appointed Aug. 24, 2012
- MRS PAM JUDKINS
- Michael John Rochford — appointed May 2, 2024
- Olivia Rowley — appointed March 9, 2022
- Peter Charles David Brears — appointed March 11, 2026
- SHIRLEY LEVON
- Stephen Anthony Hargrave — appointed March 12, 2025