# THE STRACHEY TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 263845
- **Other names:** THE CENTRAL REGISTER OF MANUSCRIPTS
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Trust
- **Registered:** June 2, 1972
- **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=263845


## Contact

- **Address:** Society of Authors, 24 Bedford Row, LONDON
- **Postcode:** WC1R 4EH
- **Phone:** 02073736642
- **Email:** sbaxter@societyofauthors.org
- **Website:** www.societyofauthors.org



## Activities

**Objects:** THE SEARCHING OUT BY AVAILABLE MEANS OF MANUSCRIPTS AND THE ESTABLISHMENT BY MECHANICAL PROCESSES OR OTHERWISE AND THE MAINTENANCE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC OF A REGISTER OF MANUSCRIPTS SO DISCOVERED BEING A REGISTER INDICATING THE NATURE OF THE MANUSCRIPT AND WHERE IT IS KEPT OR BELIEVED TO BE KEPT AND THE ACQUISITION BY PURCHASE OR OTHERWISE OF MANUSCRIPTS OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN AND THEIR PRESERVATION AND THE PROVISION AND MAKING OF FACILITIES AND ARRANGEMENTS FOR THEIR INSPECTION AND FOR REFERENCE THERETO BY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ON SUCH TERMS AND SUBJECT TO SUCH CONDITIONS AS ARE REASONABLE AND PROPER.

**Activities:** The Trust promotes access to, and availability of, manuscripts of use to historians, biographers and other researchers, as well as assisting in the tracing of copyright holders.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations
- **What:** Education/training
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Northern Ireland
- Scotland



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2025 | £4737 | £12403 | — | — |
| June 30, 2024 | £4586 | £12881 | — | — |
| June 30, 2023 | £4632 | £8704 | — | — |
| June 30, 2022 | £4784 | £10451 | — | — |
| June 30, 2021 | £3832 | £9748 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Nino Strachey** (Chair) — appointed Jan. 5, 2022
- Dr PAUL LEVY PHD, FRSL
- Professor Alexandra Susan Harris — appointed Jan. 5, 2022
- Rebekah Elizabeth Brown — appointed Oct. 8, 2025
- The Society of Authors — appointed Jan. 5, 2022
- VIRGINIA NICHOLSON — appointed April 6, 2017