# HISTORY OF ADVERTISING TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 276194
- **Other names:** HAT, HAT ARCHIVE
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** July 17, 1978
- **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=276194


## Contact

- **Address:** The History of Advertising Trust, Unit 12, The Raveningham Centre, Beccles Road, Raveningham
- **Postcode:** NORWICH
- **Phone:** 01508548623
- **Email:** enquiries@hatads.org.uk
- **Website:** www.hatads.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN FIELDS OF THE HISTORY AND SIGNIFICANCE OF ADVERTISING AND MARKETING AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ADVERTISING INDUSTRY.

**Activities:** The History of Advertising Trust is the largest archive of UK advertising material in the world and is an educational Trust formed in 1976, becoming a registered charity in 1978.  It encourages and subsidises the study of UK advertising and brand communications. Through HAT Archive, it rescues, preserves and conserves the industry's history and its best work.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage, Economic/community Development/employment
- **Who:** Children/young People, People With Disabilities, People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Norfolk



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £352161 | £341490 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £320231 | £316407 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £311333 | £349726 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £345123 | £325558 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £303966 | £289415 | — | — |



## Trustees

- Brinsley Dresden — appointed Aug. 5, 2025
- Harjot Singh — appointed May 14, 2023
- Joanne Louise Arden — appointed May 16, 2023
- Katharine Stanners — appointed Nov. 21, 2023
- Kathryn Jacob — appointed Aug. 5, 2025
- Orlando Wood — appointed Aug. 5, 2025
- PAUL JEFFREY BAINSFAIR — appointed Sept. 1, 2017
- SALLY CHAN — appointed March 13, 2022
- Sabina Usher — appointed May 16, 2023
- Thomas Knox — appointed Feb. 1, 2020
- Victoria Thompson — appointed Aug. 5, 2025