# HISTORY OF ADVERTISING TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 276194
- **Other names:** HAT, HAT ARCHIVE
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [01354445](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01354445)
- **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&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_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:** 01508 548623
- **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&#x27;s history and its best work.




## 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



## Geography

- Norfolk





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Brinsley Dresden |  | Aug. 5, 2025 |
| Harjot Singh |  | May 14, 2023 |
| Joanne Louise Arden |  | May 16, 2023 |
| Katharine Stanners |  | Nov. 21, 2023 |
| Kathryn Jacob |  | Aug. 5, 2025 |
| Orlando Wood |  | Aug. 5, 2025 |
| PAUL JEFFREY BAINSFAIR |  | Sept. 1, 2017 |
| SALLY CHAN |  | March 13, 2022 |
| Sabina Usher |  | May 16, 2023 |
| Simon Philip Michaelides |  | May 12, 2026 |
| Thomas Knox |  | Feb. 1, 2020 |
| Victoria Thompson |  | Aug. 5, 2025 |




