# PALMERSTON FORTS SOCIETY

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 294293
- **Other names:** THE PORTSDOWN ARTILLERY VOLUNTEERS (UNIFORMED RE-ENACTMENT SECTION)
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** May 2, 1986
- **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=294293


## Contact

- **Address:** Palmerston Forts Society, Fort Nelson, Portsdown Hill Road, FAREHAM
- **Postcode:** PO17 6AN
- **Phone:** 01329 848505
- **Email:** enquiries@palmerstonfortssociety.org.uk
- **Website:** www.palmerstonfortssociety.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECTS OF THE SOCIETY IS THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORY OF FORT NELSON AND OTHER VICTORIAN FORTIFICATIONS. IN PARITCULAR BY SUPPORTING AND ASSISTING THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE FORTIFICATIONS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.

**Activities:** The Palmerston Forts Society acts as a forum for research on the Victorian Fortifications of the Portsmouth area and the U.K. A journal is published each year. The Society arranges work parties and educational programmes of lectures, talks and visits to forts. A section of the Society is the Portsdown Artillery Volunteers who regularly perform authentic Victorian gun drills and firings.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Human Resources, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- **What:** Education/training, Environment/conservation/heritage
- **Who:** Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Hampshire



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept. 30, 2025 | £8904 | £4834 | — | — |
| Sept. 30, 2024 | £9712 | £5462 | — | — |
| Sept. 30, 2023 | £8399 | £5976 | — | — |
| Sept. 30, 2022 | £6645 | £4087 | — | — |
| Sept. 30, 2021 | £5878 | £4038 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Philip Robert Russell** (Chair) — appointed Oct. 16, 2021
- Barrie Charles Eden — appointed Oct. 19, 2024
- DUNCAN STUART WILLIAMS — appointed Oct. 13, 2011
- Darrel Lee Instrell — appointed Oct. 14, 2017
- Graham Colin Linington — appointed Oct. 14, 2017
- Joanne Louise Thornton — appointed Oct. 14, 2023
- Lewis Graham Sharp — appointed Oct. 12, 2019
- Paul Wells — appointed Oct. 25, 2025
- Sarah Benson — appointed Oct. 14, 2023
- Steve Berden — appointed Oct. 19, 2024
- Tracy Rosemarie O'Neill — appointed Oct. 25, 2025