# THE NATIONAL LIFE STORY COLLECTION

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 327571
- **Other names:** NATIONAL LIFE STORIES NLS
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Sept. 30, 1987
- **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=327571


## Contact

- **Address:** BRITISH LIBRARY, 96 EUSTON ROAD, LONDON
- **Postcode:** NW1 2DB
- **Phone:** 02074127404
- **Email:** nls@bl.uk
- **Website:** www.bl.uk/nls



## Activities

**Objects:** TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDON OF A NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY IN SOUND CONSISTING OF A NATIONAL COLLECTION OF AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL AND OTHER LIFE STORY RECORDS.

**Activities:** The charity was established in 1987 to &#x27;record first-hand experiences of as wide a cross-section of present-day society as possible&#x27;. Its key focus and expertise has been oral history fieldwork and for thirty years it has initiated a series of innovative interviewing programmes.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £299026 | £318793 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £288646 | £347375 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £274988 | £253314 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £163805 | £221915 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £231355 | £218697 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **DAME JENNY ABRAMSKY DBE** (Chair) — appointed May 14, 2015
- Amanda Game — appointed May 25, 2017
- BOB BOAS
- Bill Knight — appointed Aug. 15, 2011
- Dr Andrew David Flinn — appointed June 6, 2019
- Dr Janet Constance Topp Fargion — appointed July 16, 2020
- Dr ROB PERKS
- Mary Stewart — appointed Sept. 20, 2021
- PROFESSOR PAUL RICHARD THOMPSON
- Prof Jon Agar — appointed May 25, 2017
- Professor Fareda Banda — appointed Dec. 7, 2021
- Professor Nelarine Estella Cornelius — appointed Sept. 20, 2021


