Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: 5

Support Score: 2

Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

12+ Trustees: -1
Good trustee age range: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +2

Overall GiG Score: 5

THE NATIONAL LIFE STORY COLLECTION

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

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from a grant maker
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
There are 14 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Established: 37 years

www.bl.uk/nls

nls@bl.uk

02074127404

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/12/22		£275	£253	£22	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/12/21		£164	£222	£-58	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1
31/12/20		£231	£219	£13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1
31/12/19	*	£309	£282	£28	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
31/12/18		£192	£259	£-67	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	2
31/12/17		£124	£261	£-137	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/16		£192	£271	£-79	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/15		£206	£246	£-39	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/14		£267	£305	£-38	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/13		£282	£298	£-16	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/12		£346	£286	£60	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/11		£296	£280	£15	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/10		£304	£273	£30	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/09		£178	£138	£41	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/08		£189	£146	£43	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/07		£224	£151	£73	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/06		£574	£180	£394	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/05		£191	£179	£13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/04		£126	£182	£-56	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
The General Public/Mankind

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
ARCADIA - An oral history of farming, land management and conservation in post-war Britain
£420,001	01/01/2019	To record interviews with farmers, land owners, scientists and representatives from organizations about the experience of change in farming practices, landownership and land management in Britain ....more To record interviews with farmers, land owners, scientists and representatives from organizations about the experience of change in farming practices, landownership and land management in Britain after World War II.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (14)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 12/14 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 43-88

PROFESSOR FAREDA BANDA Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Professor Of Law

AMANDA GAME Appointed: 2017

DR JO REILLY Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Head Of Participation And Learning, Hlf

DR JANET CONSTANCE TOPP FARGION Appointed: 2020

BILL KNIGHT Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Solicitor

DAME JENNY ABRAMSKY DBE (Chair) Appointed: 2015, Other trusteeship: CANAL & RIVER TRUST,

DR ANDREW DAVID FLINN Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Senior Academic At University College London

DR ROB PERKS, Occupation: Curator

JENNIFER WINGATE, Occupation: Solicitor

MARY STEWART Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Curator, Other trusteeship: THE ORAL HISTORY SOCIETY,

PROFESSOR PAUL RICHARD THOMPSON, Occupation: University Teacher

PROF JON AGAR Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Professor Of Science And Technology Studies

PROFESSOR NELARINE ESTELLA CORNELIUS Appointed: 2021, Occupation: University Professor

BOB BOAS, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeships: AMSCORDI LIMITED, THE NICHOLAS BOAS CHARITABLE TRUST, THE FIDELIO CHARITABLE TRUST, THE LEOPOLD TRUST, HATFIELD HOUSE CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 30/09/1987, number: 327571
Registered at Companies House on 21/09/1987, number: 02172518

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

19 returns made; AR19: 13 days late,

Main office

BRITISH LIBRARY
96 EUSTON ROAD
LONDON
NW1 2DB

Objectives

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.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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