Codicote Local History Society

Analysis

Codicote Local History Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hitchin. It was registered in November 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it sponsors or undertakes research, acts as an umbrella or resource body and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Codicote Local History Society reported income of £10k and spending of £11k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £1,180 to £10k (+781%), an average of +72% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 265%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Codicote Local History Society sits at the 33rd percentile: it is larger than about 32% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 32nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Medieval Settlement Research Group (£10k), The Friends of St Margaret's Church, High Halstow (£10k) and Farndale Village Hall (£10k).