The Past and Present Society

Analysis

The Past and Present Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Warwickshire. It was registered in October 1989, 37 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02414260). It says it makes grants to individuals and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Past and Present Society reported income of £365k and spending of £414k, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £430k to £365k (-15%), an average of -4.0% a year. Over the whole period it spent 124% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Past and Present Society sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Jones Community and Education Trust (£365k), Peapod Pre-School (£365k) and The Post-Keynesian Economics Society (£365k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.