About

The Society was founded in 1808 and was established formally as a charity by Royal Charter in 1906.  It is registered with the Charity Commission as charity number 314286. There are a minimum of 12 people on the Board of Trustees, known as the Council of the Society.  The Society also has a President (Rt Hon David Lammy MP) and a Vice-President (Professor Richard Aldrich, Emeritus Professor of the History of Education, Institute of Education, University of London).   There are three main subsidiary committees, the Executive Committee, the Investments Committee and the Grants Committee.

For a statement of the Society’s Vision, Values and Mission please click here.

Officers of the Society

  • Chair Mr Roger Howarth
  • Vice-Chairs Reverend David Tennant and Mr Graham Kingsley
  • Treasurer Mr David Swain

Staff of the Society

  • Director Mrs Imogen Wilde
  • Office Staff Mrs Belinda Lawrance and Mrs Pat Bowers

Downloadable Documents

Please note some downloadable documents on the BFSS website are in PDF format. If you are unable to view these PDF files they can be viewed by installing the free Adobe Reader.