The British Philatelic Trust was established in 1981 by the British Post Office.
The governing deed was executed on 26 September 1983.
[Accounts Year ended 5 April 2008]
Retrieved 9 October 2009. The Trust is independent and was registered as an educational charity on 21 November 1983.
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Origins
The trust was created with the surplus funds raised by the Royal Mail for the London 1980 International Stamp Exhibition. Three miniature sheet
A souvenir sheet or miniature sheet is a postage stamp or a small group of postage stamps still attached to the sheet on which they were printed. They may be either regular issues that just happen to be printed in small groups (typical of many ea ...
s were issued which were intended to raise funds for the exhibition but in fact they raised far more than was expected and the excess formed the trust's original endowment. This was supplemented with funds raised for Stamp World London 1990 and additional donations by the Royal Mail and others since.
Objectives
The trust's objective is the study, research and dissemination of knowledge of philately.
Governance
The trust has a board of trustees including a chairman and representatives from the Royal Mail. The board meets four times per annum. The chairman for many years was Francis Kiddle.[As at 9 October 2009.]
Financial
The trust had net assets of £3,555,186 as at 5 April 2008 and is exempt from UK tax.[
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References
External links
BPT website.
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Philatelic organisations based in the United Kingdom