Archives & Records Association

Registered charity 1041063 · since 1994archives.org.uk·Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland·Updated 30 October 2026

At a glance

£10,000

Annual giving, year to 30 September 2025

From filed accounts

Key takeaways

Its work centres on the care and preservation of archives, professional training and archives research, so it suits projects in that field and is unlikely to fit organisations working outside archives and records management.
The annual report gives total annual giving of £10,000, and its reported project grants were two of £10,000 each for research into AI and emerging technologies in recordkeeping, so any request should be modest and tied to that kind of work.
Neither its annual report nor its website publishes an application process, and the only contact shown is for getting in touch, so a short email asking whether it accepts approaches is the sensible first step.
The grant range and geographic focus are not stated, so do not assume a limit on area or size beyond what the Association tells you when you ask.
Its reported grants were awarded in September, so ask early if timing matters to your project.

Overview

Archives & Records Association is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1041063).

The Archives and Records Association is a professional membership organisation for archivists, records managers and archive conservators, and it is registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. It exists to foster the care and preservation of archives in the public interest, promote better administration of archive repositories, advance professional education and training, and commission and support research into archives. It was established through the merger of three organisations. Its annual giving is £10,000, and its programmes include The National Archives grant, which is given to fund support for the archives sector, and the Ellis Fund, which makes occasional discretionary awards for special or distinguished service.

What they fund

Priority Areas

The association is a professional membership organisation for archivists, records managers and archive conservators, and supports the record-keeping sector. Its charitable purposes encompass the care and preservation of archives and the administration of archive repositories; professional education and training; and research into archives, conservation and new techniques. Its reported project grants supported research into AI and other emerging technologies and their application in recordkeeping. It also describes sector support through leadership training, career development, guidance and community archive work. Its wider aim is for records and archives to be properly administered, preserved, conserved and made available to the general public.

Themes

Archive preservation
Professional training
Archives research

How to apply

No application process is published in the charity's annual report, its register entry or its website. The contact shown is for getting in touch.

Where they fund

Registered area of operation (Charity Commission)

Similar funders

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Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 30 September 2021	£448,962	£389,163	—	Accounts for year to 30 September 2021
year to 30 September 2022	£544,671	£471,214	—	Accounts for year to 30 September 2022
year to 30 September 2023	£631,179	£612,653	—	Accounts for year to 30 September 2023
year to 30 September 2024	£651,098	£579,629	—	Accounts for year to 30 September 2024
year to 30 September 2025	£686,291	£726,688	£10,000	Accounts for year to 30 September 2025

Grants paid, year to 30 September 2025: the accounts do not say whether this is grants awarded or paid.

— No grants figure for those years.

Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.