Ladysmith & District Historical Society
Charitable organization · Ladysmith, British Columbia · BN 866771678RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($72,042) as filed with the CRA.
Ladysmith & District Historical Society is a charitable organization based in Ladysmith, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $57K in revenue and $72K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 29% from government, 48% from other charities. In 2022, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $24.
Compared with 2,652 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 43% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Historically speaking series ( earthquakes first diamonds and the boer war tyee smelter) heritage video programming of oral histories. Heritage video programming - lives & legends with archival photos video and audio on society's youtubevideo special events activities at the museum learning centre archives of ladysmith history restoration of the locomtive shop and equipment the beat goes on ( a history of the music coming to the aggie hall) one neighbourhood - a history of the various nrighbourhoods in the town with emphasis on individual heritage homes. The three major areas of progr…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $57K | $72K | $63K | — | — | $99K |
| 2023 | $129K | $94K | $72K | $14K | — | $114K |
| 2022 | $128K | $136K | $98K | $28K | — | $78K |
| 2021 | $103K | $96K | $93K | $1,459 | — | $86K |
| 2020 | $67K | $38K | $29K | — | — | $79K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2022
Received $24 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$13K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Quentin Goodbody (president); Marina Polovic (director); Elaine Layman (treasurer); Robert Johnson (director); Edward Nicolson (director); Alex Stuart (secretary); Patricia Brownlow (director); John Sharp (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Ladysmith & District Historical Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 866771678RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.