As a Community Interest Company, we are committed to full transparency. All our key governance documents are publicly available here, in accordance with our obligations and values.
Humphreys Greenhalgh Legacy Collective CIC (trading as HGL Collective) is incorporated as a Community Interest Company limited by shares. This structure carries specific legal obligations, including the requirement to demonstrate community benefit, submit annual CIC reports, and maintain an asset lock that protects our archive from ever being used for private gain.
We publish our governance documents here because we believe that the communities we serve, the funders we approach, and the public we exist for deserve full visibility of how we are constituted and how we operate.
During the development phase, an Ethics Advisory Board will be established as a funded project activity, providing independent specialist oversight of content moderation, participant welfare, archival decisions, and data governance.
Legal Name:
Humphreys Greenhalgh Legacy Collective CIC
Company Number: 16768368
Incorporated: 7 October 2025
Registered in:
England and Wales
Regulator: Companies House & CIC Regulator
Share Capital: 100 ordinary shares of £1 each, held by Stacee Mishelle Humphreys
Our statutory asset lock provides legal assurance that in the event the CIC were ever wound up, all assets, including the archive, would transfer to another asset-locked body, not to private individuals. This makes the public benefit of our work permanent, not just intentional.
All documents listed here are publicly available. Where a document has been filed with Companies House, we note this. Some documents are working drafts and will be finalised during the development phase.
Full incorporation documentation filed with Companies House on 7 October 2025, including the CIC36 Community Interest Statement and founding director information.
View at Companies House →Our formal mission statement, setting out the purpose of HGL Collective, our primary activities, and our commitment to integrity, innovation, and community empowerment.
View Document →Our Expression of Interest to the National Lottery Heritage Fund, prepared under the Heritage 2033 framework, as part of our broader approach to securing a resilient, diversified funding base for the Voices of the UK project.
View Document →A narrative overview of the Voices of the UK — 100,000 Voices project: its purpose, heritage context, methodology, outputs, and future potential.
View Document →Our duty of care and safeguarding policy — covering participant welfare, escalation procedures, journalist access controls, and our obligations to vulnerable adults and young people. To be finalised during the development phase.
Available on completion of development phaseHow we collect, store, and process personal data, including storyteller data, platform usage, and contributor rights under UK GDPR. To be published with the platform launch.
Available on platform launchThe Company is governed by its Directors, who are responsible for the management of the Company's affairs and must act in a way most likely to achieve community benefit.
To be established during the development phase as a funded project activity. Will provide independent oversight of:
Members will include: archivist, oral history academic, psychologist, safeguarding specialist, community representative.
A community-facing panel of representatives from partner organisations and communities, ensuring that the communities we serve have a direct voice in how the project develops.
No dividends shall be declared or paid in the first five financial years. All surplus reinvested into projects furthering our community objects. Thereafter, dividends may not exceed 35% of distributable profits in accordance with CIC regulations.
The following policies are being developed during the preparation phase, ahead of platform launch and our full NLHF application.
Covering participant welfare, duty of care, safeguarding escalation, journalist access, and our obligations to vulnerable adults and under-18s.
In DevelopmentFull UK GDPR-compliant policy covering data collection, storage, processing, and contributor rights across the platform.
In DevelopmentEmployment and volunteer management standards, code of conduct, and wellbeing provisions for all staff and volunteers.
In DevelopmentOur commitment to equitable treatment, active anti-racism, and accessible participation across all aspects of the project.
In DevelopmentStandards for ethical oral history practice. Informed consent, contributor rights, story ownership, and archive use permissions.
In DevelopmentOur commitment to minimising environmental impact. Digital-first infrastructure, green cloud hosting, hybrid workshops, and annual sustainability review.
In Development