THE FOUNDATION FOR THE STUDY OF ANCIENT ARABIA'S LANGUAGES AND CULTURES

Charity number: 1193702
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

To advance academic research on the ancient inscriptions and languages and rock art found in the Arabian Peninsula and adjacent regions, providing that the inscription and/or written material is in a language or script examples of which are found in the Arabian Peninsula.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 05 April 2024

Total income: £31,582
Total expenditure: £601

People

10 Trustee(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No information available

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

Main way of carrying out purposes is grant making
What the charity does:
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Education/training
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science
Who the charity helps:
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Individuals
  • Provides Services
  • Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England And Wales
  • Jordan
  • Saudi Arabia
  • United Arab Emirates

Governance

Registration history:
  • 04 March 2021: CIO registration
Organisation type:
CIO
Other names:

No other names

Gift aid:
Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
No policies declared
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

10 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Michael Christopher Archibald Macdonald Chair 04 March 2021
BURMINGTON VILLAGE HALL
Received: On time
Dr Ahmad Al-Jallad Trustee 04 March 2021
The International Association for the Study of Arabia
Received: On time
Professor Jacob Lebovitch Dahl Ph.D Trustee 04 March 2021
None on record
Dr Ali Al-Manaser Ph.D Trustee 04 March 2021
None on record
Dr Orhan Elmaz Ph.D Trustee 04 March 2021
None on record
Dr Alessia Prioletta PhD Trustee 04 March 2021
None on record
Dr Laila Sabine Nehme Ph.D Trustee 04 March 2021
None on record
Jerome Norris MA Trustee 04 March 2021
None on record
Dr Hythem Sidky Ph.D Trustee 04 March 2021
None on record
Dr Maria Guagnin Ph.D Trustee 04 March 2021
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 05/04/2022 05/04/2023 05/04/2024
Total gross income £1.00k £1 £31.58k
Total expenditure £72 £64 £601
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 05 April 2024 03 February 2025 On time
Accounts and TAR 05 April 2024 03 February 2025 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 05 April 2023 28 August 2024 205 days late
Accounts and TAR 05 April 2023 28 August 2024 205 days late Download Open in new window
Annual return 05 April 2022 02 February 2023 On time
Accounts and TAR 05 April 2022 02 February 2023 On time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 04 Mar 2021

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE FOUNDATION ARE: TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION THROUGHOUT THE WORLD BY RECORDING, STUDYING, INTERPRETING, EDITING AND MAKING FREELY AVAILABLE ONLINE AND/OR IN PRINT AND/OR BY ANY OTHER METHOD THE INSCRIPTIONS AND/OR ANCIENT AND/OR MEDIAEVAL WRITTEN DOCUMENTS AND/OR ROCK ART FOUND IN THE ARABIAN PENINSULA AND THE INSCRIPTIONS AND/OR ANCIENT AND/OR MEDIAEVAL WRITTEN DOCUMENTS AND/OR ROCK ART OF SIMILAR TYPES TO THOSE IN THE PENINSULA FOUND IN COUNTRIES SUCH AS, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, JORDAN, LEBANON, SYRIA, IRAQ, PALESTINE, ISRAEL, AND EGYPT OR ITEMS FROM ONE OR MORE OF THESE COUNTRIES NOW IN MUSEUMS OR OTHER COLLECTIONS ELSEWHERE PROVIDING THAT THE INSCRIPTION AND/OR WRITTEN MATERIAL IS IN A LANGUAGE OR SCRIPT EXAMPLES OF WHICH ARE FOUND IN THE ARABIAN PENINSULA. IN FURTHERANCE OF THE SAID OBJECTS BUT NOT OTHERWISE THE FOUNDATION MAY:– (1) MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND EXPAND THE ONLINE CORPUS OF THE INSCRIPTIONS OF ANCIENT NORTH ARABIA HEREAFTER KNOWN AS OCIANA OR ANY SUCCESSOR OR OTHER MEANS OF STORING, CATALOGUING AND PUBLISHING DATA BY THE ENTRY OF INSCRIPTIONS AND/OR ANCIENT AND/OR MEDIAEVAL WRITTEN DOCUMENTS AND/OR ROCK ART WHICH ARE NEWLY DISCOVERED OR WHICH ARE ALREADY KNOWN BUT HAVE NOT YET BEEN ENTERED, TOGETHER WITH IMAGES OF THESE INSCRIPTIONS, WRITTEN DOCUMENTS AND/OR ROCK ART TOGETHER WITH INFORMATION WHICH IS AS ACCURATE AND PRECISE AS POSSIBLE ABOUT THEIR PROVENANCE AS WELL AS ALL OTHER AVAILABLE INFORMATION ABOUT THE INSCRIPTIONS AND/OR ANCIENT AND/OR MEDIAEVAL WRITTEN DOCUMENTS AND/OR ROCK ART. (2) CREATE, SUPPORT OR MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND EXPAND DIGITAL DATABASES OR OTHER WAYS OF STORING, CATALOGUING AND PUBLISHING IN AN EASILY SEARCHABLE MANNER WRITTEN MATERIAL PROVIDING THAT THE WRITTEN MATERIAL IS IN LANGUAGES OR SCRIPTS EXAMPLES OF WHICH ARE FOUND IN THE ARABIAN PENINSULA. (3) CREATE, SUPPORT OR MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND EXPAND DIGITAL DATABASES OR OTHER WAYS OF STORING, CATALOGUING AND PUBLISHING IN AN EASILY SEARCHABLE MANNER ROCK ART IN THE COUNTRIES LISTED PROVIDED THAT THE ROCK ART IS LINKED OR IN SOME WAY RELATED TO THAT OF THE ARABIAN PENINSULA BY FOR EXAMPLE BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY INSCRIPTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ROCK ART. (4) ENCOURAGE PROMOTE AND PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ELSEWHERE IN THE WORLD FOR THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF SUITABLE PERSONS IN FIELDWORK RESEARCH, THE INTERPRETATION AND STUDY OF INSCRIPTIONS AND/OR OTHER ANCIENT AND/OR MEDIAEVAL WRITTEN MATERIAL AND/OR ROCK ART. (5) PROMOTE AND CARRY OUT OR ASSIST IN PROMOTING AND CARRYING OUT RESEARCH, SURVEYS AND INVESTIGATIONS AND PUBLISH OR ASSIST IN PUBLISHING THE USEFUL RESULTS THEREOF.

Contact information

Address:
BURMINGTON MANOR
BURMINGTON
SHIPSTON-ON-STOUR
CV36 5AG
Phone:
01608662483
Email:
michael.macdonald@orinst.ox.ac.uk
Website:

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