The International Association for the Study of Arabia

Charity number: 1003272
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

The BFSA/IASA promotes and funds research on all aspects of the Arabian Peninsula through awarding research grants, publishing monographs and a Bulletin, holding public lectures and conferences on specific subjects, as well as the "Seminar for Arabian Studies", the only the annual international conference on all aspects of Arabia, the proceedings of which are published annually.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 30 June 2024

Total income: £28,497
Total expenditure: £7,579

People

14 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

What the charity does:
  • Education/training
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science
  • Environment/conservation/heritage
Who the charity helps:
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Individuals
  • Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England
  • Bahrain
  • Kuwait
  • Oman
  • Qatar
  • Saudi Arabia
  • United Arab Emirates
  • Yemen

Governance

Registration history:
  • 20 June 1991: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Other
Other names:
  • International Association for the Study of Arabia (Working name)
  • THE BRITISH FOUNDATION FOR THE STUDY OF ARABIA (Previous name)
  • THE SOCIETY FOR ARABIAN STUDIES (Previous name)
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
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

14 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Dr Peter Magee Chair 28 September 2020
None on record
Professor Timothy Insoll FBA Trustee 21 September 2023
None on record
Dr William Deadman Trustee 21 September 2023
None on record
Dr Salman Ahmed Almahari Trustee 21 September 2023
None on record
Carolyn Patricia Perry Trustee 24 October 2022
None on record
Dr Ahmad Al-Jallad Trustee 14 October 2021
THE FOUNDATION FOR THE STUDY OF ANCIENT ARABIA'S LANGUAGES AND CULTURES
Received: On time
Dr Clive Holes Trustee 14 October 2021
None on record
Dr Derek John Kennet Trustee 14 October 2021
None on record
Dr Jose Cristobal Carvajal Lopez Trustee 14 October 2021
None on record
Amy Laura Crossman Trustee 28 September 2020
None on record
Dr Julian Jansen Van Rensburg Trustee 01 October 2019
None on record
John Albert Noel Brehony Trustee 15 November 2017
None on record
SIMON ALDERSON Trustee 02 March 2012
ARCHITECTURAL AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF DURHAM AND NORTHUMBERLAND
Received: On time
Dr ROBERT ANDREW CARTER Trustee
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/12/2020 31/12/2021 31/12/2022 30/06/2023 30/06/2024
Total gross income £3.01k £10.12k £11.03k £3.54k £28.50k
Total expenditure £20.06k £10.98k £6.81k £3.96k £7.58k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A 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 30 June 2024 12 April 2025 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 June 2024 12 April 2025 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 30 June 2023 24 April 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 June 2023 Not Required
Annual return 31 December 2022 24 November 2023 24 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2022 Not Required
Annual return 31 December 2021 28 October 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2021 Not Required
Annual return 31 December 2020 20 October 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2020 Not Required
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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.

CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 24 APRIL 1991 AS AMENDED 21 MAY 2008 AND 23 JULY 2010 as amended on 12 Mar 2014 as amended on 21 Feb 2022 as amended on 24 Oct 2022

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION BY PROMOTING THE STUDY OF AND RESEARCH RELATING TO THE ARABIAN PENINSULAR AND IN PARTICULAR ITS HISTORY ANTIQUITIES ARCHAEOLOGY ETHNOGRAPHY LANGUAGES LITERATURE ART CULTURE CUSTOMS GEOGRAPHY GEOLOGY AND NATURAL HISTORY

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

NOT DEFINED

Contact information

Address:
61 Croham Road
SOUTH CROYDON
Surrey
CR2 7HE
Phone:
02086882139
Email:
membership@theiasa.com
Website:

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