SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF HELLENIC STUDIES
Charity number: 245623
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)
Charity overview
Activities - how the charity spends its money
The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies was founded in 1879 to advance the study of Greek language, literature, history, art and archaeology in the Ancient, Byzantine and Modern periods. The Society maintains a world class research library and publishes internationally acclaimed journals in the field.
Income and expenditure
Data for financial year ending 31 December 2024
Total income: £229,884
Total expenditure: £252,623
People
22 Trustee(s)
Employees with total benefits over £60,000
No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charityFundraising
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:
- Children/young People
- Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
- Other Defined Groups
How the charity helps:
- Makes Grants To Individuals
- Makes Grants To Organisations
- Provides Human Resources
- Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
Where the charity operates:
- Throughout England And Wales
Governance
Registration history:
- 17 December 1965: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Other
Other names:
- THE HELLENIC SOCIETY (Working name)
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
- Complaints handling
- Conflicting interests
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Investment
- Paying staff
- Risk management
- 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
22 Trustee(s)
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| PAUL JENKINS | Trustee | 21 June 2025 |
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| Dr Michael Loy | Trustee | 21 June 2025 |
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| Dr Giustina Monti | Trustee | 21 June 2025 |
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| Dr Max Leventhal | Trustee | 21 June 2025 |
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| Dr Samantha Newington | Trustee | 21 June 2025 |
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| Ben Cassell | Trustee | 21 June 2025 |
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| Dr Will Mack | Trustee | 21 June 2025 |
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| Margaret Rose Mountford | Trustee | 08 June 2024 |
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| Caroline Mackenzie | Trustee | 08 June 2024 |
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| Dr Corinna Riva | Trustee | 08 June 2024 |
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| Dr Christos Nifadopoulos | Trustee | 08 June 2024 |
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| Dr Anja Slawisch | Trustee | 08 June 2024 |
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| Dr Lyndsay Coo | Trustee | 17 June 2023 |
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| Dr Theodora Suk Fong Jim | Trustee | 17 June 2023 |
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| The Right Honourable Sir Launcelot Henderson | Trustee | 17 June 2023 |
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| Dr Francesca Modini | Trustee | 17 June 2023 |
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| John Alty | Trustee | 17 June 2023 |
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| Dr Ralph Anderson | Trustee | 17 June 2023 |
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| Dr Jan Haywood | Trustee | 17 June 2023 |
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| Dr Marco Perale | Trustee | 17 June 2023 |
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| Josephine Lesley Fitton | Trustee | 11 June 2022 |
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| Peter Lennon | Trustee | 13 June 2015 |
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Financial history
Financial period end date
| Income / Expenditure | 31/12/2020 | 31/12/2021 | 31/12/2022 | 31/12/2023 | 31/12/2024 | ||
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Total gross income | £245.01k | £244.94k | £237.10k | £243.78k | £229.88k | |
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Total expenditure | £216.80k | £227.48k | £238.24k | £240.34k | £252.62k | |
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Income from government contracts | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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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 |
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| Annual return | 31 December 2024 | 10 October 2025 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 December 2024 | 10 October 2025 | On time | |
| Annual return | 31 December 2023 | 29 October 2024 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 December 2023 | 29 October 2024 | On time | |
| Annual return | 31 December 2022 | 25 July 2023 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 December 2022 | 25 July 2023 | On time | |
| Annual return | 31 December 2021 | 12 August 2022 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 December 2021 | 12 August 2022 | On time | |
| Annual return | 31 December 2020 | 18 September 2021 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 December 2020 | 18 September 2021 | On time |