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Finance Score: -7
Governance Score: 1
Support Score: 2
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Excess reserves: -5
  • Positive trading contribution: +2;Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs high: -5
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +2
Overall GiG Score: -4 ?

ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND

The investigation and encouragement of science, literature and the arts in relation to Asia. The Society promotes a number of activities in this field: lectures, research workshops and student events. It publishes works of scholarship and a journal. It maintains an important library including prints, drawings and manuscripts relating to the history, religions, languages, art and customs of Asia.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker recently
  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • More than half of total income was derived from trading and fees in the latest year
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • There are 19 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • This charity has substantial assets and unrestricted reserves of £4,668,088 available, equivalent to 93 months of spending and so may not be able to utilise additional funding
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
  • Fundraising costs are extremely high relative to funds raised
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k		 Spending
£k		 Surplus/
Deficit £k		 Fundraising
Cost £k		 Total
Funds £k		 Unrestricted
Funds £k		 Mths
Rsrvs		 Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/22£528£603£-75£0£5,328£4,66892.956
31/12/21£470£550£-80n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/20£413£515£-102n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/19£478£516£-38n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/18£578£568£10£14£5,187£4,55496.2610
31/12/17£611£573£38£15£5,429£4,790100.360
31/12/16£466£481£-15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/15£469£443£27n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/14£301£401£-100n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/13£430£407£23n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/12£317£403£-86n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/11£383£382£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/10£322£384£-62n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/09£277£406£-130n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/08£291£379£-87n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/07£223£385£-163n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/06£213£552£-339n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/05£1,414£513£901n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/04£171£193£-22n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 96.1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 2.6%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 3%
Liabilities/Income: 31%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 88%
Reserves/Spending: 92.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 0.6
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 62 years

www.royalasiaticsociety.org

info@royalasiaticsociety.org

02073884539

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
GiG Classification
  • Museums, parks, historical sites
How it operates
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art - Publication Grant
£5,000 10/11/2022
Support towards the publication Building Imperial Calcutta: Making the Capital of British India, 1880-1911
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Royal Asiatic Society
£5,000 14/06/2018
Contribution to establish the Bayly Prize

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (19)
Current Trustees appointed

  • DR BARBARA BREND Appointed: 2022
  • DR GAI JORAYEV Appointed: 2024
  • DR GORDON JOHNSON Appointed: 2022
  • DR JOCHEN SOKOLY Appointed: 2024
  • DR NORBERT PEABODY (Chair) Appointed: 2024
  • DR PRIYANKA BASU Appointed: 2022
  • DR ROSIE LLEWELLYN-JONES Appointed: 2022
  • DR WEIPIN TSAI Appointed: 2023
  • ELIZABETH ROBB Appointed: 2022
  • FRANCOIS DE BLOIS Appointed: 2021
  • LIONEL KNIGHT Appointed: 2022
  • PROFESSOR SARAH ANSARI Appointed: 2024
  • PROFESSOR DEBORAH SWALLOW Appointed: 2021
  • PROFESSOR FRANCIS ROBINSON Appointed: 2022
  • PROFESSOR JAVED MAJEED Appointed: 2024
  • PROFESSOR SANJOY BHATTACHARYA Appointed: 2021
  • PROFESSOR SURYA P SUBEDI Appointed: 2024
  • PROFESSOR SUSAN WHITFIELD Appointed: 2023
  • RICHARD BLURTON Appointed: 2022
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 22/09/1962, number: 209629
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Investment
  • Risk management
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; all on time
Main office

14 STEPHENSON WAY
LONDON
NW1 2HD

Objectives

THE STUDY AND DISSEMINATION OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE ARCHAEOLOGY, ART, HISTORY, LANGUAGE, LITERATURE, BELIEFS AND CUSTOMS OF THE EAST.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NATIONAL AND WORLDWIDE.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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