EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION OF SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGISTS

Registered charity 1108186 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The pursuit of Social Anthropology and related academic activities, including conferences, workshops, and appropriate publications.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE ASSOCIATION ARE TO PROMOTE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH IN SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY BY IMPROVING UNDERSTANDING OF WORLD SOCIETIES AND ENCOURAGING PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION AND COOPERATION BETWEEN ANTHROPOLOGISTS, ESPECIALLY IN EUROPE

Area of benefit: WORLDWIDE

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Latest income
£611k
Latest spending
£576k
Registered
2005
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £499,418, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover the cost of a major conference or alternative administrative support. The charity reported a net surplus of £30,482 for the year, having spent £576,280 on charitable activities and fundraising against total income of £610,783. The trustees confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income
£611k
Total spending
£576k
Cost of raising funds
£73k
Reserves (reported)
£499k
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~10.4 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (73% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 12.0% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Australia · Austria · Belgium · Denmark · Estonia · Finland · France · Germany · Italy · Netherlands · Norway · Philippines

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£611k£576k
31/12/2023£86k£118k
31/12/2022£459k£431k
31/12/2021£114k£98k
31/12/2020£276k£235k

Common questions

Is EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION OF SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGISTS financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £499,418, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover the cost of a major conference or alternative administrative support. The charity reported a net surplus of £30,482 for the year, having spent £576,280 on charitable activities and fundraising against total income of £610,783. The trustees confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.