THE BRITISH SOCIETY OF AESTHETICS

Registered charity 1129985 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The objectives of the Charity are to promote and encourage study, research and discussion in aesthetics. The main activities are: the publication of the British Journal of Aesthetics, the Postgraduate Journal of Aesthetics & the BSA newsletter; the organisation of an annual conference; and the awarding of grants for PhD studies, events and other activities.

Objects

TO PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE STUDY, RESEARCH AND DISCUSSION IN AESTHETICS.FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE, THE TERM “AESTHETICS” REFERS TO ALL STUDIES OF THE ARTS,AESTHETIC EXPERIENCE, AND THE PRINCIPLES OF CRITICISM, WHETHER FROM A PHILOSOPHICAL,SCIENTIFIC, OR OTHER THEORETICAL STANDPOINT, INCLUDING THOSE OF PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIOLOGY,ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL HISTORY AND EDUCATION. ALSO FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE, THETERM “ART” REFERS TO ALL BRANCHES OF ART.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS

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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Registered contact address: Stockport, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a deficit on unrestricted funds of £8,431 for the year ended 31 December 2025, compared to a deficit of £2,025 in the prior year. Total funds decreased from £524,191 to £515,760, with free reserves standing at £438,361. The trustees have set a policy target to reduce minimum reserves to £300,000 over four years, meaning current reserves remain above this threshold.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 00869702

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• WILTSHER, Nicholas, Dr — director, appointed 12/09/2026on trustee list
• DEBAENE, Aurélie Josephine, Dr — director, appointed 13/09/2025not on trustee list
• WHITING, Daniel James, Dr — director, appointed 13/09/2025on trustee list
• HELLIWELL, Alice Courtney, Dr — director, appointed 07/09/2024on trustee list
• SIMONITI, Vid, Dr — director, appointed 07/09/2024on trustee list
• DIXON, Daisy Louise, Dr — director, appointed 10/09/2022on trustee list
• WINDSOR, Mark Richard, Dr — director, appointed 10/09/2022on trustee list
• SIMECEK, Karen, Dr — director, appointed 11/09/2021on trustee list
• CLAVEL-VÁZQUEZ, Adriana, Dr — director, appointed 18/09/2020not on trustee list
• PARIS, Panagiotis Sotirios, Dr — director, appointed 22/09/2018on trustee list
• WILSON, Dawn Melissa, Dr — secretary, appointed 12/09/2026

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Adriana Clavel-Vazquez
• Dr Alice Helliwell
• Dr Aurelie Debaene
• Dr Daisy Dixon
• Dr Daniel Whiting
• Dr Dawn Wilson
• Dr Karen Simecek
• Dr Lisa Jones
• Dr Mark Windsor
• Dr Nicholas Wiltsher
• Dr Panagiotis Paris
• Dr Vid Simoniti

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

Operates in: Scotland

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BRITISH COLLEGE OF AESTHETIC MEDICINE.

• BRITISH COLLEGE OF AESTHETIC MEDICINE income £376k
• THE SOCIETY OF BOTANICAL ARTISTS LIMITED income £218k
• ROYAL SOCIETY OF BRITISH ARTISTS LIMITED income £45k
• SOCIETY OF WOMEN ARTISTS LIMITED income £87k
• THE BRITISH GERIATRICS SOCIETY income £1.8m
• THE BRITISH DYSLEXIA ASSOCIATION income £2.2m

Side by side with its peers

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