AESOP ARTS AND SOCIETY LIMITED

Registered charity 1134572 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT FOUNDATION

The Foundation's mission is to bring the transformative potential of the arts into people's daily lives. Its first major programme of action focuses on bringing the arts into the mainstream of health and social care services.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity is being wound up and the financial statements are prepared on a realisation basis rather than a going concern basis. Unrestricted reserves of £54,136 are below the trustees' stated policy target of £100,000. The charity reported an operating deficit of £31,406 for the year.

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.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 06998306

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.

• THOMPSON, Andrew Stuart, Professor — director, appointed 09/12/2024on trustee list
• CASSON, Julia Elizabeth — director, appointed 04/01/2022on trustee list
• GORDON, Helen Elizabeth — director, appointed 24/07/2019on trustee list
• THORNTON, Jacqueline Elizabeth — director, appointed 24/07/2019not on trustee list
• FENTON, Kevin, Professor — director, appointed 10/09/2018on trustee list
• HAMPTON, Mark Richard — director, appointed 08/09/2015on trustee list
• DANIEL, Peter David — director, appointed 08/09/2015on trustee list

Official officers record.

Public-sector contracts awarded

From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~0.7 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Kevin Fentonchair
• Helen Gordon
• Jacqui Thornton
• Julia Elizabeth Casson
• Mark Richard Hampton · trustee of 1 other charity
• Peter David Daniel
• Professor Andrew Thompson

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).