ODYSSEUS UNBOUND FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1172799 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Foundation is an educational charity dedicated to advancing knowledge of the ancient world. Specifically, we conduct and promote scientific and historical research to discover the actual locations of historical sites that have been described in ancient literature such as Homer's Odyssey.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC ON THE SUBJECT OF THE ANCIENT WORLD BY CONDUCTING RESEARCH DESIGNED TO REVEAL THE LOCATIONS OF HISTORICAL SITES PREVIOUSLY DESCRIBED IN ANCIENT LITERATURE AND TO PROMOTE RESEARCH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN ALL ASPECTS OF THAT SUBJECT AND TO PUBLISH THE USEFUL RESULTS

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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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with unrestricted reserves of £9,316, having incurred a net expenditure of £10,626. The trustees confirm the charity is in a sound financial position with no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Odysseus Unbound Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• MATTHEW BITTLESTONEchair
• JOHN CRAWSHAW
• Julian Rush
• PROF JAMES DIGGLE
• SIMON BITTLESTONE

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

Operates in: Greece

Income and spending

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