THE EGYPT EXPLORATION SOCIETY

Registered charity 212384 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Advances the education of the public with reference to Ancient and Medieval Egypt and countries in the same region, and promotes art, culture and heritage by raising knowledge, awareness and understanding of the language, history, arts, culture, religion and all other matters relating to Ancient and Medieval Egypt and countries in the same region.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a total surplus of £647,419 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven largely by legacy income. Per the trustees' report, free unrestricted reserves stood at £189,902, which is above the stated policy target range of £150,000 to £175,000. The charity holds net current assets of £870,514 and has no disclosed pension deficits or trading subsidiaries.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Sayer Vincent LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "within" (FY2024) to "above" (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~3.4 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 2.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Leire Olabarriachair
• Dr Abeer Eladany · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Jennifer Cromwell
• Dr John Baguley
• Dr Kathleen Sheppard
• Dr Tobias Stone
• Hilary McGowan
• James Potts
• Jenny Chong · trustee of 1 other charity
• Lizzie Glithero-West FSA
• Margaret Susan Preston
• Robert Lee

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

Operates in: Egypt · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE SUDAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH SOCIETY.

• THE SUDAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH SOCIETY income £37k
• BRITISH SOCIETY FOR MIDDLE EASTERN STUDIES income £141k
• THE PALESTINE EXPLORATION FUND income £287k
• MUSEUM OF LONDON ARCHAEOLOGY income £19.4m
• SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES OF LONDON income £2.6m
• THE EGYPTIAN CHRISTIAN ORTHODOX ASSOCIATION FOR THE MIDLANDS income £413k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.