THE PALESTINE EXPLORATION FUND

Registered charity 212538 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Learned Society for the study of the archaeology, history, geography, natural history of the Levant.-Publish journal PEQ;-Publish Research volumes;-Hold regular free lectures, exhibitions, seminars, conferences and courses at the premises and other venues-Give annual research grants;-hold research collections and literacy accessible to members-provide training for student volunteers

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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ran an unrestricted funds deficit before investment gains of £14,554 for 2024, a reduction from the previous year's deficit. Despite this, the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £8,840,792 and maintains a solid financial position with no debts, aided by strong financial planning and controls.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Hartley Fowler LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 00013606

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Cultural Protection Fund — “We are privileged to announce that the Palestine Exploration Fund has been awarded a Cultural Protection Fund grant for our project Developi…” (source page)

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.

• SANSOUR, Leila — director, appointed 12/06/2025on trustee list
• SROUJI, Dima — director, appointed 12/06/2025on trustee list
• ARIELLI, Nir, Dr — director, appointed 12/06/2025on trustee list
• TAYLOR, Joan Elizabeth, Professor — director, appointed 13/06/2024on trustee list
• ELVIN, Nicola Margaret Joan — director, appointed 03/07/2023on trustee list
• HILLS, Richard Alan Rizzo — director, appointed 03/07/2023on trustee list
• WHITING, Charlotte, Dr — director, appointed 27/06/2022on trustee list
• BRUCE, Raymond — director, appointed 27/06/2022not on trustee list
• HITCHCOCK, Amy Elizabeth — director, appointed 27/06/2022on trustee list
• REYNOLDS, Daniel Kenneth, Dr. — director, appointed 27/06/2022on trustee list
• BAIRD, Jennifer Anne, Professor — director, appointed 14/06/2021on trustee list
• KHOURI KLINK, Zeina, Dr — director, appointed 30/06/2020not on trustee list
• SUTTON, Stephen Derek — director, appointed 01/10/2015on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered titlein England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold); recorded price paid £1.9m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Amy Elizabeth Hitchcock
• Dima Srouji
• Dr Charlotte Whiting
• Dr Daniel Kenneth Reynolds · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Nir Arielli
• Dr Zeina Khouri Klink
• Leila Sansour
• Nicola Joan Margaret Elvin
• Prof. Jennifer Anne Baird
• Professor Joan Elizabeth Taylor
• Professor Louise Anne Martin
• Ray Bruce
• Richard Alan Rizzo Hills
• Stephen Derek Sutton

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

Operates in: Greenwich

Income and spending

Common questions

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE JERUSALEM FOUNDATION.

• THE JERUSALEM FOUNDATION income £3.0m
• COUNCIL FOR BRITISH RESEARCH IN THE LEVANT income £766k
• THE SOCIETY FOR EDUCATIONAL STUDIES income £193k
• FRIENDS OF THE HOLY LAND income £1.6m
• Friends of Palestinian Universities income £291k
• THE BRITISH ACADEMY FOR THE PROMOTION OF HISTORICAL PHILOSOPHICAL AND PHILOLOGICAL STUDIES income £106.2m

Side by side with its peers

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