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

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORY ARCHAEOLOGY (INCLUDING BIBLICAL ASPECTS) ART LANGUAGES ETHNOLOGY GEOGRAPHY NATURAL AND EARTH SCIENCES OF THE LEVANT BY THE PROMOTION OF RESEARCH INTO RELEVANT FIELDS OF STUDY AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL DECIDE AND BY PUBLISHING THE USEFUL RESULTS THEREOF

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

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.

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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 00013606 · Financial health read from its filings

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 title in 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
• Dr Charlotte Whiting
• Dr Daniel Kenneth Reynolds · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Dima Srouji
• Dr Nir Arielli
• Dr Zeina Khouri Klink
• Leila Sansour
• Nicola Margaret Joan Elvin
• Prof. Jennifer Anne Baird
• Professor Joan Elizabeth Taylor
• Professor Louise Anne Martin
• Raymond 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

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