THE ORIENTAL CERAMIC SOCIETY

Registered charity 250356 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as OCS

The promotion of appreciation and knowledge of ceramic and other forms of Asian art by means of regular lectures, exhibitions of members' pieces, discussion and handling sessions, as well as the publication of an annual journal and an annual Newsletter on the subject of Asian art.

Objects

THE PROMOTION OF APPRECIATION AND KNOWLEDGE OF CERAMIC AND OTHER FORMS OF EASTERN ART. (FOR FULLER DETAILS SEE MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION).

Area of benefit: UNRESTRICTED

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 FY2025 accounts

The accounts state a net surplus of £33,053 for the year ended 30 September 2025, with unrestricted reserves increasing to £234,972. The charity holds significant cash resources of £389,733 and reports no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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 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.

• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Ann Elizabeth Gardiner
• David Canty
• David Priestley
• Dr Brian M Salzberg
• Dr Cheng-Sheng Lin
• Dr Helen Glaister
• Dr Ivy Yi Yan Chan
• Dr Maria Teresa Canepa
• Dr Melanie Gibson · trustee of 3 other charities
• Emile de Bruijn
• Henry Lyulph HOWARD-SNEYD
• Ian Jeremey Gaunt
• Jessica Lucy Kilgour HARRISON HALL
• Katharine Sophia Butler
• Rosemary Elspeth Scott · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sarah Wong
• Xiaoxin Li

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

Operates in: Australia · Austria · Belgium · Brazil · Canada · China · France · Germany · Greece · Hong Kong · Ireland · Italy

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ORIENT FOUNDATION FOR ARTS & CULTURE.

• ORIENT FOUNDATION FOR ARTS & CULTURE income £240k
• ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND income £528k
• ORIENTAL BIRD CLUB income £130k
• THE SIR PERCIVAL DAVID FOUNDATION ACADEMIC AND RESEARCH FUND income £119k
• ASIA HOUSE income £1.9m
• ART ASIA TRUST LIMITED income £277k

Side by side with its peers

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