THE PALI TEXT SOCIETY

Registered charity 262216 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Pali Text Society fosters and promotes the study of Pali Buddhist texts for the benefit of scholars and the general public by publishing editions and translations, as well as other works relevant to the study of Pali, such as dictionaries and grammars. The charity also awards grants to qualified scholars working on projects relevant to the Society's aims.

Objects

TO FOSTER AND PROMOTE THE STUDY OF PALI TEXTS BY EDITING AND PUBLISHING THE SAME.

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.

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Latest income

£201k

Latest spending

£311k

Registered

1971

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit for the year before investment gains and losses of £110,169, though unrestricted funds increased to £4,009,809 due to significant investment gains. The trustees consider the result satisfactory and confirm the charity has sufficient assets to fulfil its obligations. The level of reserves is described as consistent with the income-providing assets needed to maintain current activities.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Gravita Audit Oxford LLP. 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.

Investment
Risk management

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Dr Rupert Gethinchair
DIRECTOR EIVIND KAHRS
Dr Petra Kieffer-Puelz
Dr Ulrike Roesler

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£201k	£311k
31/12/2023	£171k	£250k
31/12/2022	£169k	£416k
31/12/2021	£201k	£260k
31/12/2020	£241k	£237k

Common questions

Is THE PALI TEXT SOCIETY financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit for the year before investment gains and losses of £110,169, though unrestricted funds increased to £4,009,809 due to significant investment gains. The trustees consider the result satisfactory and confirm the charity has sufficient assets to fulfil its obligations. The level of reserves is described as consistent with the income-providing assets needed to maintain current activities. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Gravita Audit Oxford LLP.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE BUDDHIST SOCIETY TRUST.

THE BUDDHIST SOCIETY TRUST income £257k
INTERNATIONAL BUDDHIST PROGRESS SOCIETY (UK) income £660k
ISLAMIC TEXTS SOCIETY income £204k
THE PAST AND PRESENT SOCIETY income £387k
THE PALAEONTOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION income £439k
THE BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY income £202k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE PALI TEXT SOCIETY	£201k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE BUDDHIST SOCIETY TRUST FY2023	£257k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
INTERNATIONAL BUDDHIST PROGRESS SOCIETY (UK) FY2024	£660k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
ISLAMIC TEXTS SOCIETY FY2026	£204k	—	—	above	—	no doubt
THE PAST AND PRESENT SOCIETY FY2024	£387k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE PALAEONTOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION FY2025	£439k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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