THE TOLKIEN SOCIETY

Registered charity 273809 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To educate the public in, and promote research into, the life and works of Professor John Ronald Reul Tolkien CBE.

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£274k

Latest spending

£213k

Registered

1977

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that total expenditure on charitable activities was £209,091 for the year ended 2024, a decrease from £233,887 in the prior year. Expenditure on raising funds was £2,922, up from £1,951. Other expenditure on trading goods totaled £4,241.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

Daniel Helen
Dr Hannah McDonald
Jeremy Scott Edmonds
Neil Sheppard Anderson
Niamh-Elizabeth Riordain
PENELOPE ANNE HAWARD · trustee of 2 other charities
William James SHERWOOD

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£274k	£213k
31/12/2023	£305k	£240k
31/12/2022	£217k	£151k
31/12/2021	£196k	£118k
31/12/2020	£101k	£93k

Common questions

Is THE TOLKIEN SOCIETY financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that total expenditure on charitable activities was £209,091 for the year ended 2024, a decrease from £233,887 in the prior year. Expenditure on raising funds was £2,922, up from £1,951. Other expenditure on trading goods totaled £4,241.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
CYNGOR CELFYDDYDAU CYMRU	1	£474k
ANTHROPOSOPHICAL SOCIETY IN GREAT BRITAIN	1	£112k

Charities like this

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

THE TOLKIEN TRUST income £6.5m
THE BUDDHIST SOCIETY income £309k
ANTHROPOSOPHICAL ASSOCIATION LIMITED income £1.1m
THE BRITISH PSYCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY income £13.4m
THE TORCH THEATRE COMPANY LIMITED income £1.9m
THE ROYAL NUMISMATIC SOCIETY income £366k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE TOLKIEN SOCIETY	£274k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE TOLKIEN TRUST FY2024	£6.5m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE BUDDHIST SOCIETY FY2025	£309k	—	0	above	19.2%	no doubt
ANTHROPOSOPHICAL ASSOCIATION LIMITED FY2024	£1.1m	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE BRITISH PSYCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY FY2024	£13.4m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE TORCH THEATRE COMPANY LIMITED FY2025	£1.9m	—	0	below	—	no doubt

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