THE SOCIETY OF DILETTANTI CHARITABLE TRUST FUND

Registered charity 274838 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity helps museums, libraries and the National Trust to acquire archives and works of art and makes grants towards the conservation of historic buildings, in both cases where there is a connection with the Society of Dilettanti. The charity's Normanby Fund makes an annual travel award for visiting classical sites and museums in Greece, Italy or the Eastern Mediterranean.

Objects

FOR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AND IN SUCH MANNER AS A MAJORITY OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY OF DILETTANTI PRESENT AND VOTING AT ANY OF THE MEETINGS SHALL DIRECT FROM TIME TO TIME AND IN DEFAULT OF SUCH DIRECTION IN SUCH MANNER AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL DIRECT.

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £18,422 for the year ended 31 March 2025, primarily due to charitable grants exceeding income. However, the charity holds substantial unrestricted reserves of £933,042, which the trustees regard as necessary to maintain operations. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's 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 3 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.

• Conflicting interests
• 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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Charles Adam Laurie Sebag-Montefiore CBEchair
• CHARLES HENRY CATOR · trustee of 2 other charities
• MARTIN DRURY · trustee of 2 other charities
• SIR HUGH ASHLEY ROBERTS · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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