ORIENT FOUNDATION FOR ARTS & CULTURE

Registered charity 287817 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE ORIENT FOUNDATION

The principal activity of the Foundation is education and social development, especially in relation to the conservation and revitalisation of classical Indian and Tibetan knowledge and arts traditions through multimedia documentation, the archiving of documentary resources, and the continued development of regional and international access to these resources.

Objects

For the public benefit, to advance and promote understanding and learning related to Classical Indian and Tibetan culture and art amongst the public and academia, both domestically and internationally; including, without limitation, by:A. Developing, collecting, conserving and providing worldwide access to documentary materials related to these cultural and artistic traditions; andB. Supporting education and development in the communities in which the Indo-Tibetan cultural and artistic heritage is maintained.

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 · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Bath and North East Somerset, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds increased to £638,409, with unrestricted reserves at £614,364, which exceeds the trustees' stated policy target of six months' operating expenses. The charity reported a net income of £30,754 against charitable expenditure of £209,837, funded largely by donations and legacies.

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 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 01749152
• Trading subsidiary: TIBETAN MONASTERY SERVICES LIMITED Companies House 01756218 · Financial health read from its filings

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Orient Foundation for Arts and Culture (matched by registered charity number).

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.

• HEAD, Amy Elizabeth — director, appointed 03/05/2025on trustee list
• FLEMING, Rosemary Zara — director, appointed 12/06/2015on trustee list
• WALKER, Elsie Mead — director, appointed 21/11/2011on trustee list
• JACOBSGAARD, Mette — director, appointed 09/01/2006on trustee list
• BROADBANK, Robin — director, appointed 08/12/1999on trustee list
• ANDERSON, Jan, Dr — directornot on trustee list
• LASCELLES, David Henry George, Earl Of Harewood — directornot on trustee list
• HEYWOOD, James — directoron trustee list

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

• LORD, EARL OF HAREWOOD DAVID LASCELLESchair
• Amy Elizabeth Head
• Dr JAN ANDERSSON
• ELSIE MEAD WALKER
• JAMES HEYWOOD
• METTE JACOBSGAARD
• ROBIN BROADBANK
• ROSEMARY ZARA FLEMING

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

Operates in: Bath And North East Somerset · India · Nepal

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION, ARTS AND CULTURE.

• THE FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION, ARTS AND CULTURE income £133k
• THE INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ARTS AND CULTURE income £48k
• OXFORD CENTRE FOR RELIGION AND PUBLIC LIFE income £837k
• THE MERIDIAN TRUST income £104k
• LEYTON ORIENT TRUST income £1.6m
• STUART HALL FOUNDATION income £228k

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