THE CLASSICAL ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 313371 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To promote the development and maintain the well-being of Classical Studies.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £93,940 for the year ended 31 December 2025, driven by significant investment gains of £136,822. The trustees confirm that the charity has sufficient resources to meet its liabilities and have prepared the accounts on a going concern basis. Unrestricted reserves stood at £2,463,810, providing a substantial buffer for future activities.

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.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~52.5 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (78% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 1.5% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Charlotte Louise Parkyn
• Dr Ian Keng Liang Goh
• Henry Benjamin Cullen
• Kim Michael Taylor
• PHILIP HOOKER
• Prof. Judith Margaret Mossman · trustee of 1 other charity
• Professor Gesine Manuwald
• Professor Sharon Margaret Marshall
• Sana Tanvir Van Dal
• Sarah Jane Bell
• Sebastian Kokelaar

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CLASSQUOTE LIMITED.

• CLASSQUOTE LIMITED income £309k
• CLASSICS FOR ALL income £687k
• THE SOCIETY FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES LIMITED income £612k
• AL-ASR SCHOLASTIC RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT LONDON UK income £119k
• YAD VEACHISOMOCH L'CHAIM income £834k
• THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF DAY SURGERY income £176k

Side by side with its peers

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