THE BARLOW COLLECTION

Registered charity 314290 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Trust is responsible for the Barlow Collection of Chinese Ceramics, Bronzes and Jades which is one of the most significant of its kind in the world. It is housed at the Ashmolean Museum and is regularly open to the public, with about twenty per cent of its total of 450 objects on display at any one time. The Collection has been deposited primarily for use in teaching.

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A COLLECTION OF CHINESE PORCELAIN BRONZE AND JADE PIECES, THE TRUSTEES TO HOLD THE SAME FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM OF ART AND ARCHAEOLOGY (AS A DEPARTMENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD).

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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Registered contact address: Oxford, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

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Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 3 were received after the due date: year ending 31/07/2023 (received 09/08/2024, 70 days after the 31/05/2024 due date); year ending 31/07/2022 (received 28/06/2023, 28 days after the 31/05/2023 due date); year ending 31/07/2021 (received 01/06/2022, 1 day after the 31/05/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Alexander John Sturgis · trustee of 3 other charities
• Dr MONICA BARLOW
• MR J BARLOW · trustee of 2 other charities
• Prof Shelagh Vainker · trustee of 1 other charity

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Operates in: Oxfordshire

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