Registered charity · London
The Hellenic and Roman Library
- 6 trustees
- Income £389k (2024)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Dr Phillip Bruce KAYChair · since 2015
- Dr Margaret MountfordTrustee · since 2024
- Huw Kingsbury SmithTrustee · since 2026
- Josephine Lesley FittonTrustee · since 2022
- Professor Hella EckardtTrustee · since 2026
- Professor Roland George MayerTrustee · since 2017
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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People on this board also serve on 2 other charities:
- Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies · 2 shared trustees
- Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies · 1 shared trustee
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Camden
- Website
- www.hellenicandromanlibrary.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Hellenic and Roman Library
- Registered
- 2015
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2024£389k£380k
- 2023£439k£385k
- 2022£440k£388k
Earlier years
- 2021£357k£345k
- 2020£344k£308k
Charitable objects
THE SUPPORT OF EDUCATION AND RESEARCH ON THE GRECO-ROMAN WORLD AND ITS LEGACY BY:(1)THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF A RESEARCH LIBRARY SPECIALISING IN THE HISTORY, ARCHAEOLOGY, LANGUAGES, LITERATURES AND CULTURES OF ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME, THE POST-CLASSICAL HELLENIC AND LATIN WORLD, AND THEIR RECEPTION;(2)THE PROVISION OF LIBRARY FACILITIES GENERALLY AND MAINTENANCE OF A CENTRE FOR STUDY AND RESEARCH ON THESE SUBJECTS;(3)PUBLICISING THE LIBRARY AND FACILITATING ACCESS TO IT BY QUALIFIED SCHOLARS, STUDENTS AND LAY PERSONS FROM AROUND THE WORLD;(4)FACILITATING RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES THAT USE THE RESOURCES OF THE LIBRARY TO BEST ADVANTAGE; AND(5)COLLABORATION WITH SIMILAR RESEARCH FACILITIES AROUND THE WORLD.
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Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
6 trustees on the board
- Dr Phillip Bruce KAY Chair since 2015
- Dr Margaret Mountford since 2024
- Huw Kingsbury Smith since 2026
- Josephine Lesley Fitton since 2022
- Professor Roland George Mayer since 2017
- Professor Hella Eckardt since 2026
Trustees past 6 years
- Dr Phillip Bruce KAY Chair since 2015
- Professor Roland George Mayer since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- Dr Phillip Bruce KAY Chair since 2015
- Dr Margaret Mountford since 2024
- Professor Hella Eckardt since 2026
Portfolio (3)
- Huw Kingsbury Smith since 2026
- Josephine Lesley Fitton since 2022
- Professor Roland George Mayer since 2017
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1163798
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 10 SEP 2014
- Companies House
- Company number 09212403 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02078628727 · office@romansociety.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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