Registered charity · Oxford
The Pali Text Society
The Pali Text Society is a registered charity (number 262216) based in Oxford, governed by 4 trustees and chaired by Dr Rupert Gethin. Latest income £201k (2024). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
- 4 trustees
- Income £201k (2024)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Throughout England
- Website
- palitextsociety.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Pali Text Society Limited
- Registered
- 1971
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2024£201k£311k
- 2023£171k£250k
- 2022£169k£416k
Earlier years
- 2021£201k£260k
- 2020£241k£237k
Income trend, 2020 to 2024.
Income source mix, 2020: Government grants 4%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO FOSTER AND PROMOTE THE STUDY OF PALI TEXTS BY EDITING AND PUBLISHING THE SAME.
Board analysis
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.
4 trustees on the board
- Dr Rupert Gethin Chair
- Director Eivind Kahrs
- Dr Petra Kieffer-Puelz since 2023
- Dr Ulrike Roesler since 2023
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Dr Rupert Gethin Chair
- Director Eivind Kahrs
- Dr Petra Kieffer-Puelz since 2023
- Dr Ulrike Roesler since 2023
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.
Gaps to watch
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
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
- 262216
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- RULES ADOPTED IN OR ABOUT 1963
- Companies House
- Company number 00770074 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 07436 534 179 · info@palitextsociety.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 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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