Company Registration Number- 00869702
The Charity R￿lsITat￿)n Number is :. 1129985
THE BRITISH SOCIETY OF AESTHETICS
Report and Accounts
31 December 2024

R•port and accounts lor th• y•ar •nd•d 31 Doc•mb•r 2024
Cont•nts
Chartty Infom￿1(
TnAle•g' Annual R•p￿t
staton￿nI of dir•ctor4' re•pon•lbllltl••
Indo￿ndent Ex•minrf8 Report
10
Statement of Fin￿LIa1 Adiths
Movements in funds
Revenue Furyts
Income and Expendiiure account
S￿fflary of
11
12
12
13
13
Balance slwt
14
Notes to th• accounts
15

Jmprtses the Oiredows. Report r￿ul￿j ty Cffj)aniè8 Act ￿.
legal name cl the charty is:. THE BRMSH SIXIEfY OF AESThE[￿.
The charity o registered in & Wales wilh the Ch*ity CLm)mi88ion in & Wales (CCEW)
7Mth tharity nLWTtser 1129985.
25 January 1
ended by spe(aal resolutKJK8 8 Septsmlw 2LM)8 and 27 Septsnlw 2018. arml is a r•iered chaftiy
PO Box271
97 Ga￿¢Y Ro•J,
Cheadle, SK8 9BU
T818phon8 0161428 3995
PO Box271
97 Gatky Ro•J.
c￿ad￿, SK8 9BU

A Cla¥ekVawuèz
A HeMr4mll
L Jotks
C Mac Cumhaill
HM*s
Trna8uwer
07109f2024
V Simoniti
K Simecek
Steenh4en
DWI
M Wirthor
071Dm4
PmskY•nt frr#n 0710V2024
trustees Ser￿£0 as a trustee in the reporbng per￿￿, and. rf *uble. dates of appointrnent
or re5wnat￿ duriTrJ ts )wr ¥JWe:_
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0710912024
L Waltsrn
071CW2024
CAuty
071ry2024
A Did(inson
H Dwmmond
CEar
071(Y¥2024
tem 'aeststTrrf refers to ￿1 St￿leS of the arts. eXper￿n0. ￿ the prI￿1p￿S of ulti￿$m.
so¢iolagy, &ithrowl&3y, cultural and education. for the pu￿SeS of Ihis article, the tonn'art,
refw5 to dl t￿￿ of art

Grants, awards.
mentored by Lk VKI Simonili at It* of LNUPO
The winn¢r of 2024 t4￿¥81 W Essay Pf¢e was Jerary Page (u￿￿￿). for hs wer,
£1,500 Fkn full Sut• trwl.
During 2024. a CAI &SA award, to £8,(Krf).
This is Flann&J for Jarwary 2(r25.
made to the folkrwiry..
.th Seekifv3 a Ccrnunty ofTaste. Wan*rk: £411
.Key Quest￿n8 in 11eta-k￿. NottiThJham, £2730
.Sety Stories IPo(kast arKI rwrdth). UCL £3850
We recei¥&d Thi applications for e￿ts in Eurcp in 2024. ixrt did ￿ 202&
to extend 8hgbilrty lo rnwnb8Tr based in outsith ts UK ojmry to the UK in 2023. Three wtscations from
menkners comirKJ to UK receiwj in 21724 ar#1 awarded fvndry.

SwrfKant aQi4ilies
The high*Jht oftre Sco*s durry Ihe Jwrw8s the 63￿ Annu￿ cOTrf￿￿, t*HVJ ￿ar? onc4J
as port of'ktybr#l Saturday., 10 regr•leTed low*th.
OFyession'. and fwr otlw SY7n￿a. 'PPMbxphral Is¥￿ il Phobjraphy and Photcgrwically
Derived Imayrf. Taste. Fr¢1￿. P4ency in Chir*se *￿tr¢S., aThJ Tr Ph&)$￿Y of Non.Ficbon'.
al￿ the Meaning of (al least somè) Art.: and Jennifer Saul and Ra￿ythJ tkawwrfle (WakrI￿), *lvJse
winner of the 4th Hori2th￿ Awaftl. dwectth1 atiLmitX researclws urM*r-rewesented gr￿pS in
phik)soth, was JrAeph KasSM￿TOd {BetheÈyl for his paper. The.Pr￿1C Qualty ofm Cr￿c￿n,.
Amual cofference discounts once ¥in (rffered to BSA mfftnbe￿. I￿￿41n9 generous ￿Stgr￿1uate
subs￿￿ Trustees 4reed to oltsel Ihe c¥th)n emiswns of the 2024 aMU81 c￿1¢￿￿ with a £109)
In 2024, the S￿ty wrmI￿j four&Jition5 of The Br￿Sh Joumal ofAesthetics, publisw by Oxford
was appoinled to the role. Thè Journal rthinues lo atiTact heaftiry ot h￿h+4Ua￿fy sui¥nMiorr6
Two issues of Debates in Ae6thetiCg dur¥vJ 2024, with Sev•￿ fUrt￿r i5W&5 in preparation

Trea8Ufer of the W and up to nine addilioTrat memtws ele(*8d by Iho m8rnLw5hip of the BS4. (Xl*f
r¥Jhl to vth.
AGM.
by ap￿YIng for memtefship. has ir*lic•ted his or l*r agr88n*nt to kecomè a rn￿r.
t￿ring the year to September 2024, the thrw Officats *re St¥ie Fri￿￿ (Pres•*nt). Hafts Maes (VrA.
Jones was appoin￿1.
t th8msth8s forward. ParKis Paris ar#Y S￿lec&k were duly apwnted to Sow tiwir third and
year. Induding at ts soc*tYs annual conlerwKe. Tr Offiws of Ihe Society SometM￿ meel
Grants. PhD confer￿ arxl Essay PrEe.
120 trk*MJm. Lcrf#trJn, QC1V 7HD

Financial roV•BW
The financial position Of￿ th*ity at 31 CÈcanLw 2tr24 afwj the prvJr wic¥J, as more
fulty detsiled in the accounts, a# fdbm:.
(2.Ir25}
12,977
485,550
D8sKJnat8d R8veni* Funds
40.667
526,217
524,192
Tot•1 Funds
524,192
,217
Chanty a defiot M unrest￿￿ funds. belrKe tratth. for the w of£2.IY25. (21YZ3 £12,9TI
suryAusl. In the Chanty m* ￿ tr) in fesped of tra￿1 stwvjs of£11,996.18
<2023 - £9.869.58) and th ¥w*ds of£41,887.72 <2023- £40.113.￿2).
r￿¥rIng the year. ts injstees tJew* £33.CKX) (£30.(XXl ￿ an aldilioTral £3.1)￿ g•)graph￿l
desKJnakd) 5torxl at £484.838 {2023 £461.7n). In 2024. the Tntstees Il*w ￿seNe5 Oiy. arxl
in light of the increasirwj of the annual r￿n18T￿, to sd a taryet of r•Juciry minwnum
its otA¥ations in rew of 8¥h fur*i

Jring 21J25. trE Charty has tre of The ￿l￿Sh JrAHnal ofknth*. WKI ts (￿11
ScAiety's revenue in the to me(hwn twm. •KI ¢Crtt￿ to {*$c￿$S t*ith OUP. In the hght c
also Surx￿1￿*Y wblish regular s[￿81 is5￿$ to iroease artic*s. Tr* Tnts*es rde
The 64th BSA Ar￿￿81 cOrrfere￿ is due to te I￿ld at StAnne's College, Oxtord, 12.14 Soptwnber 2025.
We pLgn lo ha￿ a hybfhd Sattsrday for dew to or4irn. for the third in a r(p*.
'Coll8ctiva Authorsw in Theatrrcal Works.. A Hwarchieal Ac￿unt.: arml Felpe Zarnts Guerrero (L￿rharn
University). for his paper, 'What 15 TrL* in Massi¥ty Seria&s6d CollaiM)rati%e FKIN￿$? A Case for Senal
Departure,. Zeynep and Felip8 ￿th rKer¥e a £51)) Ikvmriffti aThl a LP to £iIM) to attend thè
t)Jring 2024, the Tnjstees de￿ed to wn the Postf*xtwal Award over years, kn 202&2027, at
2025 and offer&Y a Iwtryear felhxslwp to Ihe *innef. After inibaly acc4ptiivJ, th8 thqnner ltsr had to
COntinL￿ publicalTh of pum*
.Look into extendiThJ other awards to based in Eur
.Lo)k mto offerirvj dedKaled fuThdK¥J for travel to anrwl corrferenc*
4ContIn￿ to the UDE aNJ the HwimA¥Ard
.FirKI an altemati%* to offseltiry fLY Cart￿ emi58iorn at the annual c4>nfw
<ontinuo to clfer fuThJiThJ for the c￿r￿tiOnS awwd. with ts ￿xI rwid in 2026. and an
InCrea￿j grant of £10,IX)O
ste4￿n Nuon &Sc (Hons) FCCA
ItNlependent Examir
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Cl*shwE
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Ccfftpan*s 20C6, the C1wrti￿ Ad 2011 and the Chanbes (Accounts ar*d ReFQrts) Ragulalions
respmsiblity as rwirriry It￿ to folkMT ￿rient besl and pr4wre the acrx)unts 8Ctording to tt
FRS 102 SORP ISt*wwl of Re0>n￿ Praclxx knntiry and by Chanties) 2015,
(as arnen￿￿ by Bulletin is$￿￿ in l)Xot*r 2018 a￿1 to am act)thing b89'nning on
or ats 1st JaTrJary 2019). Tr S(YiW. .
In PaTtr¢u￿r. tts Crynpanie5 ki 2LTh l•* It* Board of Trustats to prepare fjnanc4al
ststemerts for ead) fThrwl yeaf vthich gi¥e a aThl faw ot tr* state of affairn Lrf the d*rity a5 at
the end of th8 fi￿￿)81 yw *KI rrf the tydef￿ of dw*y. In ItK>ge fina￿a81
Ac¢A)untiry practi￿ (Uniw ACcou￿n9 StsFxlard$ aThl aw>kal)b law).
law requiffjs that the tnKtaes must not opwthe tho a(wunts U1￿ ttw are sattsftij Ihat tlw gi￿
aNJ faw VI￿ ol the sts* of affairs of Ihe tharrty of the surpkts or deficat CA Ihè c*￿ fc* th8 ￿r.
roasonaL4e accjjrw at ary time the fmancial w6ilKMI (I tho L*anty aThl which a￿ sufficwt b sh(Mi and
financial slatom￿ts.

Trust•os' Annual R•port for th• y•ar ended 31 Deceth 2024
The fina￿)81 stalem￿ afe aet (MJI on p8988 11 to 24.
financial stalfjments ￿￿eM￿n9 the FRS 102 SORP (Ststefftht of
Recommeryjed Plac￿￿ for PayJuntir8 aThJ Repoty by ChafÉties> 2￿5. {as affÈnded by the Bulletin
iSSL*d in <)#dw 2018 ¥￿ble to tegWIDry ￿ (Y af*r 1st January 2019}.
ITr* SORP). •vl in a(tINda￿e 4ith ReF#Nb'vJ StarKI&￿ 102. (*¢ti¥e 1si January 2016)
Tr*e finanaal stslernents habr t*en p¥eparol in a¢￿arda￿e wilh provisions in Part 15 of the

(kn 21MA Arf).
Havfflg sati%fi8d mysèlf that ac£ounts of tho ¥e n(rt wuiréd to bo audit8d undér Part 16 of ￿ 2(
iwj o4rt urthr sec1X￿ 145 of ts Ch￿11185 Ad 2011 a)11 A(*). In caryir¥3 Out ry fjxarrmn￿ I have
followed Ihe Directions given by lh8 Charity Conimiwn urKJ8r sec*on I4￿5> Ib) ol the 2011 A¢*
3 the accounts do Th)t wrth Ih acoJunlw require11￿ of Sedi￿ 396 of Ihe ￿ AGt ottEr than any
requI￿n￿l ihat tt* aLXJ)Urts gve a ar¥J fair is not a matter C(￿5￿J￿￿1 as part ol an
IFRS 102).
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This rewl w85 $iyned on
10

2024
Totsl FuNIs
185.834
8.411
191,617
Total Inc4)mo
IX245
1x245
198,299
Exp•nOtsn on:
1SS.270
1*270
185,322
Total 6xp￿￿Jro
1*270
185.322
N•t Incom• for th•
11024
(1025)
11977
Il02
(1024
1l9n
025)
110251
11977
526217
217
513240
gains 8ThJ losses.
11

2024
2023
12.9TI
Total
Fth
La81 year
Totsl Fun
Fw
20
528.217
613.240
Iransfe
12.9TT
5¥192
524192
21T
Labt yoar
Totsl Furyl•
2023
Al 1 Janu
Transfer 00vtr￿n revenue a(umulaleAI Iw
40.667
.732
12

2024
Tdal
Fund•
L•rt Y•or
Tatsl Fund*
2Q24
446.793
Total fwwjs
524192
THE BRrnSH SOCIETY OF AESTHEncs
185.834
191.617
Interest rew¥at46
8.411
6,662
1x245
1V199
191245
19Q299
194.518
1.752
183,174
2,148
Totsl •xp•ndknr• in lh• y•ar
12.gTI
11025)
11977
1025
11977
13

Current as•6ts
55.71Y)
501.891
57,598
513,
Cath at bank a￿1 in har•J
Total ¢urrort asmts
557.591
571.194
44.9
$24,1W2
526.217
524.192
52Q217
Unrestricted FuTrJs
13 D3
485.550
446.793
485,550
13 D3
40.￿7
40,￿7
526.217
T•)tal ch*lty f(¥
524.1¥2
The financi81 slaknts have twi prepared in a(XxYdW￿ with Provisi￿ in Part 15 of th8 Ccfflpanie8 kt
2(MJ6. appluble to ￿MPanieS ￿￿lectIO Ihe small c¢Jnparries wime.
L JO￿5
Trustse
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THE BRITISH SOCIEfY OF AESThETICS
Notes to thé Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2024
1 A¢¢ouTrtlng polk*•
Finall￿ ReP￿Irl) Slwthrd appkth LK Ire*￿1 (FRS 1021 w¥J Acc(￿rt￿ aThJ Rewl
the Finanaal Reportiry Stsndard aPp*ab￿ in ts UK arnl Rewbk of IrelaThJ (FRS 102). charl￿ SORP IFRS102), a
amendeAI ty UFxlate BL￿￿tIn 1.
Regulaivts lo Ctw*ies SCIiP (FRS 102) lity.e(4Xd) d Sl 21y)eJ629, thaiity tn*tees
have departed from the reQ￿e￿WI olR*J.8(5) tyloknry charl￿ SORP {FRS102) inslead ofChart￿ SORP
IFRSSE) lo tl* extsnt MC*S8ary lo give a ITh￿ and fatrv*# ￿ the ￿tI￿n￿4￿*s.
Incom• rncognltlon
15

Not•8 to th• Accounts for th• y•ar •ndod 31 Decomb•r 2024
probable tr￿1 the gott￿ment b• arKI Ihe oltho tan bè mtsasurod rnliabty. ExsendAure is
amounts lo bo patd in firtur¥ p￿￿5. Liablitw are induded in rJedrtor4 due in one year or mor8 than ong yeat as
appropriate. Unless m*erial. c*mmknYwts in r￿￿e than >ear are Dot drA4Junted forlhe Value ofmoney.
AllocatThTr ol $upport costs
Support O38ts are thosé fund￿ assist the oflhe eiuw tl* dekyery ofchari
activities w ty Su[4￿￿j the ofAJThJs. Ind￿ ba¢* 01￿ lunctN)n8. gtaff costs avMI pTokniDnal
probabty rnsult li the Irark4fer of fvnds to a Ihffd pty and dLe to seth the can be m8asured c
Financial insirumprts
Unless mat￿la1, grant cL￿M&￿ents in more Ihan year a￿ not discwnt4J fort￿ tine value of and as
this ap￿18$ to the fKJuieg Tn tlwe rm0￿181 stalmnts. effectNely the charty has onty bast finane4al instruments vthrch
Cash al bank aThJ m harKI
Cash at bank ?rKI m haTrJ NK*Jdts cash WKI sl*)rt term highty #I￿$tA￿ts th a shryt ofthree monts or
les8 date of a￿u￿1t￿n or opew of the or simlar acc•urt
16

THE BRITISH SOCIEfY OF AESTHErics
Notes to the Accounts for the yw ended 31 DKember 2024
Fund Accounting
There arè no restrthj funds ift t￿ th*ty.
2 Liabillty to taxation
The Trustees o)nsKler that the chatity saltyf*s the ielts gd Pwaph 1 S (rf 2010 for
3 Winding up or IfM•olulioD of ¢h•rfty
gimilar obpds lo Ihfr clw*y.
4 Significanc• of financial in¥tsumwts to ¢h•iity• po•ilion
S N•t •urplu• befor• lax in th• IlnancW >•ar
The net suryjlus before lax (n the ffft%tual ￿ar s stated aftercharying:"
750
6 Staff ¢o•t8 and emolument•
2024
2023
TSO
17

Not88 to tho Accounts for th• yur •ndgd 31 D•c•mb•r 2024
7 R•munoratlon And p*ym•nts to Tru•lee• aThl p•T•oM eonnèetad wlth th•m
Maarten Sknhagen
750
750
BSA tAebsite man•yr Maarten Steenhagen becw)* a Tn*tee in Sept￿b￿2019, he an annual fee of£3)0
bekyw.
1. Artth 6.3 ofthè Charivs ArtiL*s cl Assoaatm ￿mIll a Tn* or CON￿ Pernon lo $uKpty servw m retum
b.lhe ser¥Kes 8re ¥Aua*y requHwJ ChaiAy. *¥J tt* Tnthès d•(xl• Ihal # is Lwt wtsrèsts ofthe Charity
to entr such a vJrtf8f#:
the natuwe aTrJ level of the remuneration i* no moTe Ihan i¥ T•8$0T￿blo in rnknlion lo 1hè Val￿ of sthit•s', and
d.fffi￿ than hall0f￿ Trust*s are sw to suth a contrnd in fthaN?41 yw.
2. Gi4en Maarten's expe￿n• a￿1 lamitharty Ih8 *bsite. he B Ixst-fvd to ¢xntinue to WOVKle the vAb8rte
3. Maarten is the onP4 1*41 b• In recaTA ofpayn*ts uN1er a cy)ntrad urHkr Arlx*e 6.3.
2023
SS,7
65.700
9 Cr•dltoM: aMI￿ntS falllng due wlthln om >*ar
2024
2023
Arxruals forgrants payable
31,947
1.452
43,579
1.398
44,9TI
18

THE BRITISH SOCIEfY OF AESTHETICS
Notes to the Accounts for the y&v ended 31 D8C8mber 2024
10 Incom• and ExpndAuv• account Summary
At 1 J•nuary 2024
526.217
r2.025)
513.240
12,9TI
AI 31 DKwnb•T 2024
524.192
520.217
11 No r•latsd p•rty tran¥octlon•
12 Partlcul•rB of how parflcular fund• am rnprnwntsd ty a•Mts And Ilabilitlo•
Tcrt•l
Fw
511.420
(33.399)
46,171
CuThent Liabllies
(33.399)
470,021
46.171
624.192
At 1 January 2024
671.194
(44.97n
4OM7
13 Change In tolal fund8 ov•rth• yw as •hown in Nots 12. an•ly¥ed by indlvidual fundg
kn 2024
29.203 {36.734 478m1
(31.228)
36.732
46.171
Des¥Jnat￿￿ Re4enue FuThJs
40.e67
524.192
524.192
19

Note• to th• Accounts for th• y•ar •ndod 31 D•c•mlw 2024
14 Anaw of movem0￿ In funds ov•r th• yoar •• •h(rh￿ in Ilole 13
￿ndS
194245
(165.042>
(31.228)
{31.228
a724
2023
Td(kn) Urw86trthd Fur
(%.73
Td(IMIl De8wJTralE¥J Re4Mue FuThAs
pro¥¥Je reser￿ for fiJtUfe adivtrs. arKI . ¥utéct to charity *islatvJi,
17 Uttmnate controlling party
The Coffwry is knled ty guararrtee arKI does rmx a slwe Cap￿. In the ofthe Cryny b8ing

THE BRrrisH SOCIETY OF AESTHETICS
This analysis is classsiff•d byconv•ntioHI nominal d•S¢￿tiONS and not by actsvity.
Cufrontyear
prtmary Purpose and at%lkry trallng
Sakn of goods afvj servicts in
asxordarKè w*h th• ch*rWs rtyeds
170.307
170JJ7
178.235
10.403
8.017
5.124
5.124
5.385
Totsl Prfmxy PUryKW and anclllary
191.617
T(thl Fuv
18*834
191.617
185A34
Told Total Fund*
Bank Interest Re¢eiv
8.411
U11
8A11
8N11
682
21

Totsl Fund% Tolal Fund
Funds
Fu
Support crnts. th￿IStrat0T
32,388
Tot•1 dlr•¢t ¥pw¥Mrvd
R4•1rt¢tsJ T¢7tal Totsl Fund•
Grants male to iryJN#lua
Grants made to ¢Jyan￿#t￿s
Costs roktkng to ofgTrrrts
28.667
11.447
11.888
12.
11496
Tolal grnntrn#kkng costs
49.184
On SeekThJ a Communty dTast•. War*4*
Podcast and roU￿ble. UCL (A Hanlberd}
The SIWeiines8 (rf Empathy. c￿nbr￿9•
2,955
Lon(kn Aesihetks FonKfi . avMvJ
2.531
2,531
Thé Futu￿ of Art
￿￿nental Phli )sophy
Lost in the Game, ￿aM
Art, Imagmwlion Morn*y. Trnty C• OA*Jrd
(934)
(1￿J)
(Z526)
(14)
(12.￿)>
{4.SW)
(9341
(1(X))
(2.526)
(14)
(12,(KK>)
(4,SWI
KCL
Synergy. P(￿Y #nd Phik)sophy, War*YJ
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T￿11 Fththll
Fund•
Grants made to indiv¥Juals
Grants made to organisations
Costs relatirwJ to Ihe award of grants
28.667
11.447
9.870
11.447
9.870
PfixY•w P￿y•ll P•lor Y¢ar
Tr￿1 Fund*
1nteTpersC￿￿I Relations W￿kSh￿l.
Log1 in the Garm.
Art, Imagination and Moralty. Trirrity CoibJ8 Oxford
li￿ YeaT$ of Sc4Yitude (RKhatd Won￿*￿ fknl. St
Johns c￿
2213
2.213
KCL
Postgraduate ￿ntren￿, Kent
(393)
13.952)
(3.952}
16391
{455>
(45S)
Intewnal Relalons, 8milryham
(￿￿)
(3)
(4.114)
{9)8)
(3)
{4.1141
AegthetM3 d Pubk Art KCL
Synergy: Eyrinwrtal Fikn- QMUL
{3.2LMYI
I3,1(￿)
{3,1(￿)
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THE BRITISH SOCIEfY OF AESTHETICS
23 support Msts for ch•ri(*bkn a￿1¥1￿
Tatsl Fund* Totsl Fw
Cunmt Y
Fund*
41474
17.251
813
Editorial expensos
conferen￿ expenses
ot￿r dired
12.695
40.152
2.182
11696
40.152
2.182
100.275
11)0.275
11K•.802
Total 8upwI costs . Cunwrt Y
100
Totsl FuDd• T4*4 Fund•
Current Year
Truslo05' remunwal
750
25 Tolal Charflabl• •XWMlllur•
Totyl Totsl FuxlB
Cunwrt Y•ar
B2a
B2¢
82d
Tolal granlmakirwj costs
Tolal Sup1￿ L
49.984
100.802
2.148
1W.275
1.752
1,752
PrforY•w PrtorY•ar
Prfw Y•ar
Tatsl F￿1
Prfor Ye•r
Funds
Totsl direct Spgnding
Total grantrnaking costs
Total support costs
Total Govemance &)sts
B2c
B2d
49.
1rA).￿2
2,148
100,802
2,148
185.322
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