# AESOP ARTS AND SOCIETY LIMITED

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1134572
- **Other names:** THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT FOUNDATION
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** March 1, 2010
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1134572


## Contact

- **Address:** Wittas House, Two Rivers, Station Lane, WITNEY, Oxfordshire
- **Postcode:** OX28 4BH
- **Phone:** 07841732766
- **Email:** info@ae-sop.org
- **Website:** www.ae-sop.org



## Activities

**Objects:** 3.1 TO PROMOTE HEALTH AND RELIEVE SICKNESS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PROMOTING THEUSE OF THE ARTS WITHIN THE HEALTH SECTOR, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:3.1.1 ADVOCATING THE ROLE OF THE ARTS WITHIN THE HEALTH SECTOR,3.1.2 PROMOTING GOOD PRACTICE AMONG THOSE WHO WORK IN THE HEALTH SECTOR,3.1.3 PROMOTING PARTNERSHIP WORKING AMONG THOSE WHO WORK IN THE HEALTHSECTOR AND THOSE WHO WORK WITH THE ARTS IN THE HEALTH SECTOR,3.1.4 CONDUCTING RESEARCH INTO THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE ARTS AND ALLASPECTS OF HEALTH AND MEDICINE AND DISSEMINATING THE USEFUL RESULTS OFSUCH RESEARCH, AND3.1.5 PROMOTING TRAINING AMONGST EACH OF THOSE GROUPS SO AS TO BETTER ENABLETHEM TO DELIVER ARTS WITHIN THE HEALTH SECTOR FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT,3.2 TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY RESEARCHING, INVESTIGATING ANDDEVELOPING UNDERSTANDING OF THE ARTS AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH, AND IMPACTON, HEALTH, EDUCATION, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ANDIMPROVEMENT, THE EFFICIENCY OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE CROWN, AND THEREHABILITATION OF OFFENDERS, AND DISSEMINATING THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCHRESEARCH.

**Activities:** The Foundation's mission is to bring the transformative potential of the arts into people's daily lives. Its first major programme of action focuses on bringing the arts into the mainstream of  health and social care services.

**Area of benefit:** UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- **What:** Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Throughout England



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £430681 | £462087 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £698255 | £670500 | £135067 | 9 |
| March 31, 2023 | £530191 | £586708 | £107312 | 8 |
| March 31, 2022 | £427261 | £490113 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £565691 | £432082 | £226681 | 9 |



## Trustees

- **Dr Kevin Fenton** (Chair) — appointed Sept. 10, 2018
- Helen Gordon — appointed July 24, 2019
- Jacqui Thornton — appointed July 24, 2019
- Julia Elizabeth Casson — appointed Dec. 8, 2021
- Mark Richard Hampton — appointed Sept. 8, 2015
- Peter David Daniel — appointed Jan. 7, 2015
- Professor Andrew Thompson — appointed Dec. 9, 2024