# SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF ROMAN STUDIES

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 210644
- **Other names:** ROMAN SOCIETY
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Oct. 20, 1962
- **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=210644


## Contact

- **Address:** SENATE HOUSE, MALET STREET, LONDON
- **Postcode:** WC1E 7HU
- **Phone:** 02078628727
- **Email:** office@romansociety.org
- **Website:** www.romansociety.org



## Activities

**Objects:** TO PROMOTE THE STUDY OF THE HISTORY, ARCHAEOLOGY, LITERATURE AND ART OF ITALY AND THE ROMAN EMPIRE, FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES DOWN TO ABOUT A.D.700.

**Activities:** The Society is the leading organisation in the UK for those interested in the study of Rome and the Roman Empire. Its scope is wide, covering Roman history, archaeology, literature and art to about A.D. 700. It supports a programme of publication, a large library, summer schools, archaeology, and an annual lecture programme. It makes annual grants to schools and archaeological projects.

**Area of benefit:** NATIONAL AND FOREIGN




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £423924 | £398963 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £450697 | £425632 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £489448 | £449945 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £452978 | £367381 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £427008 | £365129 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Professor Timothy John Cornell** (Chair) — appointed June 2, 2018
- Dr Adam Charles Roger — appointed June 29, 2024
- Dr Claire Alicia Stocks — appointed June 10, 2023
- Dr Dalida Agri — appointed June 7, 2025
- Dr Hannah Platts — appointed June 10, 2023
- Dr Kelsey Shawn Madden — appointed June 7, 2025
- Dr Luke Benedict Tristan Houghton — appointed June 29, 2024
- Dr Martha Jane Stewart — appointed June 7, 2025
- Dr Micaela Langelotti — appointed June 29, 2024
- Dr PHILIP BRUCE KAY
- Dr Victoria Amy Leonard — appointed June 29, 2024
- Ellen O'Gorman — appointed June 10, 2023
- Emma Stuart — appointed June 10, 2023
- James Alick John Renshaw — appointed June 10, 2023
- Kimberley Yvonne Drummond — appointed June 7, 2025
- Martin Beddoe — appointed June 7, 2025
- PROFESSOR ROLAND GEORGE MAYER — appointed June 3, 2017
- Prof Bruce Gibson — appointed June 29, 2024
- Professor Andrew Niall Gardner — appointed Jan. 25, 2026
- Professor Catharine Edwards — appointed June 6, 2015
- Professor Costas Panayotakis — appointed June 10, 2023
- Professor Dominic William Rathbone — appointed Oct. 28, 2013
- Professor Gavin Alexander Jacob Kelly — appointed June 7, 2025
- Professor Neville Morley — appointed April 1, 2026
- Professor Rebecca Langlands — appointed June 10, 2023
- Professor Roy Kenneth Gibson — appointed May 21, 2022
- Timothy James King-Smith — appointed June 29, 2024