# FRIENDS OF THE ORIENTAL MUSEUM

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 519726
- **Other names:** F O T O M
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Feb. 8, 1988
- **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=519726


## Contact

- **Address:** EPWORTH HOUSE, 7 LUCY STREET, CHESTER LE STREET, COUNTY DURHAM
- **Postcode:** DH3 3UP
- **Phone:** 01913871110



## Activities

**Objects:** TO FOSTER THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY PROMOTION, SUFFORT, ASSISTANCE AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE FACILITIES THROUGH THE ACTIVITY OF A GROUP OF FRIENDS. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 2(A)-(E)).

**Activities:** The charity was formed for the purposes of providing financial and practical support to the Oriental Museum (which is part of the University of Durham) and to inform members about all aspects of the history, culture etc. of the Orient (through lectures, events, etc.).

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Durham
- Gateshead
- Newcastle Upon Tyne City
- North Tyneside
- Northumberland
- South Tyneside
- Sunderland



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept. 30, 2024 | £8818 | £5282 | — | — |
| Sept. 30, 2023 | £2147 | £5486 | — | — |
| Sept. 30, 2022 | £3309 | £5467 | — | — |
| Sept. 30, 2021 | £3479 | £811 | — | — |
| Sept. 30, 2020 | £3875 | £1741 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **SUSAN CHILDS** (Chair)
- Anne Lund Bothwell — appointed Nov. 26, 2017
- BRIAN JONATHAN STRAUGHAN
- Dr Penelope Wilson — appointed Nov. 26, 2017
- Ian Macfarlane Stewart — appointed Nov. 27, 2016
- Jane Christine Manley — appointed Oct. 1, 2016
- LYN GATLAND
- Professor Keith Pratt — appointed Nov. 26, 2017