The French Porcelain Society

Analysis

The French Porcelain Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Buckinghamshire. It was registered in March 1987, 39 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it makes grants to individuals, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The French Porcelain Society reported income of £30k and spending of £27k, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £32k to £30k (-7.7%), an average of -2.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 49%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, The French Porcelain Society sits at the 59th percentile: it is larger than about 59% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include West Oxfordshire Arts Association (£30k), Harrison/Parrott Foundation (£30k) and Latvian Educational Foundation 1990 (£30k).