Its headquarters are in the Ioannou Centre for Classical and Byzantine Studies in Oxford.

It is registered as a charity and incorporated as a company under the name "The Herculaneum Society.

"[1][2] The Society's registered aims as a charity are: The Society's members are particularly interested in the Villa of the Papyri and in the possibility of finding a hitherto unknown library or libraries in the unexcavated parts of that structure.

Its membership is not exclusive to scholars as it includes all those interested in Herculaneum, the Villa of the Papyri, other Vesuvian sites and Ancient Rome in general.

Ms Kay Byers, Ms Alison Carter, Dr. Gianluca Del Mastro (University of Campagna Luigi Vanvitelli), Dr Holger Essler (Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg), Prof. Robert Fowler (University of Bristol), Dr. Joy Littlewood, Prof. Annalisa Marzano (Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna), Dr. Carol Scott, Ms Kate Starling, Mr. Nigel Wilson (University of Oxford)