BRITISH HERPETOLOGICAL SOCIETY

Charity number: 205666
Charity reporting is up to date (14 days late)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Conservation, Research, Captive Breeding, Education within Herpetology

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 December 2023

Total income: £32,433
Total expenditure: £43,408

People

18 Trustee(s)

22 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No information available

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • Education/training
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science
  • Animals
  • Environment/conservation/heritage
  • Recreation
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Individuals
  • Makes Grants To Organisations
  • Provides Services
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
  • Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England And Wales
  • Madagascar
  • Portugal
  • Spain
  • United States

Governance

Registration history:
  • 22 September 1962: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Other
Other names:

No other names

Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

18 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
MARK HOLLOWELL Chair 22 April 2012
None on record
Jennifer Shea Trustee 07 May 2022
None on record
Dr Marcio Pie Trustee 07 May 2022
None on record
Dr Richard John Hodges Trustee 23 March 2019
None on record
Dr Gerardo Garcia Trustee 23 March 2019
None on record
Dr Jonathan Bielby Trustee 23 March 2019
None on record
STEPHEN COPLEY Trustee 21 April 2018
None on record
SUZANNE SIMPSON Trustee 21 April 2018
None on record
MR JIM LABISKO Trustee 21 April 2018
None on record
STEVEN ALLAIN Trustee 21 April 2018
None on record
Paul Eversfield Trustee 29 March 2015
None on record
Mr A von Plettenberg Laing Trustee 29 March 2014
None on record
Dr CHRISTOPHER GLEED-OWEN Trustee 20 December 2011
None on record
KIM ELIZABETH LE BREUILLY Trustee 19 July 2011
None on record
Dr SIMON TOWNSON Trustee 13 May 2011
None on record
MICHAEL HENRY WISE Trustee 13 May 2011
None on record
JANICE VERETTE CLEMONS Trustee 13 May 2011
None on record
TREVOR ANDREW ROSE Trustee
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/12/2019 31/12/2020 31/12/2021 31/12/2022 31/12/2023
Total gross income £34.48k £67.95k £93.15k £46.76k £32.43k
Total expenditure £33.35k £49.62k £31.42k £28.84k £43.41k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 December 2023 14 November 2024 14 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2023 14 November 2024 14 days late Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2022 18 June 2024 231 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2022 31 October 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2021 15 December 2022 45 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2021 15 December 2022 45 days late Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2020 04 March 2022 124 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2020 04 March 2022 124 days late Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2019 25 October 2020 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2019 25 October 2020 On Time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

RULES AS AMENDED 1956 AND 31 MARCH 2007

Charitable objects

THE PROMOTION OF THE STUDY AND PROTECTION OF AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES IN PARTICULAR THROUGH SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, CAPTIVE BREEDING AND HUSBANDRY, CONSERVATION AND FIELDWORK AND EDUCATION

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

NOT DEFINED

Contact information

Address:
C/O ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON
REGENTS PARK
LONDON
NW1 4RY
Phone:
07778830192
Email:
secretary@thebhs.org
Website:

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