BRITISH INSTITUTE FOR GEOLOGICAL CONSERVATION LIMITED

Registered charity 1016312 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Promoting the conservation of Britain's geological heritage, especially the network of SSSIs. Getting ownership of vulnerable sites through purchase via external grants or through transfer of ownership. Developing a Geoheritage Trail in the South Wales Coalfield to promote awareness of the importance of geology among the wider public. To liaise with other European geoconervation organisations.

Causes: Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £1,166.95 for the year ended April 1, 2025, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £227,638.44. The entity qualified as a micro-entity and was exempt from audit under the Companies Act 2006, with an independent examiner confirming no material matters required disclosure. The annual report notes progress in disposing of a land strip that had been a financial drain, indicating active management of liabilities.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 02775501

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• HOSE, Thomas Alfred, Dr — director, appointed 01/01/2004on trustee list
• CLEAL, Christopher Jonathan, Dr — director, appointed 21/12/1992on trustee list
• BENTON, Michael James, Professor — director, appointed 21/12/1992on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

• PROF MICHAEL J BENTONchair
• Dr CHRISTOPHER J CLEAL
• Dr JOHN DEHANE MACADAM
• Dr KEVIN PAGE
• Dr Sarah Caroline King
• THOMAS HOSE

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE CRESWELL HERITAGE TRUST.

• THE CRESWELL HERITAGE TRUST income £1.2m
• BRITISH LICHEN SOCIETY income £144k
• THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON income £6.1m
• THE LANDSCAPE INSTITUTE income £2.4m
• ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY (WITH THE INSTITUTE OF BRITISH GEOGRAPHERS) income £6.1m
• THE CORNWALL HERITAGE TRUST LIMITED income £1.2m

Side by side with its peers

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