HAMPSHIRE ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIETY

Registered charity 1042309 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The objects of the Society are, within the County of Hampshire: i) To advance the education of the public in all aspects of ornithology. ii) To promote research into ornithology and to publish the useful results of such study.iii) To support and encourage the preservation and conservation of wild birds and places of ornithological interest.

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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £3,443 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total receipts of £45,876 against expenditure of £49,319. However, the trustees note that cash funds held were significantly in excess of the reserves policy target of one year's expenditure, intending to use the surplus to support future projects.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Opticron — “HOS is grateful to Opticron for supplying optical equipment for its activities” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

• KEITH BETTONchair
• Alessandra de Carvalho Oliveto
• Barry Timothy Page · trustee of 1 other charity
• Claire Louise Melville
• Colin George Baker
• Colin Vittorio Prescott
• David Nicholas James Palmer
• Dr Felicia Mary Green
• GEORGE SCOTT BATHO
• Graham Andrew Bishop
• Helen Victoria Wood
• Janice Beck
• Kay Veronica Shillitoe
• Martin James Pitt
• Peter Frederick Little

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

Operates in: Hampshire · Portsmouth City · Southampton City

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