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.

Objects

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.

Area of benefit: IN PRACTICE - HAMPSHIRE

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held cash funds significantly in excess of its reserves policy target of one year's expenditure. The trustees intend to use these surplus funds over the next two to three years to support research, conservation projects, and capital equipment.

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.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Safeguarding policy and procedures

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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