BRITISH SOCIETY OF SOIL SCIENCE

Registered charity 1134456 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BSSS

The Charity aims to achieve its objectives through: - Promoting and funding research activities within the UK and internationally - Promoting, developing and providing professional standards of practice - Providing, promoting and improving soil education - Promoting the appropriate use of soil science for societal benefit - Publishing research in soil science

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL (AND PARTICULARLY AMONGST SCIENTISTS) ON THE SUBJECT OF SOIL SCIENCE AND TO PROMOTE RESEARCH AND PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS OF PRACTICE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN ALL ASPECTS OF THAT SUBJECT AND TO PUBLISH THE USEFUL RESULTS.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONALLY.

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 FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds freely available reserves of £1,308,820, which the trustees calculate would allow for approximately 33 months of continuing operations without further reserves becoming available. The charity reported a net incoming resource of £126,643 for the year, with total incoming resources of £645,928 against total expenditure of £509,402.

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 3 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• 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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 07110309

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.

• SAGOO, Elizabeth Margaret, Dr — director, appointed 01/01/2025on trustee list
• TOMPKINS, David Stuart, Dr — director, appointed 01/01/2024on trustee list
• HALLETT, Paul David, Prof — director, appointed 01/01/2023on trustee list
• LAMBETH, Dan — director, appointed 02/08/2022on trustee list
• SARKAR, Anirban — director, appointed 20/09/2021on trustee list
• LITTLER, Jacqueline, Prof — director, appointed 01/01/2021not on trustee list
• MORRIS, Andrew Alan — secretary, appointed 05/02/2024

Official officers record.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~28.7 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (88% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Anirban Sarkar
• Dan Lambeth
• Dr David Stuart Tompkins
• Dr Elizabeth Margaret Sagoo
• Dr Jacqueline Hannam
• Dr Paul David Hallett

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Side by side with its peers

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