BRITISH HERPETOLOGICAL SOCIETY

Registered charity 205666 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Conservation, Research, Captive Breeding, Education within Herpetology

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: NOT DEFINED

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

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Animals · Environment/conservation/heritage · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Westminster, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£40k

Latest spending

£49k

Registered

1962

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with total funds of £180,559, comprising £141,724 in unrestricted reserves. The Trustees consider this level of reserves adequate, as it is sufficient for a minimum of two years' non-discretionary expenditure, and note that membership was stabilized in 2024.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Memberships (59% of income)

“The Society’s principal source of funds is the subscrip on fees paid by its membership.” — page 9

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: two years of non-discretionary expenditure (held: £142k)

“The Society’s policy is to hold suﬃcient unrestricted reserves to meet some 2 years of non-discre onary reserves.”

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

MARK HOLLOWELLchair
Anna-Maria White
Catherine Helen Whatley
Dr Gerardo Garcia
Dr James Labisko · trustee of 1 other charity
Dr Kevin Arbuckle
Dr SIMON TOWNSON
Emma Niemczyk
Erin Hills
Jacqueline Ann Wellings · trustee of 1 other charity
Katherine Emma Mitchell
MICHAEL HENRY WISE
Maria Filippou
Paul Eversfield
Professor Jelka Crnobrnja-Isailovic
Rebecca Kate Ormston
STEVEN ALLAIN
TREVOR ANDREW ROSE
Vincent John Goodall

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

Operates in: Madagascar · Portugal · Spain · Throughout England And Wales · United States

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£40k	£49k
31/12/2023	£32k	£43k
31/12/2022	£47k	£29k
31/12/2021	£93k	£31k
31/12/2020	£68k	£50k

Common questions

Is BRITISH HERPETOLOGICAL SOCIETY financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with total funds of £180,559, comprising £141,724 in unrestricted reserves. The Trustees consider this level of reserves adequate, as it is sufficient for a minimum of two years' non-discretionary expenditure, and note that membership was stabilized in 2024. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE HDH WILLS 1965 CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£20k

Charities like this

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

THE HERPETOLOGICAL CONSERVATION TRUST income £383k
BRITISH VETERINARY ORTHOPAEDIC ASSOCIATION income £270k
THE BRITISH SOCIETY FOR PARASITOLOGY income £121k
THE BRITISH HEDGEHOG PRESERVATION SOCIETY income £1.6m
THE BRITISH DEER SOCIETY income £914k
BRITISH CHAROLLAIS SHEEP SOCIETY LIMITED income £171k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
BRITISH HERPETOLOGICAL SOCIETY	£40k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE HERPETOLOGICAL CONSERVATION TRUST FY2025	£383k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BRITISH VETERINARY ORTHOPAEDIC ASSOCIATION FY2025	£270k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE BRITISH SOCIETY FOR PARASITOLOGY FY2025	£121k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE BRITISH HEDGEHOG PRESERVATION SOCIETY FY2025	£1.6m	Under £60,000	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE BRITISH DEER SOCIETY FY2025	£914k	£70,001 - £80,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.