THE LONDON NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY

Registered charity 206228 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Members study and record the plants, birds, insects and other wildlife, and their habitats, in the London area, through field meetings, talks, and publications. The general public is welcome at all events. Grants are available to support research and the conservation of biodiversity.

Objects

ITS OBJECTS SHALL BE THE STUDY AND RECORDING OF NATURAL HISTORY, ARCHAEOLOGY AND OTHER KINDRED SUBJECTS ESPECIALLY WITHIN TWENTY MILES OF ST PAUL’S CATHEDRAL, THE PROMOTION OF SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATIONS, THE APPRECIATION AND CONSERVATION OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND THE PUBLICATION IN THE SOCIETY’S JOURNALS OF SCIENTIFIC AND EDUCATIONAL PAPERS RELATING PARTICULARLY TO THE LONDON AREA.

Area of benefit: WITHIN 20 MILES OF ST PAUL'S CATHEDRAL

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 a deficit of £18,745 for the year ended 30 June 2025, compared to a surplus of £3,561 in the previous year. Total receipts were £358,662 against total payments of £327,630, resulting in a net decrease in assets. The document does not disclose a reserves policy or specific unrestricted reserve figures.

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 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.

• Complaints handling
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Annie Elizabeth Wilson
• Dr Anthony John Alexander Madgwick
• Dr Elizabeth Andrew
• James Richard Lovely
• Joanne Louise Maddox
• John Kennedy Cruickshank
• Kat Duke
• Leslie Robert Williams
• Mark Andrew Spencer
• Noel Brock · trustee of 1 other charity
• Peter Mantel
• Robin Alastair Blades

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

Operates in: Buckinghamshire · Essex · Hertfordshire · Kent · Surrey · Throughout London

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