THE BRITISH ENTOMOLOGICAL AND NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY

Registered charity 213149 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BRITISH ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY

Our charity holds meetings at its rooms for the reading of original papers, discussions and lectures, it holds an annual exhibition, field meetings and workshops. It publishes a journal and entomological text books. It makes available a library and collections of entomological specimens. These activities have the object of promoting, advancing and diffusing research in biological science.

Objects

THE PROMOTION AND ADVANCEMENT OF BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND CONSERVATION WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON ENTOMOLOGY AND NATURAL HISTORY, BY MEANS OF MEETINGS IN THE SOCIETY'S ROOMS AND ELSEWHERE FOR THE READING OF ORIGINAL PAPERS, DISCUSSIONS AND LECTURES, BY PUBLIC EXHIBITION, BY FIELD MEETINGS, BY THE ISSUE OF PUBLICATIONS, THE FORMATION OF TYPICAL COLLECTIONS AND OF A LIBRARY, AND BY SUCH OTHER MEANS AS THE COUNCIL OF THE SOCIETY MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

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 · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a significant surplus of £303,589 for the year ended 31 December 2025, driven largely by a substantial increase in bequests and donations. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £550,900, which exceeds the stated policy target of maintaining two years' worth of day-to-day charitable activities. The charity maintains a strong liquidity position with unrestricted funds covering current liabilities comfortably.

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 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.

• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• ADRIAN SPALDING
• ANDREW HALSTEAD
• Ashleigh Whiffin
• CLAUDIA WATTS
• DEREK STIMPSON
• Dr DAVID AGASSIZ
• Dr Gavin Roy Broad
• Dr Keith N A Alexander
• Dr Liam Crowley
• Dr Sally Luker
• Dr Steve Judd
• Gary Michael Hedges
• IAN SIMS
• Ian David Masters
• Idris Adams
• JOHN PATRICK FLYNN · trustee of 1 other charity
• JON COLE
• Leslie John Evans-Hill
• MARTIN ALBERTINI
• Marc Steven Taylor
• Michael Robin Wilson
• Paul James Johnson · trustee of 1 other charity
• Ray J Barnett
• Richard Dawson · trustee of 1 other charity
• Robin Knill-Jones
• Sean Clancey
• Susan Claire Taylor
• Zoe Simmons

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

Operates in: Ireland · Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

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