ISLE OF WIGHT NATURAL HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY

Registered charity 260747 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as I W N H A S

We hold both field and indoor meetings throughout the year to assist in the study of natural history, geology and archaeology in relation to the Isle of Wight. We also manage a biological database and provide records to the Isle of Wight Council.

Objects

(1) TO PROMOTE THE STUDY OF NATURAL HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY ESPECIALLY IN RELATION TO THE ISLE OF WIGHT. (2) TO PROMOTE IN EVERY WAY POSSIBLE THE CONSERVATION OF THE FLORA AND FAUNA OF THE ISLE OF WIGHT AND THE PROPER PRESERVATION OF ALL OBJECTS OF SPECIAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND GEOLOGICAL INTEREST. (3) TO PLACE ON RECORD SUCH DISCOVERIES AND OBSERVATIONS OF SCIENTIFIC VALUE OR INTERESTS AS MAY BE CONSIDERED WORTHY OF NOTE. (4) TO ACT IN CLOSE CO-OPERATON WITH OTHER SOCIETIES OR INSTITUTIONS WHOSE OBJECTS OR ACTIVITIES ARE SIMILAR TO THOSE OF THE SOCIETY.

Area of benefit: ISLE OF WIGHT

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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Registered contact address: Isle of Wight, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a surplus of £7,767, bringing total cash funds to £256,052. The charity holds significant designated funds of £239,883, which are kept intact for future application as identified by the Council. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters were found regarding the keeping of records or the accuracy of the accounts.

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

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• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• 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
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Fiona Edith Vivian Robertschair
• Alan David Blenkinsop
• Anne Elizabeth Marston
• David Bone
• Dr COLIN RICHARD POPE
• Hazel Elizabeth May Makepeace
• MARGARET CHRISTINE NELMES
• Matthew Peter Chatfield
• Nigel Charles Locke
• Professor Anthony Howard Norman Roberts OBE
• Selena Bone

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

Operates in: Isle Of Wight

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WANDSWORTH HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

• WANDSWORTH HISTORICAL SOCIETY income £65k
• ISLE OF WIGHT SCOUT COUNCIL income £156k
• THE ROYAL ISLE OF WIGHT AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY income £210k
• HAMPSHIRE AND ISLE OF WIGHT WILDLIFE TRUST income £9.9m
• THE HAMPSHIRE FIELD CLUB AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY income £17k
• NATURAL ENTERPRISE LTD income £753k

Side by side with its peers

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