THE SCIENTIFIC EXPLORATION SOCIETY

Registered charity 267410 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SES, THE SCIENTIFIC EXPLORATION SOCIETY LIMITED

Promotes, organises and supports expeditions for the exploration of developing regions of the world for the purpose of advancing knowledge of, or research into, or for the purpose of educating individuals in the geography, history, archaeology, sociology, economics, ecology and geology of their regions.

Objects

TO PROMOTE ORGANISE OR SUPPORT (WHETHER FINANCIALLY OR OTHERWISE) EXPEDITIONS FOR THE EXPLORATION OF THE UNDER-DEVELOPED REGIONS OF THE EARTH FOR THE PURPOSE OF ADVANCING KNOWLEDGE OF, OR RESEARCH INTO, OR FOR THE PURPOSE OF EDUCATING INDIVIDUALS IN, THE GEOGRAPHY, GEODESY GEOPHYSICS, HISTORY, ARCHAEOLOGY, SOCIOLOGY AND ECONOMICS TOGETHER WITH THE TOPOGRAPHY, ECOLOGY, METEOROLOGY, BOTANY, ZOOLOGY, HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY AND GLACIOLOGY OF THE SAID REGIONS AND ALLIED SUBJECTS RELATING THERETO AND, WHERE INCIDENTAL TO SUCH EXPEDITIONS, TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND RELIEVE THE POVERTY AND SICKNESS OF THE PEOPLE IN SUCH REGIONS.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE WORLDWIDE.

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 that the charity achieved a net surplus of £20,117 for the year ended 30 June 2025, with total unrestricted reserves standing at £285,910. The trustees confirm that assets and reserves are adequate to support ongoing activities and that there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. However, the trustees recognize that new funding is required to continue operations on an ongoing basis and remain focused on securing sponsorship to cover running costs.

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

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
• 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
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Scientific Exploration Society (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• The de Laszlo Foundation — “Our work would simply not be possible without the generosity of sponsors, donors, and those who remember us in their Wills. Our heartfelt th…” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Peter Felix CBEchair
• BARBARA JEFFREY
• Briony Deborah Turner
• David Zeitlin
• Diane Allen OBE
• JEREMY PETER FISH · trustee of 1 other charity
• Trevor Moss

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

Operates in: Bolivia · Chile · Ecuador · Ethiopia · Guyana · India · Madagascar · Malaysia · Mongolia · Nepal · Peru · Romania

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