THE SELBORNE SOCIETY LIMITED

Registered charity 267635 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To promote public education and research in natural history and antiquities and to publish the results of that education and research. To preserve and maintain, for the benefit of the public, places of natural beauty, scientific value and antiquarian interest.

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Latest income

£69k

Latest spending

£60k

Registered

1974

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a surplus of £8,627 and total funds of £312,328. The trustees report that income exceeded expectations, driven by increased revenue from public open days, despite higher running costs. The charity holds significant unrestricted reserves and has sufficient resources to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: unclear (held: £150k)

“Our reserves policy remains unchanged which means we hold excess cash but we are continuing to develop longer term plans to ensure that all funds are used in a timely way to meet the needs of the Society and for the protection and enhancement of Perivale Wood.” — page 10

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Payments to trustees: One trustee received £19,155 for running the education programme.

“The Society utilised the services of one of the trustees to run the education programme. The total cost of these services to the Society was £19,155” — page 24

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Trustee remuneration for education services

“The Society utilised the services of one of the trustees to run the education programme. The total cost of these services to the Society was £19,155 (2023: £8,880). No other significant transactions were noted during the year and none in the prior year.” — page 24

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 00149247

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

MOSS, Richard Lawrence — director, appointed 14/05/2025on trustee list
PICKERING, Juliet Clare — director, appointed 14/05/2025on trustee list
ADAMS, Craig — director, appointed 15/05/2024on trustee list
NUSEIBEH, Amira — director, appointed 15/05/2024on trustee list
PEACOCK, Emma Jane — director, appointed 24/05/2023on trustee list
WORSLEY, Deborah Sarah — director, appointed 04/04/2017not on trustee list
GODDARD, Richard James, Mr. — director, appointed 07/01/2017on trustee list
RUTHERFORD, Mary Caroline — director, appointed 12/04/2016on trustee list
HADLAND, Sarah — director, appointed 12/04/2016on trustee list
GODDARD, Nicola Elizabeth Jennifer — director, appointed 07/04/2015on trustee list
WAKEHAM, Camessa Jane — director, appointed 07/04/2015not on trustee list
MORRELL, John William — director, appointed 01/04/2014on trustee list
FERRIDAY, Nicholas Peter — directoron trustee list

Official officers record.

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Register events

Received assets from another charity (20/02/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Amira Nuseibeh
Craig Jonathan Adams
Debora Worsley
Emma Peacock
JOhn Morrell
Juliet Clare Pickering
Kim Wakeham
Mary Caroline Rutherford
NICHOLAS PETER FERRIDAY
Nicola Elizabeth Jennifer Goddard
Richard James Goddard
Richard Lawrence Moss
Sarah Hadland

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

Operates in: Ealing

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£69k	£60k
31/12/2023	£60k	£55k
31/12/2022	£47k	£36k
31/12/2021	£29k	£38k
31/12/2020	£24k	£24k

Common questions

Is THE SELBORNE SOCIETY LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a surplus of £8,627 and total funds of £312,328. The trustees report that income exceeded expectations, driven by increased revenue from public open days, despite higher running costs. The charity holds significant unrestricted reserves and has sufficient resources to continue as a going concern. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
Greater London Authority	30/01/2023	£13k	Harvest Mouse Reintroduction Project
The National Lottery Community Fund	27/03/2013	£8k	A variety of improvements to Perivale Wood Local Nature Reserve