THE HARRISON ZOOLOGICAL MUSEUM TRUST

Registered charity 268830 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HARRISON INSTITUTE, HARRISON INSTITUTE, CENTRE FOR SYSTEMATICS AND BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH, THE HARRISON ZOOLOGICAL MUSEUM TRUST AND ENDOWMENT TRUST

The Harrison Zoological Museum Trust is a registered scientific institution (CITES No. GB010), which promotes biodiversity conservation and environmental protection, primarily in the Palaeotropics and subtropics, through research, capacity building and working with local communities.

Objects

1. MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE COLLECTIONS, LIBRARIES AND RESEARCH FACILITIES POSSESSED BY THE TRUST AND FACILITIES FOR DISPLAY AND EXHIBITION. 2. ZOOLOGICAL RESEARCH. 3. FOR SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE OBJECTS OR PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL THINK FIT.

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 · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£87k

Latest spending

£131k

Registered

1975

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Trust reported a deficit of £992,805 for the year ended 5 April 2025, driven largely by significant unrealised losses on investment assets. Despite this deficit, the Trustees consider the level of unrestricted funds held to be adequate to finance the assets and general operations of the Charity.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Dividends and fixed interest (63% of income)

“Dividends and fixed interest 55,128”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: The Trust is associated with Kent Wildlife Trust... The only association between the two trusts is that there is a collection of mounted birds and fossils belonging to The Harrison Zoological Museum Trust displayed at the Interpretative Centre at the Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve... The two trusts operate separately and there are no financial dealings between them.

“The Trust is associated with Kent Wildlife Trust, which is also a registered charity. The only association between the two trusts is that there is a collection of mounted birds and fossils belonging to The Harrison Zoological Museum Trust displayed at the Interpretative Centre at the Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve. These specimens are subject to a long-term loan agreement made originally between The Harrison Zoological Museum Trust and the Jeffery Harrison Memorial Trust. The two trusts operate separately and there are no financial dealings between them.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
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Trustees · trustee networks

JAMES ALEXANDER STEPHEN BSC MRICSchair
Dr Christopher John Michaels BA PhD
Dr Nichola Mary Hammond PhD
Nigel Pyke
PROFESSOR PAUL ADRIAN RACEY DSC FRSE

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

Operates in: Bhutan · Burma · Cameroon · Kent · Nigeria · Oman · Thailand · Zambia

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
05/04/2025	£87k	£131k
05/04/2024	£107k	£161k
05/04/2023	£202k	£162k
05/04/2022	£118k	£143k
05/04/2021	£134k	£145k

Common questions

Is THE HARRISON ZOOLOGICAL MUSEUM TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the Trust reported a deficit of £992,805 for the year ended 5 April 2025, driven largely by significant unrealised losses on investment assets. Despite this deficit, the Trustees consider the level of unrestricted funds held to be adequate to finance the assets and general operations of the Charity. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.