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The Norman Lockyer Observatory Society

  • 10 trustees
  • Income £38k (2026)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Devon, Dorset, Somerset
Website
www.normanlockyer.com (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Norman Lockyer Observatory Society
Registered
1995

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2026£38k£33k
  • 2025£35k£49k
  • 2024£28k£32k
Earlier years
  • 2023£37k£29k
  • 2022£47k£25k

Income trend, 2022 to 2026.

Income source mix, 2024: Government grants 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

1) TO PROMOTE, DEVELOP AND ENCOURAGE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN AWARENESS AND STUDY OF SCIENCE, ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, SCIENCE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH AND THE RECREATIONAL STUDY OF SCIENCE; ESPECIALLY SCIENCES RELATED TO ASTRONOMY AND ALL FORMS OF COMMUNICATION. 2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF SIR JOSEPH NORMAN LOCKYER (1836-1920), HIS SON,DR WILLIAM JAMES STEWART LOCKYER (1868-1936) AND THEIR CONTEMPORIES AND ASSOCIATES IN THE ADVANCEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF ASTRONOMY, ASTROPHYSICS AND ALLIED SCIENCES, AND IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF INTERNATIONAL UNDERSTANDING AND CO-OPERATION IN SCIENCE AND ALL MEANS OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN PEOPLES, AND TO ENCOURAGE THE STUDY OF AND RESEARCH IN THESE TOPICS.

Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

10 trustees on the board

5y median 4y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

12.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

Portfolio (1)

10
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 10Environment/conservation/heritage 10Amateur Sport 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Education 10Manufacturing 3Tech and media 1

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£35k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1048807
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 21 APRIL 1995
Companies House
Company number 03048646 · Active
Contact on the register
01395579941 · cosecnlos@gmail.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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