Overview
The British Deer Society's network
9 people6 organisationsi9 listed on the board. 6 organisations share a board member with this charity.The large node is The British Deer Society. The map shows two steps out from the public record. Hover a node to focus its connections; click one to open it.The board
9 listediCurrent trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.| Name | Role | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alison Janine Ryde | Trustee | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Alistair Monkman CBE | Trustee | 2016 | 10 yrs |
| Blake Jules Lee Harwood | Trustee | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Dr Alastair Iain Ward | Trustee | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Hugh Ralph Van Cutsem | Trustee | 2016 | 10 yrs |
| Lord Andrew Hay | Trustee | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Mark Andrew Carrol | Trustee | 2026 | new |
| Morris Charlton | Trustee | 2015 | 11 yrs |
Subsidiaries
1 companyiEach company here has this charity named as an owner on the Companies House register of people with significant control (PSC).A charity is matched to a PSC entry by registration number, or by exact name and postcode. An entry that matches only by name (postcode differs) is marked likely. Names shared by several charities are never linked. Current directors are from Companies House.The British Deer Society (Sales and Services) Ltd 02957152 Part-owned Dissolved iOfficial. The PSC entry's name matches the charity's name exactly and its address postcode (SP6 1EF) is the charity's registered postcode.
Source: Companies House register of people with significant control.The PSC entry names The British Deer Society as a corporate owner of this company, notified 6 April 2016. Matching is exact on names, numbers and postcodes; nothing is matched loosely.
Source: Companies House register of people with significant control.The PSC entry names The British Deer Society as a corporate owner of this company, notified 6 April 2016. Matching is exact on names, numbers and postcodes; nothing is matched loosely.
Control: significant influence or control (notified 6 April 2016)
Current directors
- No current directors (dissolved).
Source: Companies House register of people with significant control. Control levels are as filed by the company.
Board
The board
9 listediCurrent trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.| Name | Role | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alison Janine Ryde | Trustee | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Alistair Monkman CBE | Trustee | 2016 | 10 yrs |
| Blake Jules Lee Harwood | Trustee | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Dr Alastair Iain Ward | Trustee | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Hugh Ralph Van Cutsem | Trustee | 2016 | 10 yrs |
| Lord Andrew Hay | Trustee | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Mark Andrew Carrol | Trustee | 2026 | new |
| Morris Charlton | Trustee | 2015 | 11 yrs |
| Professor Simon John Gibson CBE | Trustee | 2016 | 10 yrs |
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more
Former company secretaries of the charitable company: Sarah Joan Stride (1998-2024). Full officer list
Subsidiaries
1 companyiEach company here has this charity named as an owner on the Companies House register of people with significant control (PSC).A charity is matched to a PSC entry by registration number, or by exact name and postcode. An entry that matches only by name (postcode differs) is marked likely. Names shared by several charities are never linked. Current directors are from Companies House.The British Deer Society (Sales and Services) Ltd 02957152 Part-owned Dissolved iOfficial. The PSC entry's name matches the charity's name exactly and its address postcode (SP6 1EF) is the charity's registered postcode.
Source: Companies House register of people with significant control.The PSC entry names The British Deer Society as a corporate owner of this company, notified 6 April 2016. Matching is exact on names, numbers and postcodes; nothing is matched loosely.
Source: Companies House register of people with significant control.The PSC entry names The British Deer Society as a corporate owner of this company, notified 6 April 2016. Matching is exact on names, numbers and postcodes; nothing is matched loosely.
Control: significant influence or control (notified 6 April 2016)
Current directors
- No current directors (dissolved).
Source: Companies House register of people with significant control. Control levels are as filed by the company.
Board DNA
iCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.Average tenure
5.9y
median 7y
Longest tenure
11y
since 2015
Years in governance
14.9y
per person, across all their boards
Also company directors
8
also sit on company boards
Joined in the last 3 years
4
of 9 on the board
9 trustees on the board
- Alistair Monkman CBE since 2016
- Alison Janine Ryde since 2024
- Blake Jules Lee Harwood since 2025
- Dr Alastair Iain Ward since 2024
- Hugh Ralph Van Cutsem since 2016
- Lord Andrew Hay since 2019
- Mark Andrew Carrol since 2026
- Morris Charlton since 2015
- Professor Simon John Gibson CBE since 2016
Trustees past 6 years
- Alistair Monkman CBE since 2016
- Hugh Ralph Van Cutsem since 2016
- Lord Andrew Hay since 2019
- Morris Charlton since 2015
- Professor Simon John Gibson CBE since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Alistair Monkman CBE since 2016
- Alison Janine Ryde since 2024
- Blake Jules Lee Harwood since 2025
- Dr Alastair Iain Ward since 2024
- Lord Andrew Hay since 2019
- Mark Andrew Carrol since 2026
- Morris Charlton since 2015
Portfolio (2)
- Hugh Ralph Van Cutsem since 2016
- Professor Simon John Gibson CBE since 2016
Sector coverageiThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Animals 9Education/training 9Environment/conservation/heritage 8General Charitable Purposes 1
Commercial experienceiThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Professional services 19Manufacturing 3Construction 2
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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Network
Network
iThe large node is The British Deer Society. Red nodes are organisations, white nodes are people. Dashed links are historical or inferred. Dashed blue-grey links are company secretaries. Click any node to explore.Most connected
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Finances
6 financial years held, 2020 to 2025, years ending 31 December.
Income and expenditure
6 years · years end 31 DecemberiHover over the chart, or focus it and use the left and right arrow keys, to read each year. Every figure is also in the table.Plain-English summaries of the Charity Commission's own definitions for the annual return. Figures are as the charity filed them.Detailed income and expenditure are filed only by charities with income over £500,000, so some years show the totals only.
Scroll sideways for earlier years
| Financial year | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | ||||||
| Total income | £612.17k | £737.78k | £783.40k | £813.63k | £932.20k | £914.19k |
| Total expenditure | £727.19k | £704.11k | £804.10k | £825.96k | £968.84k | £944.20k |
| Government income | ||||||
| Government contracts | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported |
| Government grants | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported |
| Income by source | ||||||
| Donations and legacies | Not reported | £454.54k | £372.43k | £414.15k | £407.07k | £441.34k |
| Legaciespart of donations and legacies | Not reported | £39.38k | £0 | £24.63k | £3.48k | £0 |
| Charitable activities | Not reported | £204.57k | £330.49k | £206.23k | £329.92k | £307.98k |
| Other trading activities | Not reported | £65.09k | £62.84k | £175.70k | £179.40k | £144.81k |
| Investments | Not reported | £13.58k | £17.64k | £17.54k | £15.81k | £20.06k |
| Endowments | Not reported | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Other income | Not reported | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Expenditure by type | ||||||
| Charitable activities | Not reported | £480.65k | £482.41k | £720.66k | £859.50k | £846.58k |
| Raising funds | Not reported | £223.47k | £321.69k | £50.40k | £49.82k | £33.88k |
| Grants to institutionspart of charitable activities | Not reported | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Governance | Not reported | £13.27k | £11.49k | £10.37k | £19.53k | £7.55k |
| Investment management | Not reported | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Other expenditure | Not reported | £0 | £0 | £54.89k | £59.51k | £63.75k |
Definitions
- Total income
- Everything the charity received in the year, from all sources, as shown on its annual return.
- Total expenditure
- Everything the charity spent in the year.
- Government contracts
- Income from contracts with central or local government or other public bodies, as the charity declared it. Not reported means the register shows no amount (N/A), which can mean none or that the question was not answered.
- Government grants
- Grants received from central or local government or other public bodies, as declared.
- Donations and legacies
- Gifts and donations, including Gift Aid, and money left to the charity in wills.
- Legacies
- Money left to the charity in wills. Legacies are part of donations and legacies, not extra to them.
- Charitable activities (income)
- Income earned by doing the charity's work, such as fees and contracts for services.
- Other trading activities
- Fundraising trading, such as charity shops, events and sponsorship.
- Investments
- Dividends, interest and rent from the charity's investments.
- Endowments
- New endowment funds received in the year.
- Charitable activities (expenditure)
- Spending on the charity's purposes, including any grants it makes.
- Raising funds
- The cost of fundraising and trading.
- Grants to institutions
- Grants paid to other organisations. Part of spending on charitable activities.
- Governance
- The cost of running the charity as an organisation, such as the audit and trustee meetings.
- Investment management
- The cost of managing the charity's investments.
Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities (extract of 25 October 2026), annual returns, Open Government Licence v3.0. The register shows a rolling five years, so years it no longer shows come from older copies we hold: 2020 from a January 2026 copy of the register data.
Assets and liabilities
5 years with detailiHover over the chart, or focus it and use the left and right arrow keys, to read each year. Every figure is also in the table.Plain-English summaries of the Charity Commission's own definitions for the annual return. Figures are as the charity filed them.Scroll sideways for earlier years
| Financial year | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Own use assets | £29.31k | £24.57k | £28.17k | £75.76k | £88.82k |
| Long-term investments | £633.14k | £511.26k | £613.83k | £555.49k | £590.93k |
| Other assets | £377.93k | £414.69k | £297.61k | £257.38k | £247.99k |
| Defined benefit pension schemea minus figure is a deficit | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total liabilities | £174.58k | £96.05k | £129.79k | £121.81k | £126.68k |
| Net assetsassets minus liabilities | £865.79k | £854.47k | £809.81k | £766.83k | £801.06k |
Definitions
- Own use assets
- Land, buildings, equipment and other fixed assets the charity uses for its work.
- Long-term investments
- Investments held for the long term, such as shares, bonds or property let to others.
- Other assets
- Current assets: cash, money owed to the charity and short-term investments.
- Defined benefit pension scheme
- The surplus (above zero) or deficit (below zero) on a final-salary type pension scheme.
- Total liabilities
- What the charity owes: creditors due within a year and after a year, and provisions. Drawn below zero in the chart and shown as a positive figure in the table, as the register does.
- Net assets
- Assets minus liabilities, including any pension surplus or deficit. Equal to total funds.
Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities (extract of 25 October 2026), annual returns, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Funds and reserves
5 years with detailiHover over the chart, or focus it and use the left and right arrow keys, to read each year. Every figure is also in the table.Plain-English summaries of the Charity Commission's own definitions for the annual return. Figures are as the charity filed them.Scroll sideways for earlier years
| Financial year | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unrestricted funds | £732.71k | £743.25k | £675.52k | £631.31k | £645.67k |
| Restricted funds | £133.09k | £111.22k | £134.29k | £135.52k | £155.39k |
| Endowment funds | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total funds | £865.79k | £854.47k | £809.81k | £766.83k | £801.06k |
| Reservesas declared by the charity | £742.76k | £743.25k | £675.52k | £631.31k | £645.67k |
| Assets besides buildingsinvestments, cash and money owed to it, before debts | £1.01m | £925.95k | £911.44k | £812.87k | £838.92k |
Definitions
- Unrestricted funds
- Money the trustees can spend on any of the charity's purposes, including funds they have set aside (designated) themselves.
- Restricted funds
- Money that must be spent on particular purposes set by the donor or the terms of an appeal.
- Endowment funds
- Capital the charity must keep, either permanently or until the terms allow it to be spent.
- Total funds
- All funds together. Equal to net assets.
- Reserves
- The charity's own figure for unrestricted funds that are freely available, after setting aside fixed assets and designated funds. Charities explain their reserves policy in their annual report.
- Assets besides buildings
- Long-term investments plus other assets (cash, money owed to the charity and short-term investments), before its debts are paid. If declared reserves are larger than this, they must include buildings.
Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities (extract of 25 October 2026), annual returns, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Accounts and annual returns
Register page (opens in a new tab)iPlain-English summaries of the Charity Commission's own definitions for the annual return. Figures are as the charity filed them.Reporting up to date
Every annual return and set of accounts arrived on time for 5 years.
| Year ending | Due by | Annual return | Accounts | Status | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 December 2025 | 31 October 2026 | 22 July 2026 | 22 July 2026 | On time | On the register (opens in a new tab)Charity CommissionAccounts (opens in a new tab)Companies House, PDF |
| 31 December 2024 | 31 October 2025 | 9 June 2025 | 15 July 2025 | On time | On the register (opens in a new tab)Charity CommissionAccounts (opens in a new tab)Companies House, PDF |
| 31 December 2023 | 31 October 2024 | 17 July 2024 | 17 July 2024 | On time | On the register (opens in a new tab)Charity CommissionAccounts (opens in a new tab)Companies House, PDF |
| 31 December 2022 | 31 October 2023 | 23 October 2023 | 23 October 2023 | On time | On the register (opens in a new tab)Charity CommissionAccounts (opens in a new tab)Companies House, PDF |
| 31 December 2021 | 31 October 2022 | 15 August 2022 | 15 August 2022 | On time | On the register (opens in a new tab)Charity CommissionAccounts (opens in a new tab)Companies House, PDF |
Accounts filed at Companies House
Company 03485785 has made 28 accounts filings since 1999. Each links to the copy at Companies House where it has been published online.
| Made up to | Filed on | Type | Document |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 December 2025 | 23 June 2026 | Total exemption full accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)41 pages |
| 31 December 2024 | 14 April 2025 | Total exemption full accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)37 pages |
| 31 December 2023 | 22 April 2024 | Total exemption full accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)37 pages |
| 31 December 2022 | 28 April 2023 | Total exemption full accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)47 pages |
| 31 December 2021 | 20 June 2022 | Total exemption full accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)51 pages |
| 31 December 2020 | 20 July 2021 | Total exemption full accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)35 pages |
| 31 December 2019 | 17 December 2020 | Total exemption full accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)34 pages |
| 31 December 2018 | 22 May 2019 | Group accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)38 pages |
| 31 December 2017 | 3 September 2018 | Total exemption full accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)32 pages |
| 31 December 2016 | 11 September 2017 | Group accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)33 pages |
| 31 December 2015 | 2 September 2016 | Group accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)32 pages |
| 31 December 2014 | 9 September 2015 | Group accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)36 pages |
| 31 December 2013 | 3 September 2014 | Group accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)36 pages |
| 31 December 2012 | 8 August 2013 | Group accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)36 pages |
| 31 December 2011 | 22 August 2012 | Group accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)40 pages |
| 31 December 2010 | 22 August 2011 | Group accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)41 pages |
| 31 December 2009 | 23 August 2010 | Group accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)39 pages |
| 31 December 2008 | 4 June 2009 | Group accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)47 pages |
| 31 December 2007 | 29 September 2008 | Group accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)51 pages |
| 31 December 2006 | 4 September 2007 | Group accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)47 pages |
| 31 December 2005 | 20 July 2006 | Group accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)35 pages |
| 31 December 2004 | 6 May 2005 | Group accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)30 pages |
| 31 December 2003 | 4 October 2004 | Group accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)28 pages |
| 31 December 2002 | 3 October 2003 | Group accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)34 pages |
| 31 December 2001 | 21 October 2002 | Group accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)35 pages |
| 31 December 2000 | 30 October 2001 | Group accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)18 pages |
| 31 December 1999 | 4 July 2000 | Full group accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)19 pages |
| 31 December 1998 | 5 June 1999 | Full accounts | Not online |
Definitions
- Annual return
- The yearly return a charity sends to the Charity Commission. It is due 10 months after the end of the financial year. Charities with income over £10,000, and every CIO, must send one.
- Accounts
- The accounts and trustees' annual report. Required from charities with income over £25,000 and from every CIO; otherwise shown as Not required.
- On time
- Received on or before the due date.
- Late
- Received after the due date. The number of days is counted from the due date.
- Overdue
- Not received, and the due date has passed. Counted to today, or to the date a removed charity left the register.
- Qualified accounts
- The auditor or examiner raised a reservation about the accounts.
Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities (annual return history), Open Government Licence v3.0. The register keeps the latest five years; earlier years come from older copies we hold. Accounts documents link to the Charity Commission register and to Companies House (filing history, Open Government Licence v3.0). Days late and overdue are worked out from the dates, as of 30 October 2026.
About
Purposes and governing document
Register page (opens in a new tab)Charitable objectsiAs filed with the Charity Commission. Clause breaks added for reading; the wording and capitals are unchanged.
The
What it does
Who it helps
How it helps
- Where it operates
- Throughout England and WalesCountries: Scotland, Northern Ireland
- Area of benefit
- BRITISH
ISLES as filed - Governing document
- MEMORANDUM
AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ON 23 DECEMBER 1997. AS AMENDED ON 09 MAY 1999 AS AMENDED ON 16 JUN 2001AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 13 MAY 2012 as amended on 12 Jun 2023 as amended on 12 Jun 2024 as filed - Register history
- 21 May 1998Registered
- 4 November 2021Received assets from Deer Initiative Limited (1082289)
- Working name
- BDS
Policies the charity says it has
Governing documents at Companies House
- 17 June 2024Memorandum and articles
- 17 June 2024Resolution
- 13 June 2024Statement of the company's objects
- 11 June 2024Statement of the company's objects
- 14 August 2012Memorandum and articles
- 14 August 2012Resolution
Read them in the filing history at Companies House (opens in a new tab)
Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities (governing document, classification, area of operation, register history and policies), and Companies House filing history, Open Government Licence v3.0.
About
- Website
- www.bds.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The British Deer Society
- Registered
- 1998