Registered charity · Dorset
Mass Extinction Monitoring Observatory
- 9 trustees
- Income £199k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Dame Mary MarshChair · since 2022
- Andrew Clive MatthewsTrustee · since 2012
- Dr Joanne JenningsTrustee · since 2025
- Matthew MooreTrustee · since 2019
- Michael MurphyTrustee · since 2022
- Raina SummersonTrustee · since 2022
- SIR Ghillean Prance FRS VMHTrustee
- SUE LyonsTrustee · since 2013
- Tim SmitTrustee · since 2013
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- Dorset
- Website
- www.memoproject.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Mass Extinction Monitoring Observatory
- Registered
- 2008
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£199k£99k
- 2024£125k£25k
- 2023£60k£43k
Earlier years
- 2022£26k£36k
- 2021£34k£38k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 96%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
A) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC, INCLUDING THE PROMOTION OF STUDY AND RESEARCH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT INTO THE EXTINCTION OF ANIMALS, FLORA AND FAUNA;B) TO PROMOTE THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND OF ENDANGERED SPECIES;- BY THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE MASS EXTINCTION MEMORIAL OBSERVATORY.
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.
9 trustees on the board
- Dame Mary Marsh Chair since 2022
- Andrew Clive Matthews since 2012
- Dr Joanne Jennings since 2025
- Matthew Moore since 2019
- Michael Murphy since 2022
- Raina Summerson since 2022
- SIR Ghillean Prance FRS VMH
- SUE Lyons since 2013
- Tim Smit since 2013
Trustees past 6 years
- Andrew Clive Matthews since 2012
- Matthew Moore since 2019
- SUE Lyons since 2013
- Tim Smit since 2013
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Dame Mary Marsh Chair since 2022
- Andrew Clive Matthews since 2012
- Dr Joanne Jennings since 2025
- Matthew Moore since 2019
- Michael Murphy since 2022
- Raina Summerson since 2022
- SIR Ghillean Prance FRS VMH
- SUE Lyons since 2013
- Tim Smit since 2013
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1122701
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 07/02/2007AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 05/02/2008AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 12/04/2012
- Companies House
- Company number 06087344 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 001600891188 · info@memoproject.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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