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Registered charity · Cambridge

Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research

Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research is a registered charity (number 1124840) based in Cambridge, governed by 5 trustees. Latest income £626k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

  • 5 trustees
  • Income £626k (2025)
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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
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage and 1 more
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Argentina, Australia, Belgium and more
Website
www.scar.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
Registered
2008

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£626k£750k
  • 2024£535k£619k
  • 2023£614k£726k
Earlier years
  • 2022£565k£435k
  • 2021£481k£361k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ( THE OBJECTS ) ARE;1) TO ADVANCE AND PROMOTE SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE, UNDERSTANDING AND EDUCATION ON ANY ASPECT OF THE ANTARCTIC REGION, ON THE ROLE OF THE ANTARCTIC REGION IN THE EARTH SYSTEM, AND ON THE EFFECT OF GLOBAL CHANGE ON THE ANTARCTIC REGION; AND.2) TO INITIATE, FACILITATE, CO-ORDINATE AND ENCOURAGE INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH ACTIVITY IN THE ANTARCTIC REGION, ON THE ROLE OF THE ANTARCTIC REGION IN THE EARTH SYSTEM, AND ON THE EFFECT OF GLOBAL CHANGE ON THE ANTARCTIC REGION;

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.

5 trustees on the board

1.2y median 2y
average tenure
2y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
2.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

3
company-linked trustees

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

Arts/culture/heritage/science 5Education/training 5General Charitable Purposes 5

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

Professional services 3

Gaps to watch

  • Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£535k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

14.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 20.7 in 2020

6 from 4 in 2020
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1124840
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 14 APRIL 2008 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION 26 JUNE 2008 as amended on 26 Jun 2018
Companies House
Company number 06564642 · Active
Contact on the register
01223336556 · info@scar.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
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