British Society of Soil Science

Registered charity 1134456 Registered since 2010

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Scotland

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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.

6 trustees on the board

3.3y median 3.5y

average tenure

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

4.6y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

company-linked trustees

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

Business services 1Tech and media 1

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.

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incomespending£646k latest income · income exceeded spending 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.

30.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 9.8 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.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

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Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.soils.org.uk
Email	exec@soils.org.uk
Phone	01234 752983
Address	Building 42a, Cranfield University, Cranfield, Bedfordshire, MK43 0AL

Finances

£646,176 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2020	£317,588	£312,345
2021	£454,022	£353,974
2022	£1,506,203	£1,408,452
2023	£583,688	£515,894
2024	£646,176	£509,402

What it does

What

Education/training

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsProvides ServicesOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL (AND PARTICULARLY AMONGST SCIENTISTS) ON THE SUBJECT OF SOIL SCIENCE AND TO PROMOTE RESEARCH AND PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS OF PRACTICE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN ALL ASPECTS OF THAT SUBJECT AND TO PUBLISH THE USEFUL RESULTS.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 21 DECEMBER 2009 as amended on 07 Sep 2021

Trustees (6)

6trustees

53median age

0aged 70+

Anirban Sarkarage band 45-49 since 2021
Dan Lambethage band 50-54 since 2022
Dr David Stuart Tompkinsage band 50-54 since 2024
Dr Elizabeth Margaret Sagooage band 45-49 since 2025
Dr Jacqueline Hannam since 2021
Dr Paul David Hallettage band 55-59 since 2023

Linked company (Companies House)

British Society of Soil Science · 07110309 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 21/12/2009

3 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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