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Registered charity · Harrogate

The Chartered Society of Forensic Sciences

The Chartered Society of Forensic Sciences is a registered charity (number 1156052) based in Harrogate, governed by 9 trustees. Latest income £508k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

Also known as Csfs (Charity Commission)

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £508k (2025)
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Who leads it

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

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About

What it does
Education/training
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.csofs.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Chartered Society of Forensic Sciences
Registered
2014

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£508k£434k
  • 2024£546k£504k
  • 2023£546k£530k
Earlier years
  • 2022£588k£553k
  • 2021£549k£462k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2021: Government contracts 36%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE SOCIETY ARE TO ADVANCE THE STUDY, APPLICATION AND STANDING OF FORENSIC SCIENCE AND TO FACILITATE CO-OPERATION AMONG PERSONS INTERESTED IN FORENSIC SCIENCE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.

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

2.4y median 2y
average tenure
5y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
3.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

1
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 9

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

Health and social care 1

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.

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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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£508k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
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.

19.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 14.4 in 2021

7 from 6 in 2021
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
1156052
Status
Registered
Governing document
ROYAL CHARTER GRANTED 17/01/2014
Companies House
Company number RC000869 · Active
Contact on the register
01423 611711 · info@csofs.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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