The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Bournemouth Natural Science Society

Registered charity 1165951 CIO Registered since 2016

Operates: Dorset, Hampshire, Bournemouth, Poole

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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.

9 trustees on the board

7.1y median 5y
average tenure
16y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

0
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 9Education/training 9

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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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£62k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

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.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.bnss.org.uk
Emailcontact@bnss.org.uk
Phone01202553525
AddressBournemouth Natural Science Society, 39 Christchurch Road, BOURNEMOUTH, BH1 3NS

Finances

£62,302 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£53,563£78,795
2022£40,357£47,062
2023£55,268£50,500
2024£59,757£61,860
2025£62,302£79,289

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/science

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides Services

Charitable objects

THE PROMOTION OF THE STUDY OF SCIENCE IN ALL ITS BRANCHES AND OF PUBLIC EDUCATION BY MEANS OF OPERATING A MUSEUM, LECTURES, FIELD MEETINGS, THE READING AND DISCUSSION OF PAPERS, AND IN ANY WAY THAT THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE COUNCIL, SHALL DEEM ADVISABLE.

Governing document: CIO - Association Registered 09 Mar 2016

Trustees (9)

9trustees
0aged 70+

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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