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Registered charity (CIO) · Hertfordshire

British Ornithologists' Club

  • 11 trustees
  • Income £19k (2024)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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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
Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.boc-online.org (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2016

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£19k£29k
  • 2023£20k£26k
  • 2022£20k£15k
Earlier years
  • 2021£20k£31k
  • 2020£17k£21k

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN THE SUBJECT OF ORNITHOLOGY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY PROMOTING SCIENTIFIC DISCUSSION BETWEEN MEMBERS AND OTHERS INTERESTED IN ORNITHOLOGY AND TO FACILITATE THEDISSEMINATION OF SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION CONCERNED WITH ORNITHOLOGY, AND IN PARTICULAR AVIAN SYSTEMATICS, TAXONOMY AND DISTRIBUTION.

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.

11 trustees on the board

5.5y median 6y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

5.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

Portfolio (2)

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 11Environment/conservation/heritage 11

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • 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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£19k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1169733
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 18 Oct 2016
Contact on the register
02079426154 · info@boc-online.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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