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Registered charity (CIO) · Polegate

The Deep-SEA Biology Society

The Deep-SEA Biology Society is a registered charity (number 1173699) based in Polegate, governed by 15 trustees and chaired by Dr Michelle Taylor since 2021. Latest income £26k (2024). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

  • 15 trustees
  • Income £26k (2024)
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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, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Australia, Canada, Chile and more
Website
dsbsoc.org (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2017

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£26k£32k
  • 2023£24k£39k
  • 2022£8k£9k
Earlier years
  • 2021£34k£39k
  • 2020£34k£8k

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Charitable objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN DEEP-SEA BIOLOGY BY THE OPERATION OF A SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY TO PROMOTE THE EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION, THE PROMOTION AND DISSEMINATION OF DEEP-SEA RESEARCH, TO FOSTER THE NEXT GENERATION OF DEEP-SEA BIOLOGISTS AND TO PROMOTE DEMOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY IN THE STUDY OF DEEP-SEA BIOLOGY.

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.

15 trustees on the board

3.4y median 4y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

3.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (15)

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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 15Environment/conservation/heritage 15

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • 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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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£26k 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
1173699
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 06 Jul 2017 as amended on 28 Aug 2020
Contact on the register
02079425056
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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