Registered charity · Milton Keynes
UK Astronomy
- 4 trustees
- Income £11k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 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
- General Charitable Purposes
- Where
- Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.ukastronomy.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- UK Astronomy Limited
- Registered
- 2020
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£11k£27k
- 2024£13k£21k
- 2023£46k£22k
Earlier years
- 2022£15k£12k
- 2021£7k£13k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2023: Government grants 20%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF ASTRONOMY BY PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF INTERACTIVE TALKS, WORKSHOPS AND EVENTS AND IN THE PROVISION OF ADVICE, GUIDANCE AND ASSISTANCE IN THE PRACTICE OF ASTRONOMY.
Grants received
1 grant · £5,000 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- Rothschild Foundation · £5,000
Most recent
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.
4 trustees on the board
- Ross Hockham Chair since 2017
- Emma Bird since 2018
- Francesca Hockham since 2017
- Nicholas Whitton since 2019
Trustees past 6 years
- Ross Hockham Chair since 2017
- Emma Bird since 2018
- Francesca Hockham since 2017
- Nicholas Whitton since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Ross Hockham Chair since 2017
- Emma Bird since 2018
- Francesca Hockham since 2017
- Nicholas Whitton since 2019
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- 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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1190172
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 13 JUL 2016NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 13 JUN 2020
- Companies House
- Company number 10276672 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 07730054805 · info@ukastronomy.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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