Registered charity (CIO) · Isleworth
Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry
- 17 trustees
- Income £33k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Professor Frank Arthur John Lord JamesChair · since 2020
- Dr Anna Elizabeth WoodmanTrustee · since 2020
- Dr Annette LykknesTrustee · since 2022
- Dr Carolyn ANN CobboldTrustee · since 2020
- Dr Christopher John CampbellTrustee · since 2020
- Dr Delia Georgiana HedesanTrustee · since 2020
- Dr Jennifer Margaret RamplingTrustee · since 2020
- Dr Michael Trevor BycroftTrustee · since 2026
- Dr Peter RambergTrustee · since 2022
- Dr Robert Alexander JohnstoneTrustee · since 2020
- Dr Robert Franklin BudTrustee · since 2026
- Dr Sarah LangTrustee · since 2025
- Dr Tillmann TaapeTrustee · since 2020
- Ellen Meredith HausnerTrustee · since 2026
- Professor Bruce Thomas MoranTrustee · since 2020
- Professor Hasok ChangTrustee · since 2020
- Professor Lawrence Michael PrincipeTrustee · since 2020
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Austria and more
- Website
- www.ambix.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2020
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£33k£24k
- 2024£32k£16k
- 2023£27k£19k
Earlier years
- 2022£27k£14k
- 2021£28k£6k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, AS A LEARNED SOCIETY, TO ADVANCE EDUCATION, THE ARTS, CULTURE, HERITAGE, AND SCIENCE THROUGH SCHOLARLY AND/OR CURATORIAL ACTIVITY RELATING TO THE HISTORY OF ALCHEMICAL AND CHEMICAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND OF OTHER SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD. THIS WILL BE ACHIEVED BY:(1) PUBLISHING A SCHOLARLY JOURNAL AND BY MAINTAINING MEMBERSHIP(2) PUBLISHING OCCASIONAL SCHOLARLY WORKS;(3) PROVIDING STUDY GRANTS TO STUDENTS AND EARLY CAREER RESEARCHERS;(4) FUNDING AND / OR ORGANISING SCHOLARLY MEETINGS, WORKSHOPS AND SEMINARS.(5) DISSEMINATING INFORMATION NOT ONLY ON THE SOCIETY’S EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES BUT THOSE OF OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN THE SAME AND RELATED FIELDS;(6) AWARDING PRIZES FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN SCHOLARSHIP.
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.
17 trustees on the board
- Professor Frank Arthur John Lord James Chair since 2020
- Dr Anna Elizabeth Woodman since 2020
- Dr Annette Lykknes since 2022
- Dr Carolyn ANN Cobbold since 2020
- Dr Christopher John Campbell since 2020
- Dr Delia Georgiana Hedesan since 2020
- Dr Jennifer Margaret Rampling since 2020
- Dr Michael Trevor Bycroft since 2026
- Dr Peter Ramberg since 2022
- Dr Robert Alexander Johnstone since 2020
- Dr Robert Franklin Bud since 2026
- Dr Sarah Lang since 2025
- Dr Tillmann Taape since 2020
- Ellen Meredith Hausner since 2026
- Professor Hasok Chang since 2020
- Professor Lawrence Michael Principe since 2020
- Professor Bruce Thomas Moran since 2020
Trustees past 6 years
- Professor Frank Arthur John Lord James Chair since 2020
- Dr Anna Elizabeth Woodman since 2020
- Dr Carolyn ANN Cobbold since 2020
- Dr Christopher John Campbell since 2020
- Dr Delia Georgiana Hedesan since 2020
- Dr Jennifer Margaret Rampling since 2020
- Dr Robert Alexander Johnstone since 2020
- Dr Tillmann Taape since 2020
- Professor Hasok Chang since 2020
- Professor Lawrence Michael Principe since 2020
- Professor Bruce Thomas Moran since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (17)
- Professor Frank Arthur John Lord James Chair since 2020
- Dr Anna Elizabeth Woodman since 2020
- Dr Annette Lykknes since 2022
- Dr Carolyn ANN Cobbold since 2020
- Dr Christopher John Campbell since 2020
- Dr Delia Georgiana Hedesan since 2020
- Dr Jennifer Margaret Rampling since 2020
- Dr Michael Trevor Bycroft since 2026
- Dr Peter Ramberg since 2022
- Dr Robert Alexander Johnstone since 2020
- Dr Robert Franklin Bud since 2026
- Dr Sarah Lang since 2025
- Dr Tillmann Taape since 2020
- Ellen Meredith Hausner since 2026
- Professor Hasok Chang since 2020
- Professor Lawrence Michael Principe since 2020
- Professor Bruce Thomas Moran since 2020
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
- 1190304
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 08 Jul 2020
- Contact on the register
- 07394070924 · treasurer@ambix.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 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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