Registered charity (CIO) · Lancashire
United Kingdom Biology Competitions
United Kingdom Biology Competitions is a registered charity (number 1191037) based in Lancashire, governed by 4 trustees. Latest income £106k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
Also known as Ukbc (Charity Commission)
- 4 trustees
- Income £106k (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
- Education/training
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
- Website
- ukbiologycompetitions.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2020
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£106k£66k
- 2024£85k£55k
- 2023£103k£72k
Earlier years
- 2022£80k£61k
- 2021£238k£73k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE SUBJECT OF BIOLOGY BY:- 1. PROMOTING THE STUDY OF BIOLOGY AND ENCOURAGING AND ENHANCING BIOLOGY EDUCATION, PARTICULARLY IN SCHOOLS. 2. ENCOURAGING EXCELLENCE IN BIOLOGY BY ORGANISING ANNUAL BIOLOGY COMPETITIONS FOR SCHOOL STUDENTS. 3. SELECTING, TRAINING AND ORGANISING TEAMS OF BIOLOGY STUDENTS AND LEADERS TO REPRESENT THE UK AT THE INTERNATIONAL BIOLOGY OLYMPIAD AND AT SUCH OTHER INTERNATIONAL BIOLOGY COMPETITIONS AS MAY BE CONSIDERED APPROPRIATE. 4. MAINTAINING MEMBERSHIP OF INTERNATIONAL BIOLOGY OLYMPIAD E.V. AND TO CONTRIBUTE TO AND PARTICIPATE IN THE AFFAIRS OF THAT ORGANISATION. 5. PROVIDING RESIDENTIAL TRAINING FOR POST-16 SCHOOL STUDENTS. NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO FOR THE PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005 AND SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008.
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
- Dr Adam Daizhen Wright since 2025
- Dr Andrew Treharne MBE since 2020
- Neil Thomas Richards since 2020
- Robert Starley since 2022
Trustees past 6 years
- Dr Andrew Treharne MBE since 2020
- Neil Thomas Richards since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Dr Adam Daizhen Wright since 2025
- Dr Andrew Treharne MBE since 2020
- Neil Thomas Richards since 2020
- Robert Starley since 2022
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1191037
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 26 Aug 2020
- Contact on the register
- 07405 100563 · contact@ukbiologycompetitions.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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