The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Polar Citizen Science Collective

Registered charity 1191998 CIO Registered since 2020

Operates: Throughout England, Greenland, Canada, Norway, Russia, Finland, Iceland, Denmark, Sweden, Australia, Falkland Islands, South Africa

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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.

7 trustees on the board

2.6y median 3y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure
2
trustees past 6 years
2.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

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 7Education/training 7

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Narrow spread of causes across the board
  • Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity

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 4 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£82k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitehttp://www.polarcollective.org/
Emailinfo@polarcollective.org
Phone07779145094
Address5 BRAYFORD SQUARE, LONDON, E1 0SG

Finances

£67,571 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£3,646£5,903
2022£63,318£50,294
2023£128,130£93,867
2024£81,950£63,517
2025£67,571£72,062

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/science

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO ADVANCE AND PROMOTE SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE, UNDERSTANDING AND EDUCATION ON ANY ASPECT OF POLAR REGIONS AND RELATED AREAS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT, BY INITIATING, FACILITATING, CO-ORDINATING AND ENCOURAGING INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH ACTIVITY IN POLAR REGIONS

Governing document: CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 27 Oct 2020

Trustees (7)

7trustees
0aged 70+

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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