Registered charity (CIO) · Cardiff
The Palaeontographical Society
The Palaeontographical Society is a registered charity (number 1216779) based in Cardiff, governed by 12 trustees and chaired by Dr Caroline Buttler. Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
- 12 trustees
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
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.palaeosoc.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2026
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN PALAEONTOLOGY BY: (A) BY PUBLISHING MONOGRAPHS DESCRIBING AND ILLUSTRATING FOSSILS FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM AND IRELAND, (B) BY GIVING PUBLIC LECTURES, (C) TO ENCOURAGE PALAEONTOLOGICAL RESEARCH AND EXTEND THE KNOWLEDGE OF PALAEONTOLOGY THROUGH AWARDING GRANTS, BURSARIES, PRIZES AND MEDALS, AND (D) BY SUCH OTHER MEANS AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES IN THEIR DISCRETION MAY DETERMINE.
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.
12 trustees on the board
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Dr Caroline Buttler Chair
- Amber Wood-Bailey
- Cassius Morrison
- Dr Benjamin Moon
- Dr Lucy Mccobb
- Dr Neil Clark
- Dr Susan Beardmore
Portfolio (5)
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
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.
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1216779
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 09 Feb 2026
- Contact on the register
- 02920573359 · secretary@palsoc.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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