Registered charity · Bradford-on-Avon
The Royal Naval Bird Watching Society
a. The promotion of bird watching in the Naval Service and Merchant Navy, especially bird watching at sea. b. To advance education by: 1) the promotion and administration of seabird recording, including the development and maintenance of a global...
- 7 trustees
- Income £2k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Animals, Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- Portsmouth City, Portugal, Scotland, Gibraltar and more
- Website
- www.rnbws.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1962
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£2k£7k
- 2024£2k£7k
- 2023£2k£5k
Earlier years
- 2022£7k£8k
- 2021£6k£7k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
a. The promotion of bird watching in the Naval Service and Merchant Navy, especially bird watching at sea. b. To advance education by: 1) the promotion and administration of seabird recording, including the development and maintenance of a global seabird record database as a tool for ornithological science and conservation. This includes making the database available to researchers outside the Society. 2) the conduct of seabird research and conservation activities, including the support of activities by other agencies. 3) the production of the magazine ?Sea Swallow?.c. The promulgation of information received from members.
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.
7 trustees on the board
- Philip Boak Chair since 2018
- Mark Cutts since 2012
- Mr Martin Alabaster
- Steve Copsey since 2012
- Stephen Chapman since 2015
- Tony Tindale since 2013
- Vice Admiral SIR David Dobson KBE since 2016
Trustees past 6 years
- Philip Boak Chair since 2018
- Mark Cutts since 2012
- Steve Copsey since 2012
- Stephen Chapman since 2015
- Tony Tindale since 2013
- Vice Admiral SIR David Dobson KBE since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Philip Boak Chair since 2018
- Mark Cutts since 2012
- Mr Martin Alabaster
- Steve Copsey since 2012
- Stephen Chapman since 2015
- Tony Tindale since 2013
- Vice Admiral SIR David Dobson KBE since 2016
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
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
- 207619
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION AND RULES OF THE SOCIETY ORIGINALLY ESTABLISHED UNDER ADMIRALTY SPONSORSHIP IN 1946 AS AMENDED EFFECTIVE ON 19/09/2008 as amended on 08 Oct 2018
- Contact on the register
- 01225862082
- 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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