The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

British Association for the Advancement of Science

Registered charity 212479 Registered since 1963

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland

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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.

11 trustees on the board

3.3y median 3y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

Portfolio (2)

2
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 11Arts/culture/heritage/science 10Economic/community Development/employment 10Amateur Sport 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Professional services 3Arts and leisure 2Other services 2

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 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£6.4m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

3.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 7.0 in 2021

38 from 30 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.
27%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

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

Websitewww.britishscienceassociation.org
Emailinfo@britishscienceassociation.org
Phone020 7019 4953
AddressTHE BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE, ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE, WELLCOME WOLFSON BUILDING, 165 QUEEN'S GATE, LONDON, SW7 5HD

Finances

£6,447,074 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£3,124,541£2,966,259
2022£5,278,579£5,128,660
2023£6,839,054£6,899,255
2024£4,773,253£4,797,612
2025£6,447,074£6,447,396

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/scienceEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

Children/young PeopleOther Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsActs As An Umbrella Or Resource BodyOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE ASSOCIATION SHALL BE TO GIVE A STRONGER IMPULSE AND A MORE SYSTEMATIC DIRECTION TO SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY; TO PROMOTE THE INTERCOURSE OF THOSE WHO CULTIVATE SCIENCE; TO OBTAIN MORE GENERAL ATTENTION FOR THE OBJECTS OF SCIENCE AND THE REMOVAL OF DISADVANTAGES OF A PUBLIC KIND WHICH IMPEDE ITS PROGRESS; AND TO MAINTAIN, DEVELOP AND EXTEND THE SOCIAL AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS OF SCIENCE; AND, WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE HISTORICAL PURPOSES OF THE ASSOCIATION, TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN AND TO PROMOTE UNDERSTANDING AND DEVELOPMENT OF NATURAL, SOCIAL AND APPLIED SCIENCE, ENGINEERING, MEDICINE AND TECHNOLOGY.

Governing document: ROYAL CHARTER DATED 21 APRIL 1928 AS VARIED BY SUPPLEMENTAL CHARTER DATED 3 AUGUST 1960 AND REVISED STATUES DATED 15 AUGUST 1960, SUPPLEMENTAL CHARTER DATED 10 FEBRUARY 1997 AND AMENDED STATUTES DATED 18 MAY 2006.AS AMENDED BY SUPPLEMENTAL CHARTER DATED 03 APR 2020

Trustees (11)

11trustees
72median age
2aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

British Association for the Advancement of Science · RC000056 · Active

Royal Charter Company · incorporated 01/01/1981

Connected charities (2)

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