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The British Entomological and Natural History Society

  • 28 trustees
  • Income £361k (2025)
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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, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Northern Ireland
Website
BENHS.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1962

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£361k£58k
  • 2024£55k£54k
  • 2023£133k£76k
Earlier years
  • 2022£136k£63k
  • 2021£61k£72k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

THE PROMOTION AND ADVANCEMENT OF BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND CONSERVATION WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON ENTOMOLOGY AND NATURAL HISTORY, BY MEANS OF MEETINGS IN THE SOCIETY'S ROOMS AND ELSEWHERE FOR THE READING OF ORIGINAL PAPERS, DISCUSSIONS AND LECTURES, BY PUBLIC EXHIBITION, BY FIELD MEETINGS, BY THE ISSUE OF PUBLICATIONS, THE FORMATION OF TYPICAL COLLECTIONS AND OF A LIBRARY, AND BY SUCH OTHER MEANS AS THE COUNCIL OF THE SOCIETY MAY FROM TIME TO TIME 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.

28 trustees on the board

6.5y median 6y
average tenure
15y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (25)

Portfolio (3)

3
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 28Environment/conservation/heritage 28Recreation 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 3Business services 1Education 1

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£55k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
213149
Status
Registered
Governing document
BYE-LAWS ADOPTED 23 MAY 1929 AS LAST AMENDED 25 JANUARY 1968 AND 10 APRIL 1994AS AMENDED ON 29 MAR 2014 as amended on 30 Mar 2019
Contact on the register
07758914609 · enquiries@benhs.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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