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Cambridge Philosophical Society

Cambridge Philosophical Society is a registered charity (number 213811) based in Cambridge, governed by 19 trustees and chaired by Professor John Peter Carr since 2023. Latest income £988k (2024). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

  • 19 trustees
  • Income £988k (2024)
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About

What it does
Education/training
Where
Cambridgeshire
Website
www.cambridgephilosophicalsociety.org (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1963

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£988k£883k
  • 2023£875k£629k
  • 2022£824k£684k
Earlier years
  • 2021£795k£668k
  • 2020£759k£664k

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Charitable objects

PROMOTION OF SCIENTIFIC ENQUIRY AND PUBLICATION OF RESULTS OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH.

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.

2.8y median 2.5y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.7y
average years in governance
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 19Amateur Sport 1Disability 1Environment/conservation/heritage 1Other Charitable Purposes 1Religious Activities 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.

Education 7Business services 1Other services 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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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£988k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024
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.

14.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 12.1 in 2020

9 from 8 in 2020
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.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
213811
Status
Registered
Governing document
ROYAL CHARTER 6 AUGUST 1832
Contact on the register
01223334743 · philosoc@group.cam.ac.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
Labels
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