The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 13th September 2026

The Linnean Society of London

Registered charity 220509 Registered since 1964

Operates: Throughout England

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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.

14 trustees on the board

2.1y median 1.5y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

5.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (11)

Portfolio (3)

4
company-linked trustees

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

Arts/culture/heritage/science 13Education/training 13Environment/conservation/heritage 13General Charitable Purposes 2Religious 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 3Health and social care 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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£2.6m latest income · income exceeded spending 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.

24.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 27.2 in 2021

23 from 21 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.

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.linnean.org
Emailinfo@linnean.org
Phone02074344479
AddressLINNEAN SOCIETY OF LONDON, BURLINGTON HOUSE, PICCADILLY, LONDON, W1J 0BF

Finances

£2,632,979 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£2,500,544£1,583,441
2022£2,044,826£1,651,614
2023£2,442,501£2,008,617
2024£2,275,510£1,888,952
2025£2,632,979£2,008,737

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/scienceEnvironment/conservation/heritage

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

FOR THE CULTIVATION OF THE SCIENCE OF NATURAL HISTORY IN ALL ITS BRANCHES.

Governing document: ROYAL CHARTER 1802 (THE ORIGINAL CHARTER) AND SUPPLEMENTAL CHARTERS 1904 AND 2005 And Royal Charter granted on 22 May 2025as amended by supplemental Charter 22 May 2025

Trustees (14)

14trustees
64median age
1aged 70+

Connected charities (3)

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