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Registered charity · Cardiff

Palaeontographical Society

Palaeontographical Society is a registered charity (number 228372) based in Cardiff, governed by 12 trustees and chaired by Dr Caroline Jane Buttler since 2019. Latest income £27k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

  • 12 trustees
  • Income £27k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
Website
www.palaesoc.org/site/home (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1964

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£27k£27k
  • 2024£27k£34k
  • 2023£32k£11k
Earlier years
  • 2022£31k£26k
  • 2021£20k£4k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

THE PROMOTION OF THE STUDY OF GEOLOGY BY THE PUBLICATION OF ILLUSTRATED MONOGRAPHS ON BRITISH FOSSILS, AND BY THE HOLDING OF MEETINGS TO BE CONVENED AT THE DISCRETION OF THE COUNCIL TO DISCUSS MATTERS OF PALAEONTOLOGICAL INTEREST.

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.

5.8y median 5y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (5)

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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 12Education/training 12Environment/conservation/heritage 12

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board

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£27k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
228372
Status
Registered
Governing document
REVISED RULES ADOPTED APRIL 1933 AS AMENDED JUNE 1961 AND 24 APRIL 2002
Contact on the register
0129 2057 3359 · secretary@palaeosoc.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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