The Annals of Botany Company

Registered charity 237771 Registered since 1964

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Australia, Canada, China, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal

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Board DNA

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trustees on the board

2.2y median 1.5y

average tenure

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

13.9y

average years in governance

3 vs 1 portfolio

first-time trustees

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage

Arts/culture/heritage/science 5Education/training 5Environment/conservation/heritage 5

Commercial experience

Tech and media 4Arts and leisure 2Professional services 2

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Contact

Website	http://annalsofbotanycompany.co.uk/home-welcome
Email	isd@aber.ac.uk
Phone	00000 000000
Address	Lord Milford Building, Plas Gogerddan, ABERYSTWYTH, Ceredigion, Wales, SY23 3EE

Finances

£578,216 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2020	£539,987	£431,300
2021	£538,909	£387,700
2022	£504,897	£456,019
2023	£578,789	£485,057
2024	£578,216	£585,291

What it does

What

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

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Services

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE THE SCIENCE OF BOTANY AND WITH THAT OBJECT TO PRINT, PUBLISH, SELL AND DISTRIBUTE THE PUBLICATION KNOWN AS "THE ANNALS OF BOTANY", AND ANY OTHER BOOKS, REPORTS, MAGAZINES AND PERIODICALS RELATING TO BOTANY, AND TO ACQUIRE AND EXERCISE ANY RIGHTS IN RELATION THERETO, AND TO MAKE GRANTS FOR THE PROSECUTION OF BOTANICAL RESEARCH AND BOTANICAL TRAVEL; AND FROM TIME TO TIME TO EMPLOY SUCH OTHER MEANS AS THE COMPANY SHALL CONSIDER CONDUCIVE TO THE PROMOTION OF BOTANICAL SCIENCE.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION (REVISED 31ST MARCH 1948) AND AMENDED BY RESOLUTION MADE UNDER SECTION 75 OF THE CHARITIES ACT 1993 ON 19TH OCTOBER 1998.

Trustees (5)

5trustees

64median age

1aged 70+

Professor Hugh Gordon Dickinson DSc Chair
Professor Gail Taylorage 64 since 2025
Professor Iain Simon Donnisonage 61 since 2025
Professor Philip Mark Gilmartinage 64 since 2021
Professor Roderick Huntage 81 since 2024

Linked company (Companies House)

Annals of Botany Company · 00078001 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 13/07/1903

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Devon Opera 1 shared trustee
Bath Opera 1 shared trustee
The Association of Applied Biologists 1 shared trustee

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