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Registered charity · Kent

The British Cartographic Society

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £79k (2024)
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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, Economic/community Development/employment
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
Website
www.cartography.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1965

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£79k£67k
  • 2023£82k£64k
  • 2022£71k£59k
Earlier years
  • 2021£83k£83k
  • 2020£79k£72k

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Charitable objects

THE PROMOTION OF THAT CLASS OF KNOWLEDGE WHICH DISTINGUISHES THE ART AND SCIENCE OF CARTOGRAPHY AND FOR THAT PURPOSE, INTER ALIA, TO: (A) FACILITATE THE EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION AND IDEAS AMONGST THE MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY AND OTHERS - (B) HOLD MEETINGS AND TO PUBLISH PERIODICALS AND BOOKS - (C) ARRANGE AND PARTICIPATE IN NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES - (D) ADVANCE CARTOGRAPHIC EDUCATION AND ENCOURAGE RESEARCH - (E) ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN LIBRARIES AND COLLECTIONS OF MAPS, BOOKS, PLANS AND PHOTOGRAPHS - (F) PRINT, PUBLISH, SELL, LEND AND DISTRIBUTE COMMUNICATIONS MADE TO THE SOCIETY - (G) PROVIDE AND AWARD MEDALS AND PRIZES ALL IN CONNECTION WITH CARTOGRAPHY (H) DO ALL OTHER THINS INCIDENTAL TO THE SOCIETY'S OBJECTS, PROVIDED THAT NO PART OF THE PROPERTY OR FUNDS OF THE SOCIETY SHALL BE APPLIED OTHER THAN FOR CHARITABLE PROJECTS.

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.

9 trustees on the board

7y median 8y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

2
company-linked trustees

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

Economic/community Development/employment 9Education/training 9Environment/conservation/heritage 9

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Arts and leisure 3

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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£79k 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
240034
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS AS ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION AT THE EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING, 5TH SEPTEMBER 1964
Contact on the register
02392422009 · admin@cartography.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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