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The British Phycological Society

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £104k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 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
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.brphycsoc.org (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1967

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£104k£89k
  • 2024£126k£89k
  • 2023£98k£80k
Earlier years
  • 2022£88k£72k
  • 2021£163k£86k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

THE AIMS OF THE SOCIETY SHALL BE TO ADVANCE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION BV THE ENCOURAGEMENT AND PURSUIT OF ALL ASPECTS OF THE STUDY OF ALGAE AND TO PUBLISH THE RESULTS OF THIS RESEARCH IN A JOURNAL, AND ALSO IN OTHER PUBLICATIONS WHICH SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME APPEAR DESIRABLE, PROVIDED THAT ALL PUBLICATIONS OF THE SOCIETY SHALL BE AVAILABLE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC. IN FURTHERANCE OF THOSE AIMS, BUT NOT OTHERWISE, THE SOCIETY SHALL ALSO AIM TO INCREASE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE IMPORTANCE AND APPLICATIONS OF ALGAE, AND TO CONTRIBUTE TO PUBLIC DEBATE ON ISSUES INVOLVING ALGAE.

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.

6 trustees on the board

3.7y median 2.5y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

4.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

0
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 6

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Narrow spread of causes across 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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£104k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
246707
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONSTITUTION AND RULES FIRST ADOPTED JULY 1952 AS AMENDED 4 JANUARY 1979. 6 JANUARY 1994, 4 JANUARY 1996, 4 JANUARY 2007 AND 4 JANUARY 2008. as amended on 08 Jan 2012 as amended on 08 Jan 2019
Contact on the register
02079425910 · j.brodie@nhm.ac.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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