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Registered charity · Birmingham

The Bardsey Bird and Field Observatory

  • 5 trustees
  • Income £104k (2024)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 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
General Charitable Purposes, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Throughout Wales
Website
www.bbfo.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1966

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£104k£95k
  • 2023£98k£85k
  • 2022£79k£81k
Earlier years
  • 2021£101k£60k
  • 2020£81k£53k

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Income source mix, 2024: Government grants 11%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

(A) THE MAINTENANCE OF THE ESTABLISHED, ACCREDITED BIRD OBSERVATORY (AS DEFINED BY THE BIRD OBSERVATORIES COUNCIL) ON BARDSEY. (B) THE STUDY OF THE NATURAL HISTORY OF BARDSEY AND ADJACENT HABITATS. (C) THE PUBLICATION OF REPORTS ON THE WORK OF THE OBSERVATORY AND OF ANY OTHER MATTER RELEVANT TO THE ‘OBJECTS’ OF THE SOCIETY. D) THE CONSERVATION OF ANIMAL AND PLANT LIFE IN THE AREA IN LINE WITH CURRENT PRIORITIES. (E) CO-OPERATION WITH NATIONAL AND LOCAL BODIES, EDUCATIONAL AUTHORITIES AND OTHERS, IN FURTHERING THE STUDY OF NATURAL HISTORY OF THE ISLAND AND ADJACENT HABITATS. (F) EDUCATION OF THE VISITORS TO THE ISLAND AND THE WIDER PUBLIC, ABOUT THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE ISLAND AND ADJACENT HABITATS.

Grants received

1 grant · £40,379 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport · £40,379

Most recent

  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £40,3792024-02-29
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 trustees on the board

7.8y median 9.5y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

14.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Portfolio (1)

2
company-linked trustees

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

Environment/conservation/heritage 5General Charitable Purposes 5Education/training 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 1Health and social care 1Tech and media 1

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£104k 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
249790
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 01/10/1955AS AMENDED ON 29/10/1960AS AMENDED ON 11/03/1967AS AMENDED ON 05/03/1977AS AMENDED ON 03/03/1979AS AMENDED ON 14/03/1989AS AMENDED ON 09/03/1991AS AMENDED ON 07/03/1992AS AMENDED ON 02/07/2011
Contact on the register
01212490490 · dianneccharles@outlook.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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