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Registered charity · Pulborough

Sussex Ornithological Society

  • 12 trustees
  • Income £60k (2025)
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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
Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
East Sussex, West Sussex, Brighton And Hove
Website
www.sos.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1968

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£60k£49k
  • 2024£42k£30k
  • 2023£77k£62k
Earlier years
  • 2022£39k£50k
  • 2021£35k£30k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

A) TO RECORD AND STUDY WILD BIRDS IN THE COUNTRY OF SUSSEX. B) TO ASSIST IN THE PRESERVATION OF WILD BIRDS IN GREAT BRITAIN. C) TO ENCOURAGE BY THE USE OR FILMS, BOOKS, MEETINGS, OUTINGS AND OTHER MEANS (I) THE STUDY OF BIRDS IN THE FIELD AND ORNITHOLOGICAL SCIENCE GENERALLY AND (II) THE EDUCATION OF ITS MEMBERS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN ORNITHOLOGICAL, SCIENCE AND THE NEED FOR PROTECTION OF WILD BIRDS AND THEIR HABITATS.

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.

12 trustees on the board

2.8y median 3y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

3.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (12)

3
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 12

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

Agriculture 1Business services 1Other services 1

Gaps to watch

  • 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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£60k 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
256936
Status
Registered
Governing document
RULES as amended on 01 Apr 2023
Contact on the register
07730128140 · merrited2@gmail.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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