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Quaternary Research Association

Quaternary Research Association is a registered charity (number 262124) based in London, governed by 15 trustees and chaired by Prof Jane Karen Hart since 2023. Latest income £124k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

Also known as Q R A (Charity Commission)

  • 15 trustees
  • Income £124k (2025)
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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, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
Website
www.qra.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1971

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£124k£106k
  • 2024£125k£119k
  • 2023£131k£166k
Earlier years
  • 2022£123k£67k
  • 2021£116k£112k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTIVE OF THE ASSOCIATION IS THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND RESEARCH INTO THE QUATEMARY PERIOD. THIS SHALL BE ACHIEVED THROUGH A PROGRAMME OF ACTIVITIES AND BY SERIES OF PUBLICATIONS THAT ARE OF BENEFIT TO THE PUBLIC. THE AIMS OF SUCH ACTIVITIES SHALL BE: (I) TO ENHANCE UNDERSTANDING OF THE NATURE OF GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESSES DURING THE QUATEMARY PERIOD, AND (II) THE DISSEMINATION OF THIS INFORMATION TO THE WIDER PUBLIC. IN FURTHERANCE OF THIS OBJECTIVE, BUT NOT OTHERWISE, THE ASSOCIATION THROUGH ITS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING POWERS:(A) TO HOLD PUBLIC MEETINGS AND EXHIBITIONS; (B) TO PUBLISH PAMPHLETS, LEAFLETS, ETC., (C) TO DO ALL SUCH THINGS AS WILL FURTHER THE OBJECTIVE. THE ASSOCIATION SHALL ALSO AGREE FORMAL REPRESENTATION ON THE COMMITTEES OF APPROPRIATE SCIENTIFIC ORGANISATIONS, SUCH AS INQUA, ICSU AND THE ROYAL SOCIETY.

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.

3.1y median 3y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

3.8y
average years in governance
0
company-linked trustees

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

Arts/culture/heritage/science 15Education/training 15Environment/conservation/heritage 15

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on 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
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incomespending£124k 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
262124
Status
Registered
Governing document
REVISED CONSTITUTION ADOPTED ON 14TH APRIL 1973 AS AMENDED 14TH APRIL 1981 AS AMENDED 24 APRIL 2007.
Contact on the register
0207 9426479 · treasurer@qra.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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