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British Society for the History of Philosophy
- 18 trustees
- Income £38k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Dr Alexander DouglasTrustee · since 2020
- Dr Alix CohenTrustee
- Dr Angela BreitenbachTrustee · since 2020
- Dr Antonio Salgado BorgeTrustee · since 2024
- Dr Caterina Pello'Trustee · since 2022
- Dr Fedor BenevichTrustee · since 2022
- Dr Jeremy DunhamTrustee · since 2023
- Dr John CallananTrustee · since 2023
- Dr Lea Yvonne Frederique Rachel CantorTrustee · since 2024
- Dr Rachael Katherine WisemanTrustee · since 2022
- Dr Sacha GolobTrustee · since 2020
- Dr Sophia ConnellTrustee · since 2018
- Dr Tobias Peter KeilingTrustee · since 2024
- Professor Clare Carlisle TreschTrustee · since 2024
- Professor Julia Anna Sarah BorcherdingTrustee · since 2024
- Professor Mogens LaerkeTrustee · since 2023
- Professor Susan JamesTrustee · since 2016
- Zita Veronika TothTrustee · since 2023
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
- Website
- www.bshp.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1988
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£38k£45k
- 2024£33k£48k
- 2023£28k£43k
Earlier years
- 2022£24k£34k
- 2021£23k£14k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE AND FOSTER ALL ASPECTS OF THE STUDY AND TEACHING OF THE HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY.
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.
18 trustees on the board
- Dr Alix Cohen
- Dr Alexander Douglas since 2020
- Dr Angela Breitenbach since 2020
- Dr Antonio Salgado Borge since 2024
- Dr Caterina Pello' since 2022
- Dr Fedor Benevich since 2022
- Dr Jeremy Dunham since 2023
- Dr John Callanan since 2023
- Dr Lea Yvonne Frederique Rachel Cantor since 2024
- Dr Rachael Katherine Wiseman since 2022
- Dr Sacha Golob since 2020
- Dr Sophia Connell since 2018
- Dr Tobias Peter Keiling since 2024
- Professor Clare Carlisle Tresch since 2024
- Professor Julia Anna Sarah Borcherding since 2024
- Professor Mogens Laerke since 2023
- Professor Susan James since 2016
- Zita Veronika Toth since 2023
4.1y median 3y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure
Trustees past 6 years
- Dr Alexander Douglas since 2020
- Dr Angela Breitenbach since 2020
- Dr Sacha Golob since 2020
- Dr Sophia Connell since 2018
- Professor Susan James since 2016
4.2y
average years in governance
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (17)
- Dr Alix Cohen
- Dr Alexander Douglas since 2020
- Dr Angela Breitenbach since 2020
- Dr Antonio Salgado Borge since 2024
- Dr Caterina Pello' since 2022
- Dr Fedor Benevich since 2022
- Dr Jeremy Dunham since 2023
- Dr John Callanan since 2023
- Dr Lea Yvonne Frederique Rachel Cantor since 2024
- Dr Rachael Katherine Wiseman since 2022
- Dr Sacha Golob since 2020
- Dr Sophia Connell since 2018
- Dr Tobias Peter Keiling since 2024
- Professor Clare Carlisle Tresch since 2024
- Professor Julia Anna Sarah Borcherding since 2024
- Professor Mogens Laerke since 2023
- Zita Veronika Toth since 2023
Portfolio (1)
- Professor Susan James since 2016
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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 18Education/training 1Recreation 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 1
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.
incomespending£38k latest income · spending exceeded income 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
- 299041
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 21ST SEPTEMBER 1987
- Contact on the register
- 02078482553 · chair@bshp.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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