The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The North of England Zoological Society

Registered charity 306077 Registered since 1967

Operates: Cheshire West & Chester

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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.

16 trustees on the board

4.3y median 3y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (11)

Portfolio (5)

15
company-linked trustees

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

Animals 16Education/training 16Environment/conservation/heritage 15Religious Activities 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.

Arts and leisure 17Professional services 13Finance 6

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£63.1m latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

0.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months

664 from 502 in 2020
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.chesterzoo.org
Emailt.owen@chesterzoo.org
Phone01244650201
AddressTHE NORTH OF ENGLAND ZOOLOGICAL, SOCIETY, CEDAR HOUSE, CHESTER ZOO, CAUGHALL ROAD, CH2 1LH

Finances

£63,134,000 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£36,095,000£36,006,000
2021£45,226,000£44,280,000
2022£50,680,000£49,248,000
2023£57,388,000£57,711,000
2024£63,134,000£60,920,000

What it does

What

Education/trainingAnimalsEnvironment/conservation/heritage

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

THE SOCIETY'S OBJECTS ARE: (A) TO PROMOTE THE CONSERVATION OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT BY PROMOTING BIODIVERSITY; AND (B) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC ON THE CONSERVATION OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL WORLD AND THE PROMOTION OF BIODIVERSITY; IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION, SCIENTIFIC STUDY AND THE MAINTENANCE OF ENDANGERED ANIMALS, PLANTS AND HABITATS IN BOTH PROTECTIVE AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 09/05/1934AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 01/07/1950AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 21/05/1955AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 04/05/1957AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 13/06/1966AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 16/10/1985AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 13/05/1995AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 22/05/1999AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 22/05/2007AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 07/06/2013AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 21 JUN 2016 as amended on 27 May 2021 as amended on 09 Jun 2022 as amended on 20 Jun 2024

Trustees (16)

16trustees
55median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

North of England Zoological Society (the) · 00287902 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 09/05/1934

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (7)

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