Registered charity · Knaresborough
The Harrogate and District Naturalists' Society
- 9 trustees
- Income £7k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Denise CarterTrustee · since 2023
- Dr Kevin WalkerTrustee · since 2019
- Dr Nick GauntTrustee · since 2018
- Jill Catherine WarwickTrustee · since 2025
- Kerry MorrisonTrustee · since 2018
- Lynne GillandTrustee · since 2019
- Ruth UpsallTrustee · since 2015
- Susan ColdwellTrustee · since 2012
- William RichTrustee · since 2023
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
- North Yorkshire
- Website
- http/hdns.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1975
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£7k£5k
- 2024£6k£4k
- 2023£7k£6k
Earlier years
- 2022£6k£7k
- 2021£5k£5k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE PROMOTION AND DISSEMINATION OF NATURAL HISTORY KNOWLEDGE IN ALL ITS ASPECTS AND ALSO TO DIRECT ITS ENERGIES TO SOME PRACTICAL FORM OF NATURE CONSERVATION.
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.
9 trustees on the board
- Denise Carter since 2023
- Dr Kevin Walker since 2019
- Dr Nick Gaunt since 2018
- Jill Catherine Warwick since 2025
- Kerry Morrison since 2018
- Lynne Gilland since 2019
- Ruth Upsall since 2015
- Susan Coldwell since 2012
- William Rich since 2023
Trustees past 6 years
- Dr Kevin Walker since 2019
- Dr Nick Gaunt since 2018
- Kerry Morrison since 2018
- Lynne Gilland since 2019
- Ruth Upsall since 2015
- Susan Coldwell since 2012
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Denise Carter since 2023
- Dr Kevin Walker since 2019
- Dr Nick Gaunt since 2018
- Jill Catherine Warwick since 2025
- Kerry Morrison since 2018
- Lynne Gilland since 2019
- Ruth Upsall since 2015
- Susan Coldwell since 2012
- William Rich since 2023
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
- 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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 503860
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION AND BYE LAWS ADOPTED 24 APRIL 1964 AS AMENDED 16 APRIL 1975, 26 APRIL 1978 AND 24 APRIL 2003. as amended on 10 Nov 2020
- Contact on the register
- 01423868043 · gen.sechdns@yahoo.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 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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