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Sorby Natural History Society Sheffield

  • 10 trustees
  • Income £8k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham, Sheffield City and more
Website
www.sorby.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1986

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£8k£7k
  • 2024£10k£8k
  • 2023£10k£7k
Earlier years
  • 2022£6k£5k
  • 2021£7k£6k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

THE CHARITY IS ESTABLISHED FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT WITH THE FOLLOWING OBJECTS IN THE AREA COMPRISING THE CITY OF SHEFFIELD AND ENVIRONS, TO INCLUDE THOSE FORTY NINE 10 KILOMETRE SQUARES WITH THEIR ORIGIN AT SK05 AND CENTRED ON SK38 WHICH AREA SHALL HEREINAFTER BE REFERRED TO AS “THE AREA OF BENEFIT”. THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY SHALL BE TO INCREASE THE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF NATURAL HISTORY OF MEMBERS OF THE CHARITY AND THE PUBLIC BY PROMOTING STUDY AND RESEARCH AND IN PARTICULAR:A) TO ARRANGE MEETINGS, LECTURES, EXHIBITIONS, FIELD EXCURSIONS AND SIMILAR GATHERINGS FOR THE ABOVE PURPOSEB) TO ARRANGE FOR THE COLLECTION AND MAINTENANCE OF SCIENTIFIC RECORDS RELATED TO THE NATURAL HISTORY IN THE AREA OF BENEFITC) TO PUBLISH PROCEEDINGS AND REPORTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF MEMBERS OF THE CHARITY AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC. TO DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN LIAISON AND EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION WITH ORGANISATIONS HAVING OBJECTS IN COMMON WITH THE CHARITYD) TO UNDERTAKE ALL SUCH THINGS AS ARE NECESSARY TO THE ATTAINMENT OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS OR ANY OF THEM.

Grants received

1 grant · £2,000 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £2,000

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £2,0002006-07-24
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.

5.3y median 4y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8y
average years in governance
2
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 10Education/training 10Environment/conservation/heritage 10

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 1Professional services 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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£8k 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
518234
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 06/11/1986AS AMENDED ON 09/11/1987AS AMENDED ON 01/11/2012 AS AMENDED ON 30 NOV 2019AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 02 NOV 2024
Contact on the register
07582794840 · secretary@sorby.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
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