Registered charity · Sheffield
Sorby Natural History Society Sheffield
- 10 trustees
- Income £8k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Alistair Scott McleanTrustee · since 2013
- Andrew Keith DarbyTrustee · since 2023
- Anthony Brian LOYTrustee
- Derek WhiteleyTrustee · since 2019
- Gerard Joseph FirkinsTrustee · since 2023
- Helen Elizabeth BoyceTrustee · since 2023
- James Pablo FlanaganTrustee · since 2022
- Michael HolmesTrustee
- Robert James CroxtonTrustee
- Roger Antony ButterfieldTrustee · since 2022
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
- 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 total360Giving 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
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.
10 trustees on the board
- Alistair Scott Mclean since 2013
- Anthony Brian LOY
- Andrew Keith Darby since 2023
- Derek Whiteley since 2019
- Gerard Joseph Firkins since 2023
- Helen Elizabeth Boyce since 2023
- James Pablo Flanagan since 2022
- Michael Holmes
- Robert James Croxton
- Roger Antony Butterfield since 2022
Trustees past 6 years
- Alistair Scott Mclean since 2013
- Derek Whiteley since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (10)
- Alistair Scott Mclean since 2013
- Anthony Brian LOY
- Andrew Keith Darby since 2023
- Derek Whiteley since 2019
- Gerard Joseph Firkins since 2023
- Helen Elizabeth Boyce since 2023
- James Pablo Flanagan since 2022
- Michael Holmes
- Robert James Croxton
- Roger Antony Butterfield since 2022
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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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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
- 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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