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Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 0
  • Excess liquidity: -1
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
Overall GiG Score: 4 ?

THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON

The Society provides public benefit by advancing Earth sciences education at all levels, promoting wider knowledge of the Earth and professional standards that advance environmental protection, further the improvement of human health and guard against natural hazards. It achieves these aims through events and conferences, scholarly publishing and a professional and academic membership body.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • There are 23 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appeared to be in excess of CC guidelines at the latest year end especially considering the historic stability of income
  • Accounts have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k		 Spending
£k		 Surplus/
Deficit £k		 Fundraising
Cost £k		 Total
Funds £k		 Unrestricted
Funds £k		 Mths
Rsrvs		 Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/23£5,975£5,727£248£146£10,377£7,27715.2522,375
31/12/22*£5,122£5,155£-33£57£9,802£6,86316462,375
31/12/21£4,867£5,276£-410£59£10,737£7,36916.8430
31/12/20£5,303£5,514£-211£72£10,410£7,23515.7500
31/12/19*£5,584£6,149£-565£190£9,972£6,99613.7550
31/12/18£5,826£6,177£-351£188£9,844£7,09513.8520
31/12/17£5,768£5,549£219£158£10,493£7,60616.4560
31/12/16£5,750£5,481£270£222£10,302£7,54616.5540
31/12/15£5,498£5,241£257£211£9,180£5,30012.1500
31/12/14£5,217£4,676£541£210£22,626£18,72448.1450
31/12/13£5,470£4,924£546£148£22,006£18,11644.1440
31/12/12*£4,776£4,417£359£180£21,188£17,48647.5390
31/12/11£4,723£4,352£371£185£20,644£17,01146.9380
31/12/10£4,428£4,250£178£191£20,384£16,79547.4380
31/12/09£4,201£4,220£-19£172£20,025£16,66447.4380
31/12/08£4,176£4,141£35£177£19,553£16,51647.9390
31/12/07£5,735£4,588£1,148£148£20,359£16,70043.7400
31/12/06£3,840£3,514£326n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/05*£3,463£3,106£357n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/04*£3,464£2,865£598n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 3.3%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 3.2%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 18%
Highest pay band: £130,000-£140,000
Liabilities/Assets: 26%
Liabilities/Income: 62%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 70%
Reserves/Spending: 15.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 0.9
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 62 years

www.geolsoc.org.uk

christina.marron@geolsoc.org.uk

02074349944

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Environment conservation & animal welfare advocacy
How it operates
  • Makes grants to individuals
  • Makes grants to organisations
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - ENGIE - Engaging Girls in Geoscience (EIT project title)
£1,721 01/04/2022
Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10032451

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (23)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 22/23 persons

  • BENJAMIN LEPLEY Appointed: 2022
  • DR ANDREW DOBRZANSKI Appointed: 2024
  • DR ANNA BIRD Appointed: 2022
  • DR CHIARA MARIA PETRONE Appointed: 2023
  • DR DAVID PETER GILES Appointed: 2023
  • DR ILIAS KARAPANOS Appointed: 2024
  • DR JENNIFER SUSAN GILBERT Appointed: 2020
  • DR KEITH JONATHAN MYERS Appointed: 2021
  • DR KEVIN STEPHEN Appointed: 2024
  • DR MICHAEL OLATUNDE KEHINDE Appointed: 2020
  • DR NATASHA JOANNE DOWEY Appointed: 2022
  • DR NEIL FREWIN Appointed: 2021
  • ELIZABETH JANE WITHINGTON Appointed: 2023
  • GEMMA MARIE WICKENDEN Appointed: 2019
  • HOLLIE ELIZABETH FISHER Appointed: 2022
  • JOHN ALEC DAVIS Appointed: 2024
  • LEANNE HUGHES Appointed: 2024
  • LOUISA CLAIR MCARA Appointed: 2024
  • MARTIN GRIFFIN Appointed: 2021
  • PROF DANIEL PAUL LE HERON Appointed: 2022
  • PROF JONATHAN GORDON GLUYAS (Chair) Appointed: 2023
  • PROF KATHERINE SIAN DAVIES-VOLLUM Appointed: 2023
  • PROF MARK WILLIAM ANDERSON Appointed: 2022
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 06/02/1963, number: 210161
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR22: 262 days late, AR19: 333 days late, AR12: 13 days late, AR05: 8 days late, AR04: 14 days late,
Main office

GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON
BURLINGTON HOUSE
PICCADILLY
LONDON
W1J 0BG

Objectives

INVESTIGATING THE MINERAL STRUCTURE OF THE EARTH

Defined Area of Benefit:

NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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