Palaeontographical Society

The Society promotes the knowledge of and research into UK fossils, by means of the publication of monographs, the organisation of meetings, and the provision of a small number of grants.

In the charity's own words, from the register.

Elsewhere

• Throughout England and Wales
• Scotland
• Northern Ireland

Area of benefit in its governing document: Not Defined

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

In the year ending 31 December 2025, it had income of £26,959 and spent £27,017.

Figures as the charity reported them to the Charity Commission. Staff and volunteer numbers are only asked of charities with income over £10,000. A year with no row was not reported.

Separate measures from the charity's own returns and accounts, each with its year. Read them together: no single measure says how well a charity is run.

Income over time

Up 36%, from £19,875 in the year to 31 December 2021 to £26,959 in the year to 31 December 2025.

Spending against income

It spent 100% of its income in the year to 31 December 2025. It spent more than its income in 2 of the 5 years shown.

Largest funder

Informa UK Typesetting contribution gave £10,000 in the year to 31 December 2025, 37% of that year's income.Read by AI from the charity's accounts.

From the annual returns the charity filed with the Charity Commission. The largest funder comes from its accounts, read by AI.

Government grants in the year ending 31 December 2025: Not reported. Government contracts: Not reported.

From the charity's annual return to the Charity Commission, which asks every charity with income over £10,000 how much came from government grants and contracts. It does not say which part of government. These totals are separate from the named funders read from its accounts and the grants published on 360Giving, and are not added to them.

In its accounts for the year ending 31 December 2025, the charity named 3 funders who gave £16,647 between them. £0 of that came from public bodies.

These figures were read from the accounts the charity filed with the Charity Commission by Claude, an AI model, in OpenEconomy's accounts reader. AI can misread a table, so check the accounts on the register before relying on a figure.

No grants to this charity appear in 360Giving data.

Only funders that publish their grants to 360Giving are included, and many do not. These are amounts funders awarded, which can differ from what the charity received in a given year, so they are shown apart from the accounts figures above.

12 trustees run the charity.

• Dr CAROLINE JANE BUTTLERChairAppointed 24 April 2019
• Amber Wood BaileyAppointed 16 April 2022
• Cassius MorissonAppointed 16 April 2024
• Dr ANTHONY BUTCHERAppointed 20 July 2012
• Dr BENJAMIN CHRISTOPHER MOONAppointed 27 May 2021
• Dr Elsa PanciroliAppointed 18 April 2018
• Dr LUCY MARTHA EVELYN MCCOBBAppointed 26 April 2022
• Dr Marc JonesAppointed 8 May 2025
• Dr NEIL DONALD LEWIS CLARKAppointed 1 May 2020
• Dr Neil GostlingAppointed 8 May 2025
• Dr SUSAN RUTH BEARDMOREAppointed 27 May 2021
• Dr TIMOTHY MCCORMICKAppointed 26 June 2013

Trustees are responsible in law for the charity. Names are as they appear on the public register.

Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 4 arrived by the deadline.

Charities with income over £10,000 send an annual return within 10 months of their year end, and those over £25,000 also send their accounts. Smaller charities only update their income and spending on the register. The dates are when the Commission received each document.

Charity number

228372

Status

Registered

Registered with the Commission

28 April 1964

Governing document

REVISED RULES ADOPTED APRIL 1933 AS AMENDED JUNE 1961 AND 24 APRIL 2002

Website

www.palaesoc.org/site/homeAs the charity gave it on the register.

Council area of its contact address

Cardiff

• Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
• Funding from accounts: the charity's filed accounts, read by OpenEconomy's AI accounts reader on 2 November 2026.
• Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there, as loaded by OpenEconomy.

• This charity on the Charity Commission register
• Its accounts and annual returns on the register
• 360Giving open grants data
• This charity on OpenEconomy

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