# THE NORMAN LOCKYER OBSERVATORY SOCIETY

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1048807
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Aug. 22, 1995
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1048807


## Contact

- **Address:** Norman Lockyer Observatory, Salcombe Hill, SIDMOUTH
- **Postcode:** EX10 0NY
- **Phone:** 01395579941
- **Email:** cosecnlos@gmail.com
- **Website:** http://www.normanlockyer.com



## Activities

**Objects:** 1) TO PROMOTE, DEVELOP AND ENCOURAGE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN AWARENESS AND STUDY OF SCIENCE, ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, SCIENCE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH AND THE RECREATIONAL STUDY OF SCIENCE; ESPECIALLY SCIENCES RELATED TO ASTRONOMY AND ALL FORMS OF COMMUNICATION.  2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF SIR JOSEPH NORMAN LOCKYER (1836-1920), HIS SON,DR WILLIAM JAMES STEWART LOCKYER (1868-1936) AND THEIR CONTEMPORIES AND ASSOCIATES IN THE ADVANCEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF ASTRONOMY, ASTROPHYSICS AND ALLIED SCIENCES, AND IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF INTERNATIONAL UNDERSTANDING AND CO-OPERATION IN SCIENCE AND ALL MEANS OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN PEOPLES, AND TO ENCOURAGE THE STUDY OF AND RESEARCH IN THESE TOPICS.

**Activities:** The Principal Activity of the Company is to promote, develop and encourage public education in, awareness and study of science, engineering and technology, science education and research and the recreational study of science, especially sciences related to Astronomy and all forms of communication

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Human Resources, Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- **What:** Education/training, Environment/conservation/heritage
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Devon
- Dorset
- Somerset



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £34658 | £49246 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £28055 | £31552 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £37392 | £29367 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £46724 | £25375 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £27173 | £22371 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **DAVID STRANGE** (Chair)
- Alex Rowe — appointed Nov. 1, 2023
- David Alan Jones — appointed Sept. 4, 2023
- David Nigel Driver — appointed Nov. 7, 2025
- Dr Des Peter Howlett — appointed Nov. 12, 2018
- Dr Martin Barry Andrews — appointed Nov. 7, 2025
- Jeffery Charles Legg — appointed Nov. 8, 2021
- KATHLEEN MARY DOLLERY
- Peter Youd — appointed Oct. 10, 2014
- Victoria Jane Brown — appointed Dec. 2, 2019
- WILLIAM OWEN HITCHINGS