# ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1088537
- **Other names:** ACADEMY OF LEARNED SOCIETIES FOR THE SOCIAL SCIENCES, THE ACADEMY, THE ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Sept. 24, 2001
- **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=1088537


## Contact

- **Address:** c/o Knox Cropper LLP, 5th Floor, 65 Leadenhall Street, London
- **Phone:** 03003033513
- **Email:** operations@acss.org.uk
- **Website:** www.acss.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECT OF THE ACADEMY IS TO PROMOTE SOCIAL SCIENCES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.

**Activities:** The voice of the social sciences in the UK for the public benefit. We exist to promote the social sciences in the UK for the public benefit. We share knowledge and understanding of the social sciences and how they benefit society; we encourage evidence-led social science input to policy; and we recognise excellence through the award of Fellowship.

**Area of benefit:** UNITED KINGDOM




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £774945 | £728208 | £709568 | 9 |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £702371 | £643681 | £654134 | 10 |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £604701 | £756863 | £589783 | 10 |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £617482 | £629631 | £694806 | 10 |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £725076 | £537511 | £706955 | 10 |



## Trustees

- **William Nicholas Hutton** (Chair) — appointed June 17, 2021
- Dr Heather Kathryn Rolfe — appointed June 18, 2025
- Dr Megan Louise Lawson — appointed June 18, 2025
- Dr Utsa Mukherjee — appointed June 19, 2024
- Professor Christopher Millward — appointed June 19, 2024
- Professor Ian Rivers — appointed Oct. 6, 2022
- Professor Imogen Elizabeth Tyler — appointed June 5, 2023
- Professor Jackline Wahba — appointed June 18, 2025
- Professor Janet Marion Boddy — appointed June 18, 2025
- Professor John Peter Scott CBE — appointed June 5, 2023
- Professor Kavita Vedhara — appointed Jan. 28, 2021
- Professor Linda Bauld — appointed June 19, 2024
- Professor Lisa Anderson — appointed June 16, 2022
- Professor Nicholas David Vaughan-Williams — appointed June 18, 2025
- Professor Patricia Dodd — appointed June 19, 2024
- Professor Richard Black — appointed June 17, 2021
- Professor Robert Duffy — appointed Nov. 1, 2019
- Professor Sara Lindsey Carter — appointed Aug. 1, 2025
- Professor Simin Davoudi — appointed June 19, 2024
- Professor Timothy John Blackman — appointed June 17, 2021