# YORK ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1174488
- **Other names:** YAS
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** Sept. 4, 2017
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1174488


## Contact

- **Address:** 21 Lord Drive, Pocklington, York, East Yorkshire
- **Postcode:** YO42 2PB
- **Phone:** 01759 306486
- **Email:** Secretary@yorkastro.org.uk
- **Website:** www.yorkastro.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION AND INTEREST IN THE SCIENCE OF ASTRONOMY AND IT&#x27;S RELATED SCIENCES, IN THE YORKSHIRE REGION, IN PARTICULAR BY THE EDUCATION, ENCOURAGEMENT AND PURSUIT OF ASTRONOMICAL KNOWLEDGE AND OBSERVATIONAL ASTRONOMY, AND BY SUCH MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY DETERMINE.

**Activities:** Advancing public education and interest in the science of astronomy and its related sciences in the Yorkshire region.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Other Charitable Purposes
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- City Of York
- East Riding Of Yorkshire
- North Yorkshire





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Andrew Stephenson |  | Oct. 22, 2018 |
| David Friend |  | Oct. 22, 2018 |
| John Nancarro-Wood |  | Oct. 4, 2019 |
| Paul Thornley |  | Dec. 1, 2017 |
| Simon Howard |  | Dec. 4, 2017 |




