# THE PALAEONTOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1216779
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** Feb. 9, 2026
- **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=1216779


## Contact

- **Address:** Palaeontology Section, Amgueddfa Cymru, Cathays Park, Cardiff
- **Postcode:** CF10 3NP
- **Phone:** 02920573359
- **Email:** secretary@palsoc.org
- **Website:** https://www.palaeosoc.org/



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN PALAEONTOLOGY BY: (A) BY PUBLISHING MONOGRAPHS DESCRIBING AND ILLUSTRATING FOSSILS FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM AND IRELAND, (B) BY GIVING PUBLIC LECTURES, (C) TO ENCOURAGE PALAEONTOLOGICAL RESEARCH AND EXTEND THE KNOWLEDGE OF PALAEONTOLOGY THROUGH AWARDING GRANTS, BURSARIES, PRIZES AND MEDALS, AND (D) BY SUCH OTHER MEANS AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES IN THEIR DISCRETION MAY DETERMINE.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Throughout England And Wales




## Trustees

- **Dr Caroline Buttler** (Chair)
- Amber Wood-Bailey
- Cassius Morrison
- Dr ANTHONY BUTCHER
- Dr Benjamin Moon
- Dr Elsa Panciroli — appointed Feb. 9, 2026
- Dr Lucy McCobb
- Dr Marc Jones
- Dr Neil Clark
- Dr Neil Gostling
- Dr Susan Beardmore
- Dr TIMOTHY MCCORMICK