# SOCIETY FOR THE HISTORY OF NATURAL HISTORY

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 210355
- **Other names:** SHNH
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Oct. 24, 1962
- **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=210355


## Contact

- **Address:** NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM, CROMWELL ROAD, LONDON
- **Postcode:** SW7 5BD
- **Phone:** 0141 330 2194
- **Email:** secretary@shnh.org.uk
- **Website:** http://www.shnh.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE SOCIETY IS INSTITUTED FOR THE HISTORICAL AND BIBLIOGRAPHICAL STUDY OF ALL BRANCHES OF NATURAL HISTORY, INCLUDING THEIR SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ASPECTS, ACROSS ALL CULTURES.

**Activities:** The society is instituted for the historical and bibliographical study of the growth of all branches of natural history in all periods and cultures.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** Education/training, Environment/conservation/heritage
- **Who:** Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £15587 | £14923 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £12971 | £14640 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £10756 | £8181 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £13543 | £10806 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £12091 | £14930 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Jack Daniel David Ashby** (Chair) — appointed April 4, 2024
- Dr Eleanor Larsson — appointed June 14, 2018
- Dr Geraldine Reid — appointed June 5, 2019
- Dr Malgosia Nowak-Kemp — appointed June 29, 2021
- Dr Nathan Smith — appointed June 30, 2022
- Dr Penelope Anne Secord — appointed June 29, 2021
- Elaine Shaughnessy — appointed June 29, 2021
- Jeanne Robinson — appointed June 29, 2021
- Joshua Luke Davis — appointed July 16, 2025
- Maggie Reilly — appointed June 14, 2018
- Professor Helen Cowie — appointed June 29, 2021
- WILLIAM NOBLETT
- William Clifford John Beharrell — appointed June 30, 2022