# THE SCIENTIFIC EXPLORATION SOCIETY

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 267410
- **Other names:** THE SCIENTIFIC EXPLORATION SOCIETY LIMITED, SES
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** April 26, 1974
- **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=267410


## Contact

- **Address:** Mullins Mead, Donhead St. Mary, SHAFTESBURY
- **Postcode:** SP7 9DS
- **Phone:** 01747 853353
- **Website:** www.ses-explore.org



## Activities

**Objects:** TO PROMOTE ORGANISE OR SUPPORT (WHETHER FINANCIALLY OR OTHERWISE) EXPEDITIONS FOR THE EXPLORATION OF THE UNDER-DEVELOPED REGIONS OF THE EARTH FOR THE PURPOSE OF ADVANCING KNOWLEDGE OF, OR RESEARCH INTO, OR FOR THE PURPOSE OF EDUCATING INDIVIDUALS IN, THE GEOGRAPHY, GEODESY GEOPHYSICS, HISTORY, ARCHAEOLOGY, SOCIOLOGY AND ECONOMICS TOGETHER WITH THE TOPOGRAPHY, ECOLOGY, METEOROLOGY, BOTANY, ZOOLOGY, HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY AND GLACIOLOGY OF THE SAID REGIONS AND ALLIED SUBJECTS RELATING THERETO AND, WHERE INCIDENTAL TO SUCH EXPEDITIONS, TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND RELIEVE THE POVERTY AND SICKNESS OF THE PEOPLE IN SUCH REGIONS.

**Activities:** Promotes, organises and supports expeditions for the exploration of developing regions of the world for the purpose of advancing knowledge of, or research into, or for the purpose of educating individuals in the geography, history, archaeology, sociology, economics, ecology and geology of their regions.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE WORLDWIDE.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Human Resources, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- **What:** Education/training, Animals, Environment/conservation/heritage
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Bolivia
- Chile
- Ecuador
- Ethiopia
- Guyana
- India
- Madagascar
- Malaysia
- Mongolia
- Nepal
- Peru
- Romania
- Zambia



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2025 | £185228 | £165111 | — | — |
| June 30, 2024 | £137154 | £133966 | — | — |
| June 30, 2023 | £147774 | £118157 | — | — |
| June 30, 2022 | £95720 | £123530 | — | — |
| June 30, 2021 | £46891 | £67222 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Peter Felix CBE** (Chair) — appointed Jan. 23, 2017
- BARBARA JEFFREY
- Briony Deborah Turner — appointed June 27, 2017
- David Zeitlin — appointed Nov. 10, 2018
- Diane Allen OBE — appointed July 22, 2016
- JEREMY PETER FISH — appointed Jan. 22, 2024
- Trevor Moss — appointed March 29, 2017