# BRITISH HUMANIST ASSOCIATION

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 285987
- **Other names:** HUMANISTS UK
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [00228781](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00228781)
- **Registered:** Jan. 17, 1983
- **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=285987


## Contact

- **Address:** Humanists UK, 3 Waterhouse Square, 138-142 Holborn, LONDON
- **Postcode:** EC1N 2SW
- **Phone:** 020 7324 3066
- **Email:** andrew@humanism.org.uk
- **Website:** www.humanism.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** 4.1.1. THE ADVANCEMENT OF HUMANISM, NAMELY A NON-RELIGIOUS ETHICAL LIFESTANCE THE ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF WHICH ARE A COMMITMENT TO HUMAN WELLBEING AND A RELIANCE ON REASON, EXPERIENCE AND A NATURALISTIC VIEW OF THE WORLD;4.1.2. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND IN PARTICULAR THE STUDY OF AND THE DISSEMINATION OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT HUMANISM AND ABOUT THE ARTS AND SCIENCE AS THEY RELATE TO HUMANISM;4.1.3. THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND NON-DISCRIMINATION AND THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AS DEFINED IN INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS TO WHICH THE UNITED KINGDOM IS PARTY, IN EACH CASE IN PARTICULAR AS RELATES TO RELIGION AND BELIEF;4.1.4. THE PROMOTION OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN PEOPLE HOLDING RELIGIOUS AND NON-RELIGIOUS BELIEFS SO AS TO ADVANCE HARMONIOUS COOPERATION IN SOCIETY.4.2. TO DO ALL SUCH OTHER LAWFUL THINGS AS ARE CONDUCIVE OR INCIDENTAL TO FURTHERING OR ADVANCING ANY OF THE ABOVE-MENTIONED OBJECTS

**Activities:** The British Humanist Association (Humanists UK) promotes Humanism and supports and represents people who seek to live good lives without religious or superstitious beliefs. Humanists UK provides educational resources on Humanism and humanist funerals and other ceremonies, and campaigns against religious privilege and discrimination on grounds of religion or belief.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Human Resources, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** Education/training, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity, Other Charitable Purposes
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- Guernsey
- Isle Of Man
- Jersey
- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
- Throughout England And Wales





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Amy Walden |  | June 16, 2024 |
| Andrew Russell |  | June 26, 2022 |
| Charley Jarrett |  | June 26, 2022 |
| David Iain Deboys |  | July 11, 2020 |
| Dr John Olusegun Adenitire |  | June 11, 2023 |
| Emma Shepherd |  | June 23, 2019 |
| Ginny Collins |  | June 15, 2025 |
| Kate West |  | June 11, 2023 |
| Kay Jones |  | June 15, 2025 |
| Keiron McCabe |  | Feb. 11, 2026 |
| Nicole Maxine Saunders |  | June 15, 2025 |
| Professor Simon Walker-Samuel |  | June 26, 2022 |
| Roland Arthur Davis |  | June 11, 2023 |
| Satnam Lehal |  | June 15, 2025 |
| Sharda Dean |  | June 15, 2025 |
| Tamar Ghosh |  | June 16, 2024 |




