# SORBY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY SHEFFIELD

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 518234
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Nov. 17, 1986
- **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=518234


## Contact

- **Address:** 152 Dobbin Hill, Ecclesall, SHEFFIELD
- **Postcode:** S11 7JG
- **Phone:** 07582794840
- **Email:** secretary@sorby.org.uk
- **Website:** www.sorby.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE CHARITY IS ESTABLISHED FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT WITH THE FOLLOWING OBJECTS IN THE AREA COMPRISING THE CITY OF SHEFFIELD AND ENVIRONS, TO INCLUDE THOSE FORTY NINE 10 KILOMETRE SQUARES WITH THEIR ORIGIN AT SK05 AND CENTRED ON SK38 WHICH AREA SHALL HEREINAFTER BE REFERRED TO AS “THE AREA OF BENEFIT”. THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY SHALL BE TO INCREASE THE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF NATURAL HISTORY OF MEMBERS OF THE CHARITY AND THE PUBLIC BY PROMOTING STUDY AND RESEARCH AND IN PARTICULAR:A) TO ARRANGE MEETINGS, LECTURES, EXHIBITIONS, FIELD EXCURSIONS AND SIMILAR GATHERINGS FOR THE ABOVE PURPOSEB) TO ARRANGE FOR THE COLLECTION AND MAINTENANCE OF SCIENTIFIC RECORDS RELATED TO THE NATURAL HISTORY IN THE AREA OF BENEFITC) TO PUBLISH PROCEEDINGS AND REPORTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF MEMBERS OF THE CHARITY AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC. TO DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN LIAISON AND EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION WITH ORGANISATIONS HAVING OBJECTS IN COMMON WITH THE CHARITYD) TO UNDERTAKE ALL SUCH THINGS AS ARE NECESSARY TO THE ATTAINMENT OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS OR ANY OF THEM.

**Activities:** The Sorby Natural History Society is the Natural History society for the Sheffield City region, providing education, research and publications, including biological and geological recording of wildlife, habitats, rocks and landscapes. Operates mostly in Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and the Peak District.

**Area of benefit:** THE AREA COMPRISING THE CITY OF SHEFFIELD AND ENVIRONS, TO INCLUDE THOSE FORTY NINE 10 KILOMETRE SQUARES WITH THEIR ORIGIN AT SK05 AND CENTRED ON SK38.




## Classification

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



## Areas of operation

- Barnsley
- Cheshire East
- City Of Wakefield
- Derbyshire
- Doncaster
- East Riding Of Yorkshire
- North Lincolnshire
- Nottinghamshire
- Rotherham
- Sheffield City



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug. 31, 2024 | £9712 | £8328 | — | — |
| Aug. 31, 2023 | £9628 | £7461 | — | — |
| Aug. 31, 2022 | £6008 | £5324 | — | — |
| Aug. 31, 2021 | £6561 | £6087 | — | — |
| Aug. 31, 2020 | £5652 | £8551 | — | — |



## Trustees

- ALISTAIR SCOTT MCLEAN — appointed Nov. 1, 2013
- ANTHONY BRIAN LOY
- Andrew Keith Darby — appointed March 23, 2023
- Derek Whiteley — appointed Nov. 30, 2019
- Gerard Joseph Firkins — appointed Dec. 7, 2023
- Helen Elizabeth Boyce — appointed Dec. 7, 2023
- James Pablo Flanagan — appointed Oct. 29, 2022
- MICHAEL HOLMES
- ROBERT JAMES CROXTON
- Roger Antony Butterfield — appointed Oct. 29, 2022