# THE YORKSHIRE PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 529709
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Nov. 13, 1963
- **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=529709


## Contact

- **Address:** Yorkshire Philosophical Society, The Lodge, Museum Gardens, YORK
- **Postcode:** YO1 7DR
- **Phone:** 01904656713
- **Email:** info@ypsyork.org
- **Website:** www.ypsyork.org



## Activities

**Objects:** THE PROMOTION OF NATURAL SCIENCE AND THE STUDY OF ARCHAEOLOGY AND ANTIQUITIES.

**Activities:** The objectives of the Society are to stimulate public understanding of the sciences, including natural, physical, social and archaeological sciences, through lectures, grants, sponsorship and educational activities.  The Society runs an annual series of around 20 public lectures, and maintains an interest in the Yorkshire Museum and Gardens, York, which it originally founded in the 1820s.

**Area of benefit:** THE COUNTY OF YORK.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Human Resources, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- City Of York
- East Riding Of Yorkshire
- Leeds City
- North Yorkshire





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **David William Harbourne** | Chair | Oct. 10, 2023 |
| CATHERINE BROPHY |  | Sept. 11, 2013 |
| Dr ANDREW KENNETH GEORGE JONES |  | Oct. 1, 2012 |
| Dr Dorothy Arkell Nott |  | June 5, 2018 |
| Dr Gavin Thomas |  | Oct. 10, 2023 |
| Dr ROGER MARTIN PINDER |  | July 25, 2011 |
| Dr Thomas Hughes |  | June 25, 2024 |
| Felicity Helen Easdale Hurst |  | June 2, 2015 |
| Jonathan Bernard Coulson |  | June 22, 2021 |
| Professor Andrew Charles Marvin |  | June 4, 2019 |
| Sally Suzanne Osgerby |  | Oct. 10, 2023 |


