01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- Other
- Registered
- 12 June 1992
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Financial period
- 1 October 2024 – 30 September 2025
- Latest income
- £9,395
- Latest expenditure
- £12,225
- Gift Aid
- Yes
- Owns or uses land
- No
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- No
Public contact address: 111 Mays Lane, Earley, READING, RG6 7DG
Website recorded by the regulator: www.berksoc.org.uk (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
The Club organises lectures, workshops and field activities relating to wild birds and their conservation. It manages surveys and recording and prepares an annual report on the birds of Berkshire. It maintains the Berkshire county database of bird records and makes the data available to bona fide researchers and other interested parties. It raises funds and gives grants for bird conservation.
03 Official extract
Charity Annual Return History
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 October 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 30 September 2025
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Reporting Due Date
- 30 July 2026
- Date Annual Return Received
- 13 July 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £9,395
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £12,225
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 October 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 30 September 2024
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Reporting Due Date
- 30 July 2025
- Date Annual Return Received
- 2 July 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £12,850
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £10,627
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 October 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 30 September 2023
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Reporting Due Date
- 30 July 2024
- Date Annual Return Received
- 11 June 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £7,356
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £8,574
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 October 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 30 September 2022
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Reporting Due Date
- 30 July 2023
- Date Annual Return Received
- 26 April 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £17,434
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £18,304
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 October 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 30 September 2021
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Reporting Due Date
- 30 July 2022
- Date Annual Return Received
- 30 June 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £6,729
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £3,869
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Charity Annual Return Parta
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 October 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 30 September 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 30 July 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 2 July 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £12,850
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £10,627
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 27
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 October 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 30 September 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 30 July 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 26 April 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £17,434
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £18,304
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- No
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- No
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 35
05 Official extract
Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Bracknell Forest
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Windsor And Maidenhead
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Wokingham
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- West Berkshire
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Slough
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Reading
- Welsh Ind
- No
06 Official extract
Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 102
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Education/training
- Classification Code
- 112
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Environment/conservation/heritage
- Classification Code
- 207
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- The General Public/mankind
- Classification Code
- 302
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Makes Grants To Organisations
- Classification Code
- 111
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Animals
- Classification Code
- 307
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
07 Official extract
Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- BERKSHIRE ORNITHOLOGICAL CLUB
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- Standard registration
- Date Of Event
- 1992-06-12T00:00:00
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Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 20/11/1991AS AMENDED ON 09/11/2005AS AMENDED ON 12/03/2007AS AMENDED ON 10/11/2010AS AMENDED ON 21/11/2012AS AMENDED ON 19/11/2014AS AMENDED ON 04/03/2015
- Charitable Objects
- TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE STUDY OF WILD BIRDS AND PROMOTE THE CONSERVATION OF WILD BIRDS AND THEIR HABITATS IN THE COUNTY OF BERKSHIRE
- Area Of Benefit
- BERKSHIRE
09 Official extract
Charity Other Names
- Charity Name Id
- 41300
- Charity Name Type
- Previous name
- Charity Name
- READING ORNITHOLOGICAL CLUB
10 Official extract
Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries