OSCR Scottish charity profile

The Hydrographic Society UK

ActiveCharity number SC049662
Registered10 October 2019
Main locationOutwith Scotland
Legal formCompany (the charity is registered with Companies House)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC049662
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Cross Border
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
UK and overseas
Volunteers
Not supplied
Staff
2
Postcode
BS2 0EL

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science

Beneficiaries

  • Children or young people
  • Older People

Activities

  • It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

The Society's Objects are:- 2.1 to promote the science of surveying at sea and related sciences and technologies. 2.2 to provide a centre for meetings and a channel for correspondence and the exchange of information between technologists and other engaged or interested in hydrography and related sciences. 2.3 to promote and co-ordinate the study and practice of such sciences and Technologies in all or any of their aspects. 2.4 to accumulate, extend and disseminate amongst the members of the Society and others information, knowledge and expertise relating thereto in any part of the world. and 2.5 to advance the education and training of persons engaged in or intending to engage in the study of hydrography and related sciences.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 March 2025£110,947£125,338223 December 2025
31 March 2024£88,573£100,609220 December 2024
31 March 2023£88,573£100,609220 March 2024
31 March 2022£151,135£148,05825 April 2023
31 March 2021£49,297£96,715220 September 2022

Figures are those reported by the charity and supplied in the OSCR bulk download. Blank facts remain distinct from zero.

04 Contact record

Principal office or trustees address

Address supplied to OSCR
Foot Anstey 3rd Floor, 2 Glass Wharf, Bristol
Website supplied to OSCR
www.ths.org.uk
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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