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British & Irish Society of Animal Science SCIO

SC050710Registered charity from 21 January 2021
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Information about this charity:
Charity Information Operations Annual Submissions Income and Expenditure Charity Trustees
Notes:
Former legal name British Society of Animal Science SCIO from 21 January 2021 to 18 December 2025. This charity has been established to replace British Society of Animal Science, SC004845 British Society of Animal Science, SC004845 has now wound up and passed its assets and liabilities to British Society of Animal Science SCIO, SC050710
Charity Information:
The Name the Charity is Known By BISAS
Address 18 North Street
Glenrothes
Fife
Postcode KY7 5NA
Website www.bsas.org.uk
Regulatory Type Standard
Object:
Purposes 4. The organisation's purposes are the advancement of education and science in Scotland and elsewhere which relates to the study of and practical application of all aspects of animal science (whether companion, zoo, livestock, equine or wild animals) for the benefit of those who work with animals and livestock, are involved in the care, health, welfare, environmental sustainability and utility of animals, are interested or involved in animal science through academia or industry and the wider general public by: 4.1. Being the champion of advances in animal science through: 4.1.1. Promoting and encouraging research and experimental work into all aspects of animal science to advance and improve understanding and to investigate problems or any other matters of interest or concern; 4.1.2. Encouraging the sharing of knowledge through the dissemination of such research findings; 4.1.3. Encouraging the practical and beneficial application of such research results, such as putting new advances into practice; 4.1.4. Collecting and publishing information about animal science and its application; 4.1.5. Providing high quality academic and industry support together with a networking and mentoring platform for animal scientists; 4.2. Advancing responsible, safe, high welfare, environmentally and economically sustainable global animal production to: 4.2.1. Address issues such as the role of animal science in helping to resolve the world's food crisis; 4.2.2. Adopt a holistic approach to providing food security, nutrition and production for all; 4.2.3. Unify approaches to improving animal health and welfare; 4.2.4. Examine the relationship between humans, animals and the environments we share; 4.2.5. Examine the impact of animal science on human health and wellbeing.
Operations:
What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:
Provide opportunities for those interested in and concerned with the science relating to animals and its application to meet and exchange information, ideas and experiences. · Encourage the investigation of problems and matters pertaining to the science related to animals and its application. · Collect and publish information about the science relating to animals and its application; to print and publish any periodicals, books and leaflets which the Society may think desirable. · Stimulate the incorporation into practice of advances resulting from research, experimental work and practical experience. · Co-operate with any other organisation in furthering any of the objects of the Society. · Do all such things as may be incidental or conductive to the attainment of the above objects or any of them.
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
Constitutional Form Date: 21 Jan 2021
Main Operating Location: Fife
Number of Staff: 1
Number of Volunteers: 1-50
Purposes: "the advancement of education", "the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science", "the advancement of animal welfare"
Beneficiaries: "Other defined groups"
Types Of Activity Undertaken: "It carries out activities or services itself"
Annual Submissions:
Year End Income Expenditure Annual Return Received Accounts Received Latest Annual Reports and Accounts
30 Nov 2021 £205,615 £204,549 15 Apr 2022 Yes
30 Nov 2022 £222,016 £282,327 09 Mar 2023 Yes
30 Nov 2023 £410,319 £438,514 15 Mar 2024 Yes
30 Nov 2024 £219,710 £183,644 11 Mar 2025 Yes Download
31 Dec 2025 No Annual Information due by 30 Sept 2026
If an annual return has been received on time (within nine months of the Year End Date), the 'Annual Return Received' box is green   . If an annual return is late, the box is red   .
Income and Expenditure:
Charity Trustees:
First Name Last Name
Nicholas Wheelhouse
Sokratis Stergiadis
Kimberley Matthews
Steven Morrison
Stefan Yerby
David Elliott
David Wilde
Gareth Arnott
Helen Warren
Nigel Scollan
Nicholas Jonsson
Elizabeth Magowan
Grace O'Gorman
Diarmuid Moloney
David Kenny
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