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Mineralogical Society of the United Kingdom and Ireland

RegisteredRegistered charity number 233706TwickenhamEnvironment and conservation
Income£487k2025-06-30
Spending£447ksame year
Spent / received99%5-year average
Size in its cause90th pctEnvironment and conservation
Registered1964Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Mineralogical Society of the United Kingdom and Ireland is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Twickenham. It was registered in April 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Mineralogical Society of the United Kingdom and Ireland reported income of £487k and spending of £447k, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £251k to £487k (+94%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2025, when income rose by 62%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Mineralogical Society of the United Kingdom and Ireland sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Great Yarmouth Preservation Trust (£486k), Severn Gorge Countryside Trust (£489k) and Moseley Railway Trust (£485k).

Income and spending

£0£122k£243k£365k£487k2021 Income: £250,7412021 Spending: £231,71920212022 Income: £253,0692022 Spending: £269,38120222023 Income: £325,4122023 Spending: £310,14120232024 Income: £299,5732024 Spending: £338,55720242025 Income: £486,5352025 Spending: £447,4882025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

The Mineralogical Society of the United Kingdom and Ireland, also known as the MinSoc, is an international society for all those working in the mineral sciences (mineralogy, crystallography, petrology and geochemistry). The Society aims to advance the knowledge of those sciences, and promotes them through scientific meetings and the publication of two scientific journals, both available online.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Great Yarmouth Preservation TrustNorfolk£486k
Severn Gorge Countryside TrustTelford£489k
Moseley Railway TrustStockport£485k
The Lune Rivers TrustCarnforth£490k