The Charles Close Society for the Study of Ordnance Survey Maps

Analysis

The Charles Close Society for the Study of Ordnance Survey Maps is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 1987, 39 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. It says it provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending February 2026, The Charles Close Society for the Study of Ordnance Survey Maps reported income of £23k and spending of £18k, leaving 23% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2022 to February 2026, income fell from £39k to £23k (-41%), an average of -12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2023, when income dropped by 48%. Over the whole period it spent 68% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, The Charles Close Society for the Study of Ordnance Survey Maps sits at the 61st percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Althorpe and Keadby Primary School (£23k), Seaford Environmental Alliance (£23k) and Friends of Greenwich Peninsula Ecology Park (£23k).