BRITISH MACHINE VISION ASSOCIATION AND SOCIETY FOR PATTERN RECOGNITION

Registered charity 1002307 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BMVA

Advance the education of the public in machine vision and pattern recognition

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£299k

Latest spending

£276k

Registered

1991

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £370,457 at the end of the financial year, representing a net income increase of £22,493 from the previous year. The trustees report continued financial stability and confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue operating. The charity is exempt from audit under small companies provisions and underwent an independent examination instead.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: underwrite financial risks associated with the operation of our annual conference activities (BMVC, MIUA) and maintain the ability to support future UK PhD student travel bursary awards in the event of reduced income in future years (held: £370k)

“Reserves are held to underwrite financial risks associated with the operation of our annual conference activities (BMVC, MIUA) and maintain the ability to support future UK PhD student travel bursary awards in the event of reduced income in future years.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Payments to trustees: Trustees were paid £400 for speaking activity.

“There were trustees paid for speaking activity totalling £400 (2024 - NIL).”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 02543446 · Financial health read from its filings

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

ARAGON CAMARASA, Gerardo, Dr — director, appointed 18/09/2025not on trustee list
GILBERT, Andrew John — director, appointed 31/07/2025on trustee list
MACKIEWICZ, Michael — director, appointed 31/07/2025not on trustee list
XIE, Xianghua, Dr — director, appointed 10/09/2015on trustee list
CAMPBELL, Neill, Prof — director, appointed 10/09/2015on trustee list
BRECKON, Toby, Prof — director, appointed 20/07/2010on trustee list
MIRMEDI, Majid, Prof — director, appointed 05/09/2005not on trustee list

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

Prof NEILL CAMPBELLchair
Dr Andrew Gilbert
Dr Gerardo Aragon Camarasa
PROF MAJID MIRMEHDI
Prof Michal Mackiewicz
Prof Xianghua Xie
Prof. Toby Peter Breckon

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£299k	£276k
31/12/2024	£311k	£273k
31/12/2023	£229k	£176k
31/12/2022	£384k	£427k
31/12/2021	£27k	£15k

Common questions

Is BRITISH MACHINE VISION ASSOCIATION AND SOCIETY FOR PATTERN RECOGNITION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £370,457 at the end of the financial year, representing a net income increase of £22,493 from the previous year. The trustees report continued financial stability and confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue operating. The charity is exempt from audit under small companies provisions and underwent an independent examination instead. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
MAYFAIR CHARITIES LIMITED	1	£21k
SABENO LIMITED	1	£15k
GIVE US A CHANCE	1	£13k
SIR ROBERT GEFFERY'S ALMSHOUSE TRUST	1	£4k
Q CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£1k

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Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
BRITISH MACHINE VISION ASSOCIATION AND SOCIETY FOR PATTERN RECOGNITION	£299k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
SURVEILLANCE STUDIES NETWORK FY2025	£162k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
GEMACH LTD FY2025	£7.1m	—	0	above	—	no doubt
LMS-PATRIOT COMPANY LIMITED FY2025	£361k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE BRITISH INSTITUTE OF NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING FY2024	£4.1m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BRITISH FRIENDS OF THE CHAZON ISH INSTITUTIONS FY2025	£110k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.