INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE

Registered charity 1047999 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q6040741 · Wikipedia · also known as I P E M

IPEM promotes physics and engineering applied to medicine and biology by organising scientific meetings; developing educational materials for specialists and the public; accrediting people, courses and training centres; publishing reports and journals promoting scientific knowledge and best practice; encouraging research and innovation; developing and maintaining professional standards.

Objects

TO PROMOTE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE ADVANCEMENT OF PHYSICS AND ENGINEERING APPLIED TO MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY AND TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE FIELD

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: York, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £733,361 for the year ended 31 December 2025, following a period of restructuring and cost reduction. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £1,505,192, which is above the stated target operating reserve of £1,100,000, providing a strong financial foundation. The trustees are confident in the charity's ability to continue as a going concern for at least one year from the date of approval.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Sumer Auditco Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Top pay band moved from £100,001 - £110,000 (FY2024) to £110,001 - £120,000 (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2023 (received 01/11/2024, 1 day after the 31/10/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03080332
• Trading subsidiary: IPEM ENTERPRISES LIMITED Companies House 03143077

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine UK (matched by registered charity number).

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.

• ADAMS, Elizabeth Jane — director, appointed 22/09/2025on trustee list
• LEE, Siu Man, Dr — director, appointed 22/09/2025on trustee list
• MCDADE, Robin Mark — director, appointed 22/09/2025on trustee list
• THOW, Fiona Jane — director, appointed 22/09/2025on trustee list
• WHITE, Paul Alan, Professor — director, appointed 22/09/2025on trustee list
• WILDE, Paul Richard — director, appointed 04/02/2025on trustee list
• DUNN, Matthew Arthur — director, appointed 18/09/2024on trustee list
• FEDELE, Fiammetta, Dr — director, appointed 18/09/2024on trustee list
• BARNES-MCKENZIE, Anna Pauline — director, appointed 22/09/2022on trustee list
• WILDE, Jason Neville, Dr — director, appointed 20/09/2021on trustee list
• JOLLIFFE, Valerie Celia — director, appointed 20/09/2021on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~7.2 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 1.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Fiammetta Fedele
• Dr Jason Neville Wilde
• Dr Siu Man Lee · trustee of 1 other charity
• Elizabeth Jane Adams
• Fiona Jane Thow
• Mark Brian Knight
• Matthew Arthur Dunn
• Michael Paul Owen
• Paul Richard Wilde
• Professor Christopher Leighton Hopkins
• Professor Paul Alan White
• Robin Mark McDade

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

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

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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