THE EUROPEAN BIOPHYSICAL SOCIETIES' ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1059024 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as EBSA

The Society promotes the science of Biophysics in Europe principally by supporting organisation of meetings and conferences.

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

Latest income

£182k

Latest spending

£109k

Registered

1996

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased to £250,285, exceeding the trustees' stated reserve policy target of £150,000 - £200,000. The trustees report that the financial position is sound and that there are adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £150,000 - 200,000 (held: £250k)

“The Charity aims to maintain a reserve of £150,000 - 200,000 to guard against liabilities.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

PROFESSOR ANTHONY J WILKINSON
PROFESSOR ANTHONY WATTS
Prof Arwen Pearson
Professor John M Seddon
Professor Mark Wallace
The Rev'd Professor ROBERT JOHN CRISPIN GILBERT · trustee of 3 other charities

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

Operates in: Albania · Armenia · Austria · Belarus · Belgium · Croatia · Czech Republic · Denmark · Egypt · Finland · France · Germany

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£182k	£109k
31/03/2024	£78k	£107k
31/03/2023	£76k	£19k
31/03/2022	£11k	£84k
31/03/2021	£135k	£60k

Common questions

Is THE EUROPEAN BIOPHYSICAL SOCIETIES' ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased to £250,285, exceeding the trustees' stated reserve policy target of £150,000 - £200,000. The trustees report that the financial position is sound and that there are adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. 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
THE COMPANY OF BIOLOGISTS	2	£285k
THE JABBS FOUNDATION	1	£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE FEDERATION OF EUROPEAN BIOCHEMICAL SOCIETIES.

THE FEDERATION OF EUROPEAN BIOCHEMICAL SOCIETIES income £6.5m
THE SOCIETY FOR EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY income £2.9m
THE PHYSIOLOGICAL SOCIETY income £4.8m
THE BIOCHEMICAL SOCIETY income £4.8m
BRITISH SOCIETY FOR CELL BIOLOGY income £126k
THE BRITISH PHYCOLOGICAL SOCIETY income £104k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE EUROPEAN BIOPHYSICAL SOCIETIES' ASSOCIATION	£182k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE FEDERATION OF EUROPEAN BIOCHEMICAL SOCIETIES FY2024	£6.5m	€70,000 - €79,999	2	unclear	—	no doubt
THE SOCIETY FOR EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY FY2024	£2.9m	—	—	below	—	no doubt
THE PHYSIOLOGICAL SOCIETY FY2024	£4.8m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
THE BIOCHEMICAL SOCIETY FY2024	£4.8m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BRITISH SOCIETY FOR CELL BIOLOGY FY2024	£126k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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