INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF PROFESSIONAL AROMATHERAPISTS ("IFPA")

Registered charity 1091325 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The IFPA is the largest aromatherapy specific professional practitioner organisation, involved in supporting aromatherapists worldwide and promoting education standards within the aromatherapy profession.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE FEDERATION ("THE OBJECTS") SHALL BE THE PRESERVATION OF HEALTH BY ADVANCING THE KNOWLEDGE, PRACTICE OF AND EXPERTISE IN AROMATHERAPY BY EDUCATION, TEACHING AND TRAINING AND OTHER LAWFULLY CHARITABLE MEANS.

Area of benefit: NATIONAL

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

Causes: Education/training · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £2,549 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted reserves of £245,573. The charity holds a cash reserve of £75,000, which it notes is generally in line with Ofqual recommendations, although it has no specific reserves policy. The trustees confirmed that resources are adequate to continue in business, with no material uncertainties disclosed.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Charlotte Norgaard
• Christine Courtney
• Denise Cusack
• Dr Nicole Bou Khalil
• Dr Raquel Costa
• Jane Court
• LOUISE CARTA
• Tomoyo Nozaki
• Yee Nga Wong

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

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

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF AROMATHERAPISTS.

• THE INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF AROMATHERAPISTS income £564k
• THE FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS ASSOCIATION UK income £6.1m
• INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE OF PATIENTS' ORGANIZATIONS income £595k
• INTERNATIONAL PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION income £122.7m
• THE INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ARTS AND CULTURE income £104k
• ISTA Global Arts Learning Ltd income £1.3m

Side by side with its peers

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