THE INSTITUTION OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH

Registered charity 1096790 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as IOSH · also registered in Scotland as SC043254 (OSCR)

The Institution was established to provide systematic and organised methods of improving health and safety at work. Our vision is a world of work which is safe, healthy and sustainable

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£18.3m

Latest spending

£18.4m

Registered

2003

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the group recorded a net expenditure of £185k for the year, resulting in a net decrease in funds of £65k after investment gains. The charity maintains a strong balance sheet with £12.1m in investments and £5.9m in cash, while its general reserve of £12.2m remains within the stated target range of 30-60% of planned expenditure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: between 30 per cent and 60 per cent of planned expenditure in the latest year of the medium-term financial plan (held: £12.2m)

“The Board has concluded that the target minimum level of the general reserve should be between 30 per cent and 60 per cent of planned expenditure in the latest year of the medium-term financial plan.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Trading subsidiary: IOSH Services Limited, OSHCR Limited

“IOSH Services Limited is IOSH’s trading subsidiary and IOSH also owns the Occupational Safety and Health Consultancy Register (OSHCR) Limited.” — page 3

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income

£18.3m

Total spending

£18.4m

Reserves (reported)

£16.1m

Employees

239

Reported reserves equal ~10.5 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.6 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (06/11/2014) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Anthony Blackmanchair
Arlette Anderson
Bobby Chakravarthy
David Auger
Dr Richard Rolfe
Lawrence Webb
Lesley Kavanagh
Paul Lindsay · trustee of 1 other charity
Sonia Whiteley
Stuart Stockley

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

Operates in: Algeria · Angola · Antigua And Barbuda · Argentina · Australia · Austria · Azerbaijan · Bahrain · Bangladesh · Barbados · Belgium · Benin

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£18.3m	£18.4m
31/03/2024	£17.3m	£17.4m
31/03/2023	£16.6m	£16.5m
31/03/2022	£15.4m	£14.2m
31/03/2021	£13.4m	£12.5m

Common questions

Is THE INSTITUTION OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the group recorded a net expenditure of £185k for the year, resulting in a net decrease in funds of £65k after investment gains. The charity maintains a strong balance sheet with £12.1m in investments and £5.9m in cash, while its general reserve of £12.2m remains within the stated target range of 30-60% of planned expenditure. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Crowe U.K. LLP.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	22/07/2004	£5k	There is no project name available for this record

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE NATIONAL EXAMINATION BOARD IN OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH.

THE NATIONAL EXAMINATION BOARD IN OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH income £24.1m
BRITISH SAFETY COUNCIL income £11.6m
THE INSTITUTE OF HEALTHCARE ENGINEERING AND ESTATE MANAGEMENT income £1.2m
THE CHARTERED INSTITUTE FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF SPORT AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY income £6.3m
MOHS WORKPLACE HEALTH LIMITED income £1.8m
THE INSTITUTION OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES LIMITED income £860k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE INSTITUTION OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH	£18.3m	—	—	within	—	no doubt
THE NATIONAL EXAMINATION BOARD IN OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH FY2025	£24.1m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BRITISH SAFETY COUNCIL FY2024	£11.6m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE INSTITUTE OF HEALTHCARE ENGINEERING AND ESTATE MANAGEMENT FY2024	£1.2m	—	2	above	—	no doubt
THE CHARTERED INSTITUTE FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF SPORT AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY FY2025	£6.3m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
MOHS WORKPLACE HEALTH LIMITED FY2025	£1.8m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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