Association for Mathematics in Education

Registered charity 1117838 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE MATHEMATICAL ASSOCIATION

The Mathematical Association, formed in 1871, works to support and improve the teaching of mathematics. It is represented on all major bodies concerned with mathematics education in the UK and has wide influence through its members, publications and activities. Primary/secondary schools teachers, lecturers in further/higher education, advisers, inspectors, practising mathematicians are members.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE ASSOCIATION SHALL BE:3.1 TO EFFECT IMPROVEMENTS IN THE TEACHING AND LEARNING OF THE MATHEMATICS AND ITS APPLICATIONS; AND3:2 TO PROVIDE MEANS OF COMMUNICATION AMONG STUDENTS AND TEACHERS OF MATHEMATICS AND OTHER INTERESTED PERSONS.

Area of benefit: NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £3,042 for the period ending November 2025, following a net expenditure in the prior year. The trustees confirm the charity is a going concern with adequate resources to continue operations, supported by unrestricted reserves of £698,619 which exceed the stated policy target of three to six months of expenditure.

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 5 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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/11/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~16.0 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (01/09/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Andrew David Kempchair
• Alison Ruth Trundley
• Ashley Kerry Jane Compton
• Charles Albert Stripp MBE
• David John Miles
• Dr Jennifer Jayne Ingram · trustee of 1 other charity
• Finley Neil E McLaughlin
• John Philip Barton
• Paul Stephen Treversh
• Peter Lacey · trustee of 1 other charity
• Professor Sarah Beatrice Hart
• Sarah Louise Hoskyns-Staples
• Susan Elizabeth Madgwick

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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