INFECTION PREVENTION SOCIETY

Registered charity 1120063 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

TO PROMOTE THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN INFECTION CONTROL AND PREVENTION FOR THE BENEFIT OFTHE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, AND IN PARTICULAR THE PROVISION OF TRAINING COURSES, ACCREDITATIONSCHEMES, EDUCATION MATERIALS, MEETINGS AND CONFERENCES.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN INFECTION CONTROL AND PREVENTION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, AND IN PARTICULAR THE PROVISION OF TRAINING COURSES, ACCREDITATION SCHEMES, EDUCATION MATERIALS, MEETINGS AND CONFERENCES.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE 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 deficit of £227,175 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds to £703,398. The trustees confirm that general unrestricted reserves of £676,846 remain above the stated policy target of approximately £400,000, and the auditors found no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Saffery LLP. 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 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
• Risk management
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Infection Prevention Society (matched by registered charity number).

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~8.1 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% 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: 0.8% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Professor Steven Paul Hamschair
• Carole Maureen Fry
• Dr Maura Patricia Smiddy
• Elizabeth Joy Poskitt
• Emlata Ramdut
• Karen Shirley Lorraine Williams
• Kerry Louise Holden
• Sally Ann Palmer
• Sarah Lindgreen
• Tracey Gauci

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

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

Income and spending

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• HEALTHCARE INFECTION SOCIETY income £1.7m
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Side by side with its peers

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