INSTITUTE OF FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Registered charity 1121681 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Accredit professional standards for members, accredit CPD and degree courses. Share knowledge publish research & other scientific material. Support education/training via technical meetings & website; support students via careers information and support for schools/university teaching. Code of professional conduct and disciplinary process. Impartial advice on science/policy, represent profession.

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity intends to be wound up within 12 months of the year end, meaning activities are not continuing. Per the trustees' report, the charity has elected to prepare financial statements under small company provisions. The net assets decreased from £1,182,282 to £1,133,660 during the year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (FY2024) → 0 (FY2025).
• Going concern: no going-concern doubt (FY2024) → not a going concern (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~11.6 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (95% 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: 0.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alexis James Guest · trustee of 1 other charity
• Benjamin Dodridge
• Christopher Robin Gilbert-Wood · trustee of 1 other charity
• David Alberto Francis · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Edward Fox · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Mitaben Dhirajlal Lad · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Selvarani Elahi · trustee of 1 other charity
• Martin David Austin · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sterling Mitchell Crew

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

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

Income and spending

Common questions

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Side by side with its peers

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