THE BRITISH OCCUPATIONAL HYGIENE SOCIETY

Registered charity 1150455 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BOHS

British Occupational Hygiene Society (BOHS), is a professional organisation representing occupational hygienists, promoting awareness of occupational hygiene and the underpinning medical, scientific and engineering issues. It offers qualifications, regulates the profession of occupational hygienists, improves knowledge and understanding through conferences and publications.

Objects

3. OBJECTSTHE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE CHARTERED SOCIETY IS INCORPORATED ARE THE PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND HYGIENE. IN FURTHERANCE OF THIS OBJECT THE CHARTERED SOCIETY WILL:3.1 PROMOTE PUBLIC AND PROFESSIONAL AWARENESS, GOOD PRACTICE AND STANDARDS; AND 3.2 RESEARCH AND ADVANCE EDUCATION IN THE SCIENCE OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND HYGIENE IN PARTICULAR BY OPERATING A PROFESSIONAL FACULTY.

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

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

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £139,757 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted reserves to £1,114,779. The trustees confirm that there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by TC Group. Discloses 3 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• 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
• Paying staff
• 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 — The British Occupational Hygiene Society (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold); recorded price paid £415k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~7.2 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (14/11/2013) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Adrian Parris
• Craig William Hendry
• Damien Markus James Eaves
• David Russell Flower
• Dr Helen Elizabeth Taylor
• Helen Claire Beattie
• Helen Maria Pearson
• Jakub Lewicki
• Jason Sidney Thomas Hodgkiss
• Jonathan Grant
• Lindsay Michael Betts
• Mary Kathleen Cameron
• Michael James Robertson
• Parmjit Gahir
• Sarah Jane Leeson · trustee of 2 other charities
• Stephen Anthony Clarke

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

Operates in: 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 BRITISH ORTHODONTIC SOCIETY.

• THE BRITISH ORTHODONTIC SOCIETY income £1.9m
• THE BRITISH COMPUTER SOCIETY income £21.9m
• BRITISH MENOPAUSE SOCIETY income £2.2m
• BRITISH HIP SOCIETY income £643k
• BRITISH SAFETY COUNCIL income £11.6m
• MOHS WORKPLACE HEALTH LIMITED income £1.8m

Side by side with its peers

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