THE INTERNATIONAL MENOPAUSE SOCIETY

Registered charity 1156435 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The object of IMS is to promote and co-ordinate information, education and scientific studies of the health and well-being of peri- and post-menopausal women during and after mid-life.

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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The charity reported an in-year surplus of £41,829 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total unrestricted funds at year-end amounting to £1,647,346. The trustees confirmed that free reserves were sufficient to meet their stated policy target of one year's operating costs plus additional contingency funds. The accounts were subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

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

Reported reserves equal ~26.9 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (57% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr NICOLAS PANAYchair
• Assoc Prof Amanda Vincent
• Dr Ang Seng Bin
• Dr Antonio Cano Sanchez
• Dr Marla Shapiro C.M.
• Dr Nicole Gusti Jaff
• Dr Peter Chedraui
• Dr Peter Schnatz
• Dr Premitha Damodaran
• Dr Steven Goldstein MD NCMP
• Dr Sunila Khandelwal
• Dr Timothy Hillard · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Wendy Wolfman
• Prof Pauline Maki PhD
• Prof Rossella Nappi MD, PHD
• Prof Santiago Palacios MD PhD
• Prof Tommaso Simoncini

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

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