INTERNATIONAL SOCIOLOGY OF SPORT ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1158978 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ISSA

Organisation of the annual World Congress of the Sociology of Sport. The 2019 Congress was held in New Zealand. Publication of an international journal, the International Review for the Sociology of Sport.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS TO ADVANCE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT EDUCATION AND RESEARCH RELATED TO THE SOCIAL SIGNIFICANCE OF SPORT, EXERCISE AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY.

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

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased to £253,841, exceeding the stated reserves policy target of £205,000. The charity reported a surplus of £2,114 for the year, with total incoming resources of £40,354 against resources expended of £38,240. The trustees consider this result satisfactory in the current economic climate.

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
• 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
• 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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Professor Parissa Safai PhDchair
• DR Michael Sam PhD
• Dr Billy Graeff Bastos PhD
• Dr Mark Alan Falcous PhD
• Dr Sun-Yong Kwon PhD
• Helene Marie Charlotte Joncheray PhD
• Professor Emmanuelle Tulle PhD

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

Operates in: Canada · Chile · New Zealand · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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