ILEOSTOMY AND INTERNAL POUCH ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1172338 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as IA · also registered in Scotland as SC048658 (OSCR)

IA'S PRIMARY AIM IS TO HELP PEOPLE WHO HAVE TO UNDERGO SURGERY WHICH INVOLVES THE REMOVAL OF THEIR COLON (KNOWN AS A COLECTOMY) AND THE CREATION OF EITHER AN ILEOSTOMY OR AN ILEO-ANAL POUCH. IA AIMS TO HELP THEM WITH ALL ASPECTS OF THEIR REHABILITATION, TO PROMOTE AND CO-ORDINATE RESEARCH AND TO IMPROVE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE MANAGEMENT OF ILEOSTOMIES OR POUCHES.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£343k

Latest spending

£706k

Registered

2017

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £234,853 for the year ended 30 September 2025, primarily driven by a significant drop in legacy income. However, per the trustees' report, the charity holds substantial total assets of £5,411,277, with unrestricted funds of £4,802,643, providing a financial cushion to meet commitments for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Fundraising cost ratio: 7.9% of fundraised income, as disclosed

“Of total expenditure, 96% (2024: 96%) or £679,113 (2024: £730,610) was in support of IA's charitable activities with 4% (2024: 4%) or £27,243 (2024: £28,500) being the cost of raising funds.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: six months’ payments based on the expenses incurred in the last full financial year, plus any future planned additional expenditure (held: £4.8m)

“The General Fund provides resources for the day to day running of the charity and should hold reserves sufficient to cover a minimum of six months’ payments based on the expenses incurred in the last full financial year, plus any future planned additional expenditure.” — page 12

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Sumer Audit. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Ileostomy and Internal Pouch Association (matched by registered charity number).

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2024)

Total income

£648k

Total spending

£759k

Cost of raising funds

£29k

Reserves (reported)

£5.1m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~80.2 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 4.4% of total income — above the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (20/01/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (16/05/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (09/11/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (29/11/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (29/11/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (22/09/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

ANNA RENNIE
Brigitte Siefken · trustee of 1 other charity
Carol Katte
Cepta Burke
Jacqueline Sibbald
Justin Bishop
Richard Lovegrove
STUART HAY · trustee of 1 other charity
Scott Clifford
Thomas Pinkney
Tracey Usher

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

Operates in: Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/09/2025	£343k	£706k
30/09/2024	£648k	£759k
30/09/2023	£394k	£615k
30/09/2022	£390k	£544k
30/09/2021	£468k	£489k

Common questions

Is ILEOSTOMY AND INTERNAL POUCH ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £234,853 for the year ended 30 September 2025, primarily driven by a significant drop in legacy income. However, per the trustees' report, the charity holds substantial total assets of £5,411,277, with unrestricted funds of £4,802,643, providing a financial cushion to meet commitments for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Sumer Audit.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
ROBERT LUFF FOUNDATION LIMITED	2	£342k
SIR SAMUEL SCOTT OF YEWS TRUST	2	£26k
THE INMAN CHARITY	2	£14k
THE CATHERINE COOKSON CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£13k
THE SIR JAMES ROLL CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£13k
THE IAN FLEMING CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£7k
THE EDGAR E LAWLEY FOUNDATION	2	£5k
PROJECT GIVING BACK	1	£84k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Association of Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery of Great Britain and Ireland.

Association of Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery of Great Britain and Ireland income £506k
THE ASSOCIATION OF COLOPROCTOLOGY OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND income £1.3m
Bowel Research UK income £1.6m
CROHN'S & COLITIS UK income £8.1m
THE INSTITUTE OF HEALTHCARE ENGINEERING AND ESTATE MANAGEMENT income £1.2m
UROSTOMY ASSOCIATION income £110k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
ILEOSTOMY AND INTERNAL POUCH ASSOCIATION	£343k	—	—	above	7.9%	no doubt
Association of Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery of Great Britain and Ireland FY2025	£506k	£60,001 - £70,000	1	above	—	no doubt
THE ASSOCIATION OF COLOPROCTOLOGY OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND FY2024	£1.3m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
Bowel Research UK FY2025	£1.6m	more than £60,000	1	above	21.5%	no doubt
CROHN'S & COLITIS UK FY2024	£8.1m	£80,001 - £90,000	—	above	—	no doubt
THE INSTITUTE OF HEALTHCARE ENGINEERING AND ESTATE MANAGEMENT FY2024	£1.2m	—	2	above	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.