INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL FOR STANDARDIZATION IN HAEMATOLOGY

Registered charity 1178359 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ICSH

The ICSH is a not-for-profit organisation that aims to achieve reliable and reproducible results in laboratory analysis in the field of diagnostic haematology.The ICSH coordinates Working Groups of experts to examine laboratory methods and instruments for haematological analyses, to deliberate on issues of standardization and to stimulate and coordinate scientific work as necessary towards the

Objects

2.1 THE CHARITABLE PURPOSES OF THE COMPANY ARE TO ADVANCE PUBLIC HEALTH IN THE FIELD OF HAEMATOLOGY BY:(A) PROMOTING RELIABLE AND REPRODUCIBLE RESULTS IN LABORATORY ANALYSIS IN THE FIELD OF DIAGNOSTIC HAEMATOLOGY;(B) PROMOTING AND FACILITATING SCIENTIFIC, MEDICAL AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH;(C) PROMOTING THE IMPROVEMENT OF LABORATORY METHODS AND INSTRUMENTS FOR HAEMATOLOGICAL ANALYSES, AND(D) STIMULATING AND COORDINATING SCIENTIFIC WORK TOWARDS THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF INTERNATIONAL STANDARDIZATION MATERIALS AND GUIDELINES.

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity is in a solid financial position with a net surplus of £13,455 for the year ended 31 December 2025. Total funds held at year-end were £244,352, comprising £220,631 in unrestricted funds and £23,721 in restricted scholarship funds. The trustees confirmed the organization has sufficient resources to continue as a going concern.

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
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Amrom Obstfeldchair
• Dr Benjamin Derek Hedley
• Dr CORNELIUS LEONARD HARTEVELD
• Dr Ian James Mackie
• Dr Jin-Yeong Han
• Dr Michelle Grant
• Dr Olga Pozdnyakova
• Dr STEPHEN KITCHEN · trustee of 1 other charity
• Richard Paul McCafferty
• Simon John Davidson
• Stephen Grant MacDonald
• WENDY NAOMI ERBER

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

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Income and spending

Common questions

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