UNITED KINGDOM BIOLOGY COMPETITIONS

Registered charity 1191037 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as UKBC

We run biology competitions for school students. Currently, we run three competitions: British Biology Olympiad, Intermediate Biology Olympiad and Biology Challenge. We participate in the International Biology Olympiad, fielding a team from the winners of British Biology Olympiad and volunteering in the international jury.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE SUBJECT OF BIOLOGY BY:- 1. PROMOTING THE STUDY OF BIOLOGY AND ENCOURAGING AND ENHANCING BIOLOGY EDUCATION, PARTICULARLY IN SCHOOLS. 2. ENCOURAGING EXCELLENCE IN BIOLOGY BY ORGANISING ANNUAL BIOLOGY COMPETITIONS FOR SCHOOL STUDENTS. 3. SELECTING, TRAINING AND ORGANISING TEAMS OF BIOLOGY STUDENTS AND LEADERS TO REPRESENT THE UK AT THE INTERNATIONAL BIOLOGY OLYMPIAD AND AT SUCH OTHER INTERNATIONAL BIOLOGY COMPETITIONS AS MAY BE CONSIDERED APPROPRIATE. 4. MAINTAINING MEMBERSHIP OF INTERNATIONAL BIOLOGY OLYMPIAD E.V. AND TO CONTRIBUTE TO AND PARTICIPATE IN THE AFFAIRS OF THAT ORGANISATION. 5. PROVIDING RESIDENTIAL TRAINING FOR POST-16 SCHOOL STUDENTS. NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO FOR THE PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005 AND SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008.

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 unrestricted reserves increased to £243,776, exceeding the trustees' stated policy target of approximately £100,000. The charity reported a net surplus of £40,024.92 for the year, driven by reduced administration costs and growing participation, despite making competitions free to UK schools.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 4 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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Adam Daizhen Wright
• Dr Andrew Treharne MBE
• Neil Thomas Richards
• Robert Starley

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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• THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF BIOLOGY income £3.2m
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• THE COMPANY OF BIOLOGISTS income £8.4m

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