SOCITM

Registered charity 1207072 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Socitm provides public benefit through the advancement of education in the effective use of information technology and data for the delivery of public services and the promotion of the efficient administration of public services and charities.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £3,589,469 for the year, largely driven by a £3.8 million impairment loss on investments. Per the trustees' report, the charity has been utilizing previously built-up reserves to invest in its Institute, resulting in a consolidated net liability position, though the trustees maintain a formal financial reserves policy and anticipate generating an operating surplus in 2026.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Cottons Accountants LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 04396808 · Financial health read from its filings

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• STEPHENSON, Jonathan Roy — director, appointed 18/07/2025on trustee list
• COLSON, Anthony — director, appointed 10/06/2025on trustee list
• LINCOLN, Alison Clare — director, appointed 10/06/2025on trustee list
• TAYLOR, Kevin — director, appointed 12/06/2024on trustee list
• POPAT, Yogita — director, appointed 13/06/2023on trustee list
• WILLIAMS, Carol Ann — director, appointed 14/06/2022on trustee list
• FRARY, Kurt Craig — director, appointed 14/06/2022on trustee list
• BRYANT, David — secretary, appointed 06/02/2023

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.7 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (45% 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: 27.2% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Carol Ann Williamschair
• Alison Clare Lincoln
• Anthony Colson
• Jonathan Roy Stephenson · trustee of 1 other charity
• Kevin Taylor
• Kurt Frary
• Yogita Popat

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

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

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with OPERATIONAL RESEARCH SOCIETY LIMITED.

• OPERATIONAL RESEARCH SOCIETY LIMITED income £1.4m
• SOCIETY OF THE SACRED HEART CIO income £2.4m
• THE INSTITUTION OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY income £64.1m
• THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGISTS CHARITY income £423k
• SOCIAL TECH TRUST income £244k
• DO-IT TRUST income £241k

Side by side with its peers

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