THE BRITISH INTERPLANETARY SOCIETY

Registered charity 250556 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as B I S, THE BRITISH INTERPLANETARY SOCIETY LIMITED

The British Interplanetary Society promotes the exploration and use of space for the benefit of humanity, by connecting people to create, educate and inspire, and advance knowledge in all aspects of astronautics.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE ADVANCEMENT OF KNOWLEDGE AND THE SPREAD OF EDUCATION AND PARTICULARLY TO PROMOTE THE ADVANCEMENT AND DISSEMINATION OF KNOWLEDGE RELATING TO THE SCIENCE, ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY OF ASTRONAUTICS AND TO SUPPORT AND ENGAGE IN RESEARCH STUDIES AND TO DISSEMINATE THE USEFUL RESULTS THEREOF.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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 reported a net expenditure of £186,942 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £3,593,141 to £3,406,199. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves of £3,376,525 are considered sufficient to fund the charity's aims on a year-by-year basis. The auditor confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by TC Group. Discloses 3 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/08/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~94.5 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• COLIN MALCOLM PHILPchair
• ALISTAIR DRUMMOND SCOTT
• Dr Richard James Soilleux
• Fabrizio Bernardini
• Jerry Stone
• John Ingham Davies
• Leslie Patrick Shoulder
• Nicholas Tudor Pendrill Lewis
• RICHARD DAVID OSBORNE
• Robin Hughes Brand
• Stephen George Christopher Salmon
• Swetha Kotichintala

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

Operates in: 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 THE BRITISH ASTRONOMICAL ASSOCIATION.

• THE BRITISH ASTRONOMICAL ASSOCIATION income £144k
• BRITISH SOCIETY OF SOIL SCIENCE income £712k
• MANAV DHARAM SOCIETY (UK) income £321k
• The British Fertility Society income £309k
• MANSFIELD AND SUTTON ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY CIO income £2.5m
• SOUTH DOWNS PLANETARIUM income £118k

Side by side with its peers

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