BRITISH-ITALIAN SOCIETY

Registered charity 253386 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BIS, BRITISH - ITALIAN SOCIETY

To increase knowledge and understanding in the United Kingdom of Italy in all its aspects, and to assist charities or persons in need of help following major disasters in Great Britain or Italy, the society holds events of a cultural or educational nature and publishes an annual magazine "Rivista".

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£29k
Latest spending
£38k
Registered
1967
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Society's running costs typically produce an annual deficit, which is currently covered by reserves and legacies. The total funds and assets stood at £242,803 as of 31 March 2025, comprising cash funds and investment assets. The trustees report that the society aims to preserve legacies intact while maintaining a portfolio of high-yielding blue-chip equities.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: preserve these legacies as intact as possible (held: £243k)
It is the Society’s policy to preserve these legacies as intact as possible.
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Italy · Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£29k£38k
31/03/2024£27k£32k
31/03/2023£25k£27k
31/03/2022£20k£25k
31/03/2021£17k£19k

Common questions

Is BRITISH-ITALIAN SOCIETY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the Society's running costs typically produce an annual deficit, which is currently covered by reserves and legacies. The total funds and assets stood at £242,803 as of 31 March 2025, comprising cash funds and investment assets. The trustees report that the society aims to preserve legacies intact while maintaining a portfolio of high-yielding blue-chip equities. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.