THE BRITISH SOCIETY FOR THE PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE

Registered charity 267625 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The BSPS holds an annual conference with invited speakers and contributed papers, and monthly meetings at which invited speakers present papers. It makes grants to support conferences relevant to research and education in its areas of study and awards annual studentships for doctoral work in philosophy of science in a UK university. Other activities are decided by the committee from time to time.

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Latest income

£130k

Latest spending

£97k

Registered

1974

Accounts read

FY2023

Financial health, per its FY2023 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £362,086, which is above the trustees' stated policy target of maintaining reserves equal to three years' expenditure. The charity reported a net movement in funds of £64,407 for the year, driven by charitable income and investment gains, with no material uncertainties affecting its ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2023 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three years' expenditure (held: £362k)

“The society’s policy is to maintain reserves approximately equal to three years’ expenditure.” — page 5

Per its FY2023 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

Dr Alexander Richard Franklin · trustee of 1 other charity
Dr Alexandria Sinead Boyle
Dr Ellen Clarke
Dr Kirsten Elise Walsh
Dr Milena Ivanova
Dr Neil Archdale Dewar · trustee of 1 other charity
Dr Robin Findlay Hendry
Professor Anna Alexandrova

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

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

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£130k	£97k
31/12/2023	£164k	£113k
31/12/2022	£131k	£92k
31/12/2021	£107k	£106k
31/12/2020	£116k	£145k

Common questions

Is THE BRITISH SOCIETY FOR THE PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE financially healthy?

Per its FY2023 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £362,086, which is above the trustees' stated policy target of maintaining reserves equal to three years' expenditure. The charity reported a net movement in funds of £64,407 for the year, driven by charitable income and investment gains, with no material uncertainties affecting its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2023 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE COMPANY OF BIOLOGISTS	2	£285k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BRITISH SOCIETY FOR PAEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY AND DIABETES.

BRITISH SOCIETY FOR PAEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY AND DIABETES income £379k
BRITISH SOCIETY FOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY AND IMMUNOGENETICS income £104k
BRITISH SOCIETY FOR CELL BIOLOGY income £126k
THE BRITISH SOCIETY OF AESTHETICS income £194k
BRITISH SOCIETY FOR NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY income £579k
THE POLITICAL STUDIES ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM income £932k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE BRITISH SOCIETY FOR THE PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE	£130k	—	above	—	no doubt
BRITISH SOCIETY FOR PAEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY AND DIABETES FY2025	£379k	—	above	—	no doubt
BRITISH SOCIETY FOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY AND IMMUNOGENETICS FY2024	£104k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BRITISH SOCIETY FOR CELL BIOLOGY FY2024	£126k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE BRITISH SOCIETY OF AESTHETICS FY2023	£194k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BRITISH SOCIETY FOR NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY FY2024	£579k	—	above	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.