THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR MISSION STUDIES

Registered charity 276650 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

IAMS is an international inter-confessional and interdisciplinary professional society for the scholarly study of Christian witness and its impact in the world, with over 500 individual and corporate members around the world. Its journal, Mission Studies, is published three times a year. International conferences are held every 4 years.

Objects

A) TO PROMOTE THE SCHOLARLY STUDY OF THEOLOGICAL, HISTORICAL AND PRACTICAL QUESTIONS RELATING TO THE THE CHURCH B) TO DISSEMINATE INFORMATION CONCERNING MISSION AMONG ALL THOSE ENGAGED IN SUCH STUDIES AND AMONG THE GENERAL PUBLIC C) TO RELATE STUDIES IN MISSION TO STUDIES IN THEOLOGICAL AND OTHER DISCIPLINES, THROUGH THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH PROGRAMMES AND OTHER APPROPRIATE MEANS D) TO PROMOTE FELLOWSHIP, COOPERATION AND MUTUAL ASSISTANCE IN MISSION STUDIES, ESPECIALLY AMONG NATIONAL, REGIONAL AND DENOMINATIONAL MISSION STUDY ASSOCIATIONS AND EQUIVALENTS E) TO ORGANISE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES OF MISSIOLOGISTS F) TO ENCOURAGE THE CREATION OF CENTRES OF RESEARCH G) TO STIMULATE PUBLICATIONS IN THE AREA OF THE ASSOCIATION'S INTEREST, INCLUDING AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL AND BIBLIOGRAPHY

Area of benefit: WORLDWIDE

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 funds totalled £53,373.62 against a reserves policy target of six months' operating costs. The trustees consider the position at year-end to be in line with this policy. The charity is prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties noted.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• 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
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Bokyoung Park
• Dr Bright Myeong-Seok Lee
• Dr Nigel James Rooms

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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