THE INSTITUTION OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES LIMITED

Registered charity 277611 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as IES

The Institution is a charitable organisation which promotes and raises public awareness of environmental science by supporting professional scientists and academics.

Causes: Education/training · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£860k
Latest spending
£821k
Registered
1979
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income decreased by 56% to £860k due to the absence of a large prior-year grant, while core business income grew by 11%. The charity maintains unrestricted reserves of £97,355 against a policy target of £103,500, and the trustees consider the overall fund balance of £1.824m satisfactory.

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 3 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)

Total income
£860k
Total spending
£821k
Cost of raising funds
£19k
Reserves (reported)
£104k
Employees
12

Reported reserves equal ~1.5 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/06/2025£860k£821k
30/06/2024£1.9m£849k
30/06/2023£1.2m£575k
30/06/2022£530k£537k
30/06/2021£511k£460k

Common questions

Is THE INSTITUTION OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income decreased by 56% to £860k due to the absence of a large prior-year grant, while core business income grew by 11%. The charity maintains unrestricted reserves of £97,355 against a policy target of £103,500, and the trustees consider the overall fund balance of £1.824m satisfactory. Its FY2025 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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE FRANCIS WINHAM FOUNDATION1£185k
THE REED FOUNDATION1£5k
THE AUSTIN BAILEY FOUNDATION1£3k
THE OAKDALE TRUST1£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE INSTITUTION OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERS.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE INSTITUTION OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES LIMITED£860kunclearno doubt
THE INSTITUTION OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERS FY2025£10.6munclearno doubt
THE CHARTERED INSTITUTION OF WATER AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT FY2024£4.2mbelowno doubt
THE INSTITUTE OF LICENSING FY2025£556k0aboveno doubt
THE INSTITUTION OF LIGHTING PROFESSIONALS FY2024£1.1m0unclearno doubt
THE INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS AND ITS APPLICATIONS FY2024£1.3maboveno doubt

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