INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF HYDROGRAPHIC SOCIETIES

Registered charity 285013 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as IFHS, THE HYDROGRAPHIC SOCIETY

IFHS promotes the science of surveying at sea and related sciences by providing a channel for the exchange of information between those engaged or interested in hydrography or related disciplines.The charity publishes regular journals and arranges seminars, conferences and other relevant events. It also operates and Education Fund to assist students and those at the outset of their careers.

Objects

(1) TO PROMOTE THE SCIENCE OF SURVEYING AT SEA AND RELATED SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES; TO PROVIDE A CENTRE FOR MEETINGS AND A CHANNEL FOR CORRESPONDENCE AND THE EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION BETWEEN TECHNOLOGISTS AND OTHERS ENGAGED OR INTERESTED IN HYDROGRAPHY AND RELATED SCIENCES; TO PROMOTE AND CO-ORDINATE THE STUDY AND PRACTICE OF SUCH SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES IN ALL OR ANY OF THEIR ASPECTS; AND TO ACCUMULATE, EXTEND AND DISSEMINATE AMONGST THE MEMBERS OF THE FEDERATION AND OTHERS INFORMATION, KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERTISE RELATING THERETO IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY PROVIDING AN INTERNATIONAL FRAMEWORK TO SUPPORT THE NATIONAL HYDROGRAPHIC SOCIETIES IN ACHIEVING THEIR AIMS AND TO CO-ORDINATE THEIR ACTIVITIES AIMED AT THE INTERNATIONAL HYDROGRAPHIC COMMUNITY;(2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF PERSONS ENGAGED IN OR INTENDING TO ENGAGE IN THE STUDY OF HYDROGRAPHY AND RELATED SCIENCES.

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 a net surplus of £14,043 for the year, with total unrestricted reserves of £70,413. The trustees report adequate resources for the foreseeable future, noting that the charity is exempt from audit requirements under the small companies regime.

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.

• 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
• Risk management
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• David Adrien Michel Antoine Vincentellichair
• Eric Langlois
• Thomas Jens Dehling

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

Operates in: Australia · Belgium · Denmark · France · Germany · Ireland · Italy · Netherlands · New Zealand · Northern Ireland · Scotland · South Africa

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