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THE BRITISH AND IRISH HYPERTENSION SOCIETY

Registered charity 287635 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BRITISH HYPERTENSION SOCIETY

The BIHS produces guidelines for the management of hypertension, undertakes validation of new blood pressure measurement devices and runs an educational programme to support doctors and other healthcare workers involved in understanding the basis of hypertension and improving its treatment.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF KNOWLEDGE AND DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION CONCERNING THE PATHOPHYSIOLOGY, EPIDEMIOLOGY, DETECTION, INVESTIGATION AND TREATMENT OF ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION AND RELATED VASCULAR DISEASES.

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.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£232k
Latest spending
£224k
Registered
1983
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The charity reported a net decrease in funds of £23,656 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with unrestricted reserves standing at £696,646. The trustees maintain a reserves policy target of four times annual direct charitable expenditure to ensure sustainability, particularly regarding income from industrial partners. The accounts were prepared on a going concern basis, with the trustees expressing reasonable expectation of adequate resources for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Charitable activities (66% of income)
“Charitable activities 4 154,468 60,000 214,468 118,148 - 118,148” — page 10
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: four times the annual direct charitable expenditure (held: £697k)
“The Trustees present aim is to maintain reserves at four times the annual direct charitable expenditure to guarantee sustainable charitable activities in the event of unfavourable financial circumstances and in particular loss of income from industrial partners.”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£232k£224k
31/12/2023£187k£157k
31/12/2022£125k£223k
31/12/2021£274k£159k
31/12/2020£51k£101k

Common questions

Is THE BRITISH AND IRISH HYPERTENSION SOCIETY financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The charity reported a net decrease in funds of £23,656 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with unrestricted reserves standing at £696,646. The trustees maintain a reserves policy target of four times annual direct charitable expenditure to ensure sustainability, particularly regarding income from industrial partners. The accounts were prepared on a going concern basis, with the trustees expressing reasonable expectation of adequate resources for the foreseeable future. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government09/07/2021£5kDSF - British and Irish Hypertension Society Annual Scientific Meeting