THE UNITED KINGDOM ASSOCIATES OF THE BERMUDA INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES

Registered charity 290729 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE UNITED KINGDOM ASSOCIATES OF THE BERMUDA BIOLOGICAL STATION

BIOS UK Associates raises funds to support the research and education programmes at the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences. The research encompasses all areas of oceanography, from macro climate studies to microscopic genetic studies. The UK Associates make grants to exceptional UK students who wish to study at BIOS in Bermuda, in a range of different academic programme options.

Objects

1. FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION BY THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF SCHOLARSHIPS AND GRANTS TO BE AWARDED TO SCIENTISTS AND OTHER PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM WHOM THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION SELECT TO ENABLE THEM TO STUDY AND CARRY OUT RESEARCH AT THE BERMUDA BIOLOGICAL STATION FOR RESEARCH.2. THE PROMOTION AND ENCOURAGEMENT OF RESEARCH INTO AND THE STUDY OF MARINE, OCEANOGRAPHIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES INCLUDING WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING RESEARCH INTO AND THE STUDY AQUACULTURE MARINE ECOLOGY AND ZOOLOGY AND MARINE AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION.

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 · Environment/conservation/heritage · Other Charitable Purposes · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity operated at a small deficit of £55 for the year, with total receipts of £30,250 and payments of £30,316. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £1,614, which is within the stated policy target of maintaining cash reserves above £1,000.

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 4 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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• CHRISTOPHER DAYchair
• Amy Jackson
• Christopher Cunliffe · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr SAMANTHA DE PUTRON
• Ian Philip Howard Arnold · trustee of 1 other charity
• LADY JUDY VEREKER
• MAGGIE MILLS
• NICK PEWTER
• PROFESSOR RICHARD STEPHEN LAMPITT
• Suzanne Ferlic

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

Operates in: Bermuda

Income and spending

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