THE BRITISH INTERPLANETARY SOCIETY
Charity number: 250556
Charity reporting is up to date (22 days late)
Charity overview
Activities - how the charity spends its money
The British Interplanetary Society promotes the exploration and use of space for the benefit of humanity, by connecting people to create, educate and inspire, and advance knowledge in all aspects of astronautics.
Income and expenditure
Data for financial year ending 30 August 2023
Total income: £423,229
Total expenditure: £445,145
Total income includes £8,888 from 1 government grant(s)
People
10 Trustee(s)
40 Volunteer(s)
Employees with total benefits over £60,000
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| £60k to £70k | 1 |
Fundraising
No information available
Trading
This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.
Trustee payments
No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.
What, who, how, where
What the charity does:
- Education/training
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
Who the charity helps:
- The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
- Provides Services
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
Where the charity operates:
- Throughout England And Wales
Governance
Registration history:
- 13 January 1967: Standard registration
- 01 June 1993: Removed
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:
- B I S (Working name)
- THE BRITISH INTERPLANETARY SOCIETY LIMITED (Previous name)
Company number:
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
- Complaints handling
- Conflicting interests
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Internal risk management 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
Land and property:
This charity owns and/or leases land or property
Trustees
Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service
10 Trustee(s)
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| COLIN MALCOLM PHILP | Chair | 23 May 2011 |
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| Leslie Patrick Shoulder | Trustee | 25 November 2023 |
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| Patrick Anthony Rennie | Trustee | 25 November 2023 |
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| Robin Hughes Brand | Trustee | 25 November 2023 |
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| Iain Thomas Scott Meek | Trustee | 25 March 2023 |
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| Stephen George Christopher Salmon | Trustee | 12 September 2019 |
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| Fabrizio Bernardini | Trustee | 22 July 2017 |
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| RICHARD DAVID OSBORNE | Trustee |
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| ALISTAIR DRUMMOND SCOTT | Trustee |
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| Gerald Maurice WEBB | Trustee |
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Financial history
Financial period end date
| Income / Expenditure | 31/08/2019 | 31/08/2020 | 31/08/2021 | 31/08/2022 | 30/08/2023 | ||
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Total gross income | £543.33k | £439.26k | £401.60k | £354.41k | £423.23k | |
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Total expenditure | £506.26k | £461.30k | £497.55k | £362.72k | £445.15k | |
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Income from government contracts | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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Income from government grants | N/A | N/A | £2.76k | N/A | £8.89k | |
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Income - Donations and legacies | £317.01k | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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Income - Other trading activities | £3.57k | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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Income - Charitable activities | £168.80k | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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Income - Endowments | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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Income - Investment | £103 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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Income - Other | £53.84k | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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Income - Legacies | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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Expenditure - Charitable activities | £503.49k | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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Expenditure - Raising funds | £2.77k | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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Expenditure - Governance | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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Expenditure - Grants institution | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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Expenditure - Investment management | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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Expenditure - Other | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Accounts and annual returns
This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
| Title | Reporting year | Date received | Received | Download |
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| Annual return | 30 August 2023 | 22 July 2024 | 22 days late | |
| Accounts and TAR | 30 August 2023 | 22 July 2024 | 22 days late | Download Open in new window |
| Annual return | 31 August 2022 | 18 October 2023 | 110 days late | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 August 2022 | 18 October 2023 | 110 days late | Download Open in new window |
| Annual return | 31 August 2021 | 18 October 2023 | 475 days late | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 August 2021 | 18 October 2023 | 475 days late | Download Open in new window |
| Annual return | 31 August 2020 | 02 July 2021 | 2 days late | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 August 2020 | 02 July 2021 | 2 days late | Download Open in new window |
| Annual return | 31 August 2019 | 22 May 2020 | On Time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 August 2019 | 22 June 2020 | On Time | Download Open in new window |