Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine

Analysis

Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in York. It was registered in July 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03080332). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine reported income of £1.8m and spending of £2.5m, spending 140% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £1.7m to £1.8m (+7.6%), an average of +1.9% a year. Over the whole period it spent 118% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include T.h.o.m.a.s (Those on the Margins of a Society) (£1.8m), Thrive at Five (£1.8m) and British Society for Immunology (£1.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 99%. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 0.8%. Grants to other organisations totalled £28k. Reserves of £1.5m would cover about 7 months of spending at that rate. It employed 28 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.