International Food Information Service (Ifis Publishing)

Analysis

International Food Information Service (Ifis Publishing) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Surrey. It was registered in February 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03507902). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2026, International Food Information Service (Ifis Publishing) reported income of £1.6m and spending of £1.8m, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £1.8m to £1.6m (-11%), an average of -2.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2026, when income dropped by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, International Food Information Service (Ifis Publishing) sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% 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 Get Further Ltd (£1.6m), British Educational Research Association (£1.6m) and Guru Nanak Nishkam Education Trust (£1.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 98% and investments 2.1%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.1%.