The Institution of Occupational Safety and Health

Analysis

The Institution of Occupational Safety and Health is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wigston. It was registered in April 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Institution of Occupational Safety and Health reported income of £18.3m and spending of £18.4m, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £13.4m to £18.3m (+36%), an average of +8.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 15%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Institution of Occupational Safety and Health sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Shaukat Khanum Memorial Trust (£18.2m), Dorothy House (£18.3m) and Shrewsbury Roman Catholic Diocesan Trust (£18.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 99% and investments 1.4%. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £61k. Reserves of £16.1m would cover about 10 months of spending at that rate. It employed 239 people.