Infection Prevention Society

Analysis

Infection Prevention Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 2007, 19 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 06273843). It says it makes grants to individuals, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Infection Prevention Society reported income of £825k and spending of £1.0m, spending 126% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £322k to £825k (+157%), an average of +27% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 181%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Infection Prevention Society sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Canterbury Day Nursery, Holiday Playscheme and After School Club (£825k), Friends of Johannesburg Bible College (£830k) and The Fair Education Alliance (£824k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 98% and investments 2.0%. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 0.6%. Reserves of £703k would cover about 8 months of spending at that rate. It employed 4 people.