International Glaciological Society

Analysis

International Glaciological Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in March 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, International Glaciological Society reported income of £178k and spending of £207k, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £172k to £178k (+4.0%), an average of +1.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 52%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, International Glaciological Society sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Norristhorpe Playgroup (£178k), Narconon Trust (£179k) and Coleshill Grammar School Endowment Foundation (£178k).

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.