Institute of Biomedical Science

Analysis

Institute of Biomedical Science is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 1970, 56 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 00377268). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Institute of Biomedical Science reported income of £5.7m and spending of £7.6m, spending 133% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £3.5m to £5.7m (+65%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 56%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Institute of Biomedical Science sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sussex House School (£5.7m), Aldro School Educational Trust Limited (£5.7m) and Royal Statistical Society (£5.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 61%, trading 34% and investments 5.1%. Charitable activities took 81% of spending and raising funds 19%. Grants to other organisations totalled £645k. Reserves of £15.6m would cover about 25 months of spending at that rate. It employed 38 people.