The United Kingdom Associates of the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences

Analysis

The United Kingdom Associates of the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Beaconsfield. It was registered in January 1985, 41 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, environment/conservation/heritage and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The United Kingdom Associates of the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences reported income of £30k and spending of £30k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £31k to £30k (-1.6%), an average of -0.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 129%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, The United Kingdom Associates of the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 65% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Friends of Buckden Towers (£30k), Cowbridge Physic Garden Trust Limited (£30k) and The British Cave Research Association (£30k).