01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- Charitable company
- Registered
- 17 February 1998
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Company number supplied
- 03507902
- Financial period
- 1 April 2025 – 31 March 2026
- Latest income
- £1,634,427
- Latest expenditure
- £1,771,000
- Gift Aid
- No
- Owns or uses land
- No
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- No
Public contact address: 5-9 Eden Street, KINGSTON UPON THAMES, Surrey, KT1 1BQ
Website recorded by the regulator: www.ifis.org (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
IFIS is the independent global provider of quality international scientific information about the science of food and drink. www.IFIS.org provides a guide to finding and searching for food science information. The bibliographic database FSTA-Food Science and Technology Abstracts (www.fsta.com) is the leading database of what has been published worldwide on food science.
03 Official extract
Charity Annual Return History
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2025
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2026
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR26
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2027
- Date Annual Return Received
- 28 October 2026
- Date Accounts Received
- 28 October 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £1,634,427
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,771,000
- Accounts Qualified
- Yes
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2025
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2026
- Date Annual Return Received
- 13 October 2025
- Date Accounts Received
- 13 October 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £2,229,816
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,871,572
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2024
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2025
- Date Annual Return Received
- 16 October 2024
- Date Accounts Received
- 16 October 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £1,763,894
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,982,080
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2023
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2024
- Date Annual Return Received
- 15 November 2023
- Date Accounts Received
- 15 November 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £1,733,025
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £2,077,569
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2022
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2023
- Date Annual Return Received
- 7 November 2022
- Date Accounts Received
- 7 November 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £1,827,413
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £2,047,863
04 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Parta
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR26
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2025
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2026
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2027
- Ar Received Date
- 28 October 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £1,634,427
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,771,000
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 70001 80000
- 1
- Count Salary Band 120001 130000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 13 October 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £2,229,816
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,871,572
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 60001 70000
- 1
- Count Salary Band 100001 110000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 16 October 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £1,763,894
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,982,080
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 60001 70000
- 1
- Count Salary Band 90001 100000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 15 November 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £1,733,025
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £2,077,569
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 60001 70000
- 2
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 7 November 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £1,827,413
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £2,047,863
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- No
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- Yes
- Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary
- Yes
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 0
05 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Partb
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR26
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2025
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2026
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2027
- Ar Received Date
- 28 October 2026
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 0
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 1599353
- Income Investments
- 35074
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 1634427
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £2,476
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £1,768,524
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 1771000
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 2476
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 33256
- Gain Loss Investment
- 314000
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 31838
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Assets Total Fixed
- 866411
- Assets Own Use
- 6207
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 860204
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 1379000
- Assets Other Assets
- £1,249,107
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £1,030,377
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- −£293,859
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 1030377
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £1,029,265
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 293859
- Funds Restricted
- 0
- Funds Total
- -293859
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 13 October 2025
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 0
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 1624166
- Income Investments
- 65345
- Income Other
- 540305
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 2229816
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £15,000
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £1,856,572
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 1871572
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 15000
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 32029
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 32029
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 4763
- Gain Loss Investment
- 214000
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 68183
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £503,124
- Assets Total Fixed
- 2326948
- Assets Own Use
- 7888
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 2319060
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- -2969000
- Assets Other Assets
- £1,187,070
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £1,048,142
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- −£503,124
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 1048142
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £902,881
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- -503124
- Funds Restricted
- 0
- Funds Total
- -503124
- Count Employees
- 17
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 16 October 2024
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 0
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 1696354
- Income Investments
- 67540
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 1763894
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £17,157
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £1,964,923
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 1982080
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 17157
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 44198
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 44198
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 5330
- Gain Loss Investment
- 53000
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 138783
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £1,143,551
- Assets Total Fixed
- 2684613
- Assets Own Use
- 9960
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 2674653
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- -3795000
- Assets Other Assets
- £1,094,649
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £1,127,813
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- −£1,143,551
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 1127813
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £781,940
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- -1143551
- Funds Restricted
- 0
- Funds Total
- -1143551
- Count Employees
- 20
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 15 November 2023
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 0
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 0
- Income Investments
- 52107
- Income Other
- 1680918
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 1733025
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £16,928
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £2,060,641
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 2077569
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 53975
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 53975
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 5750
- Gain Loss Investment
- -239717
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 904000
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £1,117,148
- Assets Total Fixed
- 2909701
- Assets Own Use
- 15290
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 2894411
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- -4047000
- Assets Other Assets
- £1,241,143
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £1,220,992
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- −£1,117,148
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 1220992
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £889,074
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- -1117148
- Funds Restricted
- 0
- Funds Total
- -1117148
- Count Employees
- 17
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 7 November 2022
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 0
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 0
- Income Investments
- 51239
- Income Other
- 1776174
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 1827413
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £26,759
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £2,021,104
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 2047863
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 2115
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 28115
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 5199
- Gain Loss Investment
- 105650
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- -62000
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £1,436,887
- Assets Total Fixed
- 4120557
- Assets Own Use
- 9572
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 4110985
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- -5990000
- Assets Other Assets
- £1,612,195
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £1,179,639
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- −£1,436,887
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 1179639
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £1,355,715
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- -1436887
- Funds Restricted
- 0
- Funds Total
- -1436887
- Count Employees
- 17
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
06 Official extract
Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Reading
- Welsh Ind
- No
07 Official extract
Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 102
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Education/training
- Classification Code
- 307
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Classification Code
- 206
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- Other Defined Groups
- Classification Code
- 308
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- Classification Code
- 207
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- The General Public/mankind
08 Official extract
Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- INTERNATIONAL FOOD INFORMATION SERVICE (IFIS PUBLISHING)
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- Standard registration
- Date Of Event
- 1998-02-17T00:00:00
09 Official extract
Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 14/10/1997AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 11/04/2005AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 23/05/2012
- Charitable Objects
- THE ADVANCEMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING IN THE FIELD OF FOOD SCIENCE, FOOD TECHNOLOGY AND HUMAN NUTRITION.
- Area Of Benefit
- NOT DEFINED.
10 Official extract
Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Investment
- Policy Name
- Paying staff
- Policy Name
- Conflicting interests
- Policy Name
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Social media policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Risk management
- Policy Name
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures