OSCR Scottish charity profile

The Institute of Physics

Known as IOP

ActiveCharity number SC040092
Registered2 December 2008
Main locationOutwith Scotland
Legal formStatutory corporation (Royal Charter etc)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC040092
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Cross Border
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
UK and overseas
Volunteers
Not supplied
Staff
651
Postcode
N1 9BU

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science

Beneficiaries

  • Children or young people
  • Older People
  • Other defined groups

Activities

  • It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
  • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

The object for which the Institute is hereby constituted is to promote the advancement and dissemination of a knowledge of and education in the science of physics, pure and applied, for the benefit of the public and the members of the Institute

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 December 2024£82,384,000£83,759,00065126 September 2025
31 December 2023£71,921,000£77,965,00065120 September 2024
31 December 2022£74,883,000£76,855,00065128 September 2023
31 December 2021£78,795,000£76,949,00065124 September 2022
31 December 2020£76,690,000£66,840,00065126 September 2021

Figures are those reported by the charity and supplied in the OSCR bulk download. Blank facts remain distinct from zero.

04 Contact record

Principal office or trustees address

Address supplied to OSCR
37 Caledonian Road, London
Website supplied to OSCR
www.iop.org
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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