OSCR Scottish charity profile

The Institution of Occupational Safety and Health

Known as IOSH

ActiveCharity number SC043254
Registered28 June 2012
Main locationOutwith Scotland
Legal formStatutory corporation (Royal Charter etc)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC043254
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Cross Border
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
UK and overseas
Volunteers
Not supplied
Staff
239
Postcode
LE18 1NN

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of health

Beneficiaries

  • Other defined groups
  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

(a) to promote systematic and organised methods of improving occupational safety and health and to advocate, advise upon, disseminate, explain and advance the principles, methods and of their application at work generally. (b) to facilitate the exchange of information and ideas amongst the members of the Institution and of other professional bodies in the field of occupational health and safety and to work together with other professional bodies in pursuit of mutual objectives. and to do all such other things as may be necessary or desirable for maintaining and imprOVing the professional status of members of the Institution and of persons engaged in professions requiring a knowledge of the matters mentioned in paragraph (a) above.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 March 2025£18,201,000£18,396,00023916 December 2025
31 March 2024£17,223,000£17,321,0002396 December 2024
31 March 2023£16,556,000£16,514,00023918 December 2023
31 March 2022£15,432,000£14,201,00023929 November 2022
31 March 2021£12,353,000£12,547,00023913 December 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
The Grange, Highfield Drive, Wigston, Leicestershire
Website supplied to OSCR
www.iosh.com
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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