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Finance Score: -10
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 0
  • Deficit on unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Pension deficit: -5
  • Volatile income: -3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -7 ?

INTERNATIONAL FOOD INFORMATION SERVICE (IFIS PUBLISHING) 

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.
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Positives:

  • This charity has an endowment fund which generates most of its income
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • There was a deficit on unrestricted reserves of £1,117,148 at the last year end after deducting the value of own use assets
  • There is a pension deficit of £4,047,000
  • Income has been volatile recently
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k		 Spending
£k		 Surplus/
Deficit		 Fundraising
Cost £k		 Total
Funds £k		 Unrestricted
Funds £k		 Mths
Rsrvs		 Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£1,733£2,078£-345£17£-1,117£-1,117-6.5170
31/03/22£1,827£2,048£-220£27£-1,437£-1,437-8.4170
31/03/21£1,847£2,312£-466£22£-1,260£0n/a200
31/03/20£2,204£2,141£63£0£-628£-628-3.5180
31/03/19£2,052£2,082£-30£0£-688£-688-4140
31/03/18£2,175£1,984£192£0£-1,236£-1,236-7.5150
31/03/17£2,063£1,845£219£0£-1,571£-1,571-10.2140
31/03/16£1,995£1,873£121£0£696£6964.5120
31/03/15£2,623£1,537£1,087£34£997£9977.8120
31/03/14£1,867£1,599£268£45£687£6875.2130
31/03/13£1,805£1,679£126£45£577£5774.1200
31/03/12£1,851£1,639£212£56£651£6514.8250
31/03/11£1,880£1,615£265£62£1,345£1,34510260
31/03/10£1,721£1,499£221£47£1,372£1,37211280
31/03/09*£1,770£1,429£341£43£1,568£1,56813.2270
31/03/08?£1,900£1,736£164£18£2,710£2,71018.7250
31/12/06£1,608£1,402£206£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05£1,539£1,433£106£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04*£1,425£1,402£22£0£0£0n/a00
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 8%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 29%
Liabilities/Income: 70%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: -6.5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 0 months
Quick Ratio: 0.7
Asset Split ?
Established: 26 years

www.ifis.org

j.nash@ifis.org

+44 7825 727568

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Scientific research and testing services
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Reading,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 17 employees

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 53-77
  • IAN NOBLE Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Research & Development
  • PREDRAG PAVLICIC Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Head Of Digital, Bloomsbury Publishing
  • WEIBIAO ZHOU Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Professor & Director, Singapore University
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 17/02/1998, number: 1068176
  • Registered at Companies House on 11/02/1998, number: 03507902
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR09: 114 days late, AR04: 113 days late,
Main office

(IFIS PUBLISHING)
Ground Floor
115
Wharfedale Road
Winnersh
Wokingha

Objectives

THE ADVANCEMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING IN THE FIELD OF FOOD SCIENCE, FOOD TECHNOLOGY AND HUMAN NUTRITION.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED.

Data Sources

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