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Registered charity · Cambridge

The Federation of European Biochemical Societies

The Federation of European Biochemical Societies is a registered charity (number 1149638) based in Cambridge, governed by 13 trustees. Latest income £6.5m (2024). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

Also known as Febs (Charity Commission)

  • 13 trustees
  • Income £6.5m (2024)
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Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Arts/culture/heritage/science
Where
Throughout England And Wales, France, Germany, Hungary and more
Website
www.febs.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Federation of European Biochemical Societies
Registered
2012

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£6.5m£4.5m
  • 2023£7.8m£3.8m
  • 2022£6.9m£6.0m
Earlier years
  • 2021£6.8m£3.2m
  • 2020£7.1m£2.0m

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Charitable objects

THE FEDERATION'S OBJECTS ("OBJECTS") ARE AND SHALL BE TO CONTRIBUTE TO AND PROMOTE THE ADVANCEMENT OF RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE SCIENCES OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND RELATED DISCIPLINES (BUT ONLY IN SO FAR AS SUCH RELATED DISCIPLINES ARE ANCILLARY TO THE MAIN OBJECT), BY ALL SUITABLE MEANS AND IN PARTICULAR BY:1) HOLDING AND ARRANGING CONGRESSES, TRAINING AND EDUCATIONAL COURSES ON MATTERS CONNECTED WITH BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND RELATED DISCIPLINES;2) FACILITATING AND SUPPORTING THE EXCHANGE OF SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION BETWEEN BIOCHEMISTS, MOLECULAR BIOLOGISTS AND SCIENTISTS WORKING IN RELATED DISCIPLINES GENERALLY AND ESPECIALLY IN EUROPE AND OTHER COUNTRIES OF CONSTITUENT SOCIETIES;3) FACILITATING AND SUPPORTING THE TRAINING OF YOUNG SCIENTISTS IN RESEARCH, IN THE FORM OF FELLOWSHIPS; AND4) ORGANISING THE EDITING AND PUBLICATION OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL IN BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND RELATED DISCIPLINES.

Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

4.2y median 2y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure
5.9y
average years in governance
8
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Arts/culture/heritage/science 13Education/training 13The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 13

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Tech and media 8Other services 1

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£6.5m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

120.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months

25 from 16 in 2020
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1149638
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 03/10/2012 as amended on 02 Feb 2024
Companies House
Company number 08239097 · Active
Contact on the register
01223369020 · kingsnorth@febs.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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