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Registered charity · Cambridge

International Glaciological Society

International Glaciological Society is a registered charity (number 231043) based in Cambridge, governed by 15 trustees and chaired by Professor Shin Sugiyama since 2025. Latest income £187k (2024). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

Also known as IGS (Charity Commission)

  • 15 trustees
  • Income £187k (2024)
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Argentina, Australia, Austria and more
Website
www.igsoc.org (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1964

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£187k£259k
  • 2023£380k£409k
  • 2022£261k£246k
Earlier years
  • 2021£172k£152k
  • 2020£169k£143k

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Charitable objects

TO STIMULATE INTEREST IN AND ENCOURAGE RESEARCH INTO THE SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL PROBLEMS OF SNOW AND ICE IN ALL COUNTRIES; TO FACILITATE AND INCREASE THE FLOW OF GLACIOLOGICAL IDEAS AND INFORMATION; TO PUBLISH THE JOURNAL OF GLACIOLOGY, ANNALS OF GLACIOLOGY, ICE AND OTHER SUCH PUBLICATIONS AS THE COUNCIL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE; TO SPONSOR LECTURES, FIELD MEETINGS AND SYMPOSIA

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.

15 trustees on the board

3.4y median 1y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

3.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (15)

0
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 15

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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£187k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
231043
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 6 JANUARY 1962 AS AMENDED 12 JANUARY 1972 as amended on 05 Nov 2021
Contact on the register
01223336540 · igsoc@igsoc.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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