The Institute of Physics

Registered charity 293851 Registered since 1986

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Ireland, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Tanzania, Kenya

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Board DNA

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trustees on the board

2.5y median 2y

average tenure

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

2.6y

average years in governance

17 vs 0 portfolio

first-time trustees

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage

Arts/culture/heritage/science 18Education/training 18General Charitable Purposes 18

Commercial experience

Professional services 2

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Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity

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Contact

Website	www.iop.org
Email	governance@iop.org
Phone	+44 (0)2074704800
Address	37 Caledonian Road, LONDON, N1 9BU

Finances

£82,384,000 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2020	£76,690,000	£66,840,000
2021	£78,795,000	£76,949,000
2022	£74,883,000	£76,855,000
2023	£71,921,000	£77,965,000
2024	£82,384,000	£83,759,000

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingArts/culture/heritage/science

Who

Other Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE THE ADVANCEMENT AND DISSEMINATION OF A KNOWLEDGE OF AND EDUCATION IN THE SCIENCE OF PHYSICS, PURE AND APPLIED.

Governing document: ROYAL CHARTER GRANTED 30/09/1970AS AMENDED ON 23/07/1975AS AMENDED ON 02/12/1975AS AMENDED ON 10/10/1977AS AMENDED ON 12/01/1979AS AMENDED ON 08/07/1980AS AMENDED ON 02/11/1981AS AMENDED ON 25/01/1985AS AMENDED ON 11/11/1998AS AMENDED ON 16/03/2006AS AMENDED ON 08/09/2011 And Royal Charter granted on 13 Dec 2017as amended by an Order in Council on 13 Dec 2017

Trustees (18)

18trustees

47median age

0aged 70+

Professor Paul John Arton Howarth CBE Chair since 2025
Dawn Charlotte Watson since 2025
Dr Alison Jane Mcmillan since 2021
Dr Christopher David O Leary since 2025
Dr Hana Eliska Krizek since 2023
Dr Jane Davina Clark since 2023
Dr Judith Mary Hillier since 2024
Dr Melissa Uchida since 2022
Dr Peter Anthony Thompsonage 47 since 2022
Dr Rebecca Susan Dewey since 2024
Dr Shoniwa Mosekari since 2025
Dr Vincent Smith MBE since 2025
Paula Knee since 2024
Professor David Delpy since 2019
Professor Dermot Gerald Green since 2024
Professor Malcolm John Cooper since 2025
Professor Robert Andrew Lamb since 2024
Professor Tara Georgina Shears since 2023

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Cardiff Astronomical Society 1 shared trustee

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