THE BRITISH INTERPLANETARY SOCIETY
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Next accounts due
2026-05-31 (this month)
Last filed for 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-24 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-10
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£454K
+358.6% vs 2023
Net assets
£4M
+12.7% vs 2023
Employees
3
0% vs 2023
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2024-08-31
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- THE BRITISH INTERPLANETARY SOCIETY 1994-08-25 → present
- BRITISH INTERPLANETARY SOCIETY LIMITED(THE) 1945-12-31 → 1994-08-25
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £317,305 | £258,816 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£21,916 | £403,555 | |
| Cash | £98,908 | £453,557 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,260,194 | £3,593,141 | |
| Net assets | £3,189,586 | £3,593,141 | |
| Equity | £3,189,586 | £3,593,141 | |
| Average employees | 3 | 3 | |
| Wages | £109,367 | £110,909 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | -6.9% | 155.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 5.2% | 1.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.33x | 8.07x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- TC Group
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Significant events
- “in August 2024, the very end of our financial year, we received a significant financial legacy. This legacy provides us with new opportunities to invest in our future by enhancing our activities, improving our membership offerings, and ensuring the long-term sustainability of the Society. It strengthens our ability to support our mission, enabling us to recruit more staff and attend more events in the short term and maintain and upgrade our headquarters in the longer term.”
- “The loan owed to the IAF was repaid in full in August 2024.”
- “The Aqualunar Challenge: During the year, the Society received a grant of £30,000 as one of 10 finalist teams in The Aqualunar Challenge which is a £1.2m international challenge prize focused on making human habitation in space possible by finding ways to purify water buried beneath the Moon's surface.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
13 active · 46 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LEWIN, John Michael | Secretary | 2025-06-16 | — | — |
| BERNARDINI, Fabrizio | Director | 2017-07-22 | Dec 1961 | Italian |
| BRAND, Robin Hughes | Director | 2023-11-25 | Sep 1947 | British |
| KOTICHINTALA, Swetha | Director | 2025-06-21 | Aug 1987 | British |
| MEEK, Iain Thomas Scott | Director | 2023-03-25 | Aug 1957 | Scottish |
| OSBORNE, Richard David | Director | 2009-09-06 | Oct 1967 | British |
| PHILP, Colin Malcolm | Director | 2010-09-04 | Aug 1963 | British |
| RENNIE, Patrick Anthony | Director | 2023-11-25 | Jan 1994 | British |
| SALMON, Stephen George Christopher | Director | 2019-09-17 | Apr 1958 | British |
| SCOTT, Alistair Drummond | Director | 2007-09-08 | Apr 1949 | British |
| SHOULDER, Leslie Patrick | Director | 2023-11-25 | Mar 1955 | British |
| STONE, Jerry | Director | 2025-06-21 | Feb 1955 | British |
| WEBB, Gerald Maurice | Director | 2009-09-06 | Oct 1941 | British |
Show 46 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANDERSON, Elizabeth Margaret | Secretary | 2020-06-01 | 2021-11-26 |
| FEAST, Simon David John | Secretary | 2022-02-21 | 2025-06-13 |
| JONES, Shirley Anne | Secretary | — | 2002-06-28 |
| NORMAN, Gillian | Secretary | 2016-04-01 | 2020-07-31 |
| PARRY, Suszann | Secretary | 2002-07-01 | 2016-04-01 |
| BAVIN, Richard George | Director | 2001-08-11 | 2009-05-01 |
| BUCKLAND, Rodney Alan | Director | — | 1993-06-30 |
| CHILDS, Gilles William | Director | — | 1995-01-31 |
| COCKELL, Charles Seaton, Dr | Director | 2004-09-01 | 2007-09-08 |
| ERRINGTON, Anthony Franklin | Director | 2003-08-16 | 2011-09-08 |
| EVES, Stuart James, Mr. | Director | 2023-03-25 | 2024-10-27 |
| EVES, Stuart James, Mr. | Director | 2016-07-30 | 2020-09-14 |
| FEARN, David Gordon, Dr | Director | 1997-08-09 | 2007-08-29 |
| FRY, Martin Reginald, Professor | Director | 1992-02-01 | 2000-08-12 |
| GOULD, Richard Derrick | Director | — | 1992-01-31 |
| GROVES, Gerald Vann, Professor | Director | — | 2010-09-04 |
| HALL, Rex David | Director | 1995-08-12 | 2010-05-31 |
| HARLOW, John | Director | 1994-02-01 | 2009-09-08 |
| HEMPSELL, Christopher Mark | Director | 1992-02-01 | 2023-03-25 |
| HORSFORD, Cyril Edward Sheehan | Director | 2005-09-03 | 2008-09-06 |
| HUNT, Garry Edward, Prof | Director | 1995-02-01 | 1997-08-09 |
| LAVANCHY, Kenneth | Director | 1995-08-12 | 2003-01-23 |
| LAWTON, Anthony James | Director | — | 1995-04-02 |
| MEEK, Iain Thomas Scott | Director | 2016-07-30 | 2021-08-13 |
| MILLARD, Douglas John | Director | 2000-11-22 | 2014-05-09 |
| MOORE, Patrick, Dr | Director | 1995-08-12 | 2000-11-22 |
| PARKINSON, Robert Charles, Dr | Director | 2002-08-10 | 2023-11-25 |
| PARKINSON, Robert Charles, Dr | Director | — | 1995-08-12 |
| ROGERS, Lucy Elizabeth | Director | 2014-08-02 | 2016-02-24 |
| SHAYLER, David John | Director | 2013-09-07 | 2019-08-02 |
| SHEPHERD, Leslie Robert | Director | — | 1995-01-31 |
| SMITH, Ian Edward, Professor | Director | — | 1993-06-02 |
| SOUTHGATE, Victoria | Director | 2020-09-14 | 2022-07-14 |
| SPALL, Nicholas Jonathan | Director | 2011-09-03 | 2014-05-09 |
| TAYLOR, Richard Lionel Sidney | Director | 1994-02-01 | 2005-09-03 |
| THOMPSON, Gordon Vallins Elliot | Director | — | 1994-02-01 |
| THOMPSON, Paul Thomas, Dr | Director | — | 2001-08-11 |
| TIMBERLAKE, Ralph Christopher | Director | 2014-08-02 | 2016-01-28 |
| TOOMER, Chris | Director | 2009-09-06 | 2012-09-08 |
| TURNER, Cyril Rex | Director | — | 1995-08-12 |
| WEBB, Gerald Maurice | Director | — | 1992-01-31 |
| WELCH, Christopher Stafford, Dr | Director | 2010-09-04 | 2021-11-21 |
| WELCH, Christopher Stafford | Director | 1994-02-21 | 2002-08-10 |
| WILKINS, David Edward Burnell | Director | 1995-02-01 | 2003-08-16 |
| WOODCOCK, George Rodney | Director | 2010-09-04 | 2024-09-28 |
| WRIGHT, Keith Michael | Director | 2000-08-12 | 2017-07-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 220 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-24 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2025-08-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-23 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-06-23 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-17 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-11-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-02 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous extended | |
| 2024-07-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-06-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-06-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-06-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- Officers resigned
- 1
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-08-31 vs 2023-08-31
-
Turnover
-18.4%
£317,305 £258,816
-
Cash
+358.6%
£98,908 £453,557
-
Net assets
+12.7%
£3,189,586 £3,593,141
-
Employees
0%
3 3
-
Wages
+1.4%
£109,367 £110,909
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers