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Guidance: Approved professional organisations and learned societies (list 3)

  • 18 March 2022

    Palliative Care Research Society has been added to the list of professional bodies, with effect from the 6 April 2021.

  • 24 January 2022

    American Astronomical Society (AAS) and Access Association (AA) have been added to the list of professional bodies, both with effect from 6 April 2020.

  • 15 December 2021

    Quantity Surveyors International (QSi) has been added to the list of professional bodies, with effect from 6 April 2021

  • 23 November 2021

    The Association for Professional Executive Coaching and Supervision (APECS) has been added to the list of professional bodies, with effect from 6 April 2020.

  • 20 September 2021

    Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM), Dance Movement Psychotherapy, Association for (ADMP) and International Absorption Society (IAS) have been added to the list of professional bodies, all with effect from 6 April 2021.

  • 17 August 2021

    Society of Clinical Perfusion Scientists of GB and Ireland (SCPS) has been added to the list of professional bodies, with effect from 6 April 2020.

  • 2 August 2021

    The Association of British Professional Conference Organisers (ABPCO) has been added to the list of professional bodies.

  • 23 April 2021

    Pharmacists’ Defence Association has been added to list.

  • 23 March 2021

    New entries added with effect from 6 April 2020: German Informatics Society (GIS), Operations Research and the Management Sciences Institute for (INFORMS) and Lipspeakers with Additional Sign Association of (ALAS). Entries removed: Operations Research Society of America (ORSA) and Institute of Management Sciences (TIMS).

  • 26 February 2021

    The entry for NASUWT the teachers’ union has been updated to NASUWT the teachers’ union (tax relief is restricted to two-thirds of the annual membership) and the entry for UNISON (Health Care Sector) (Tax relief is due to members of Unison Health Care Sector within the sectors of nursing ambulance voluntary professional and technical A professional and technical B senior and general managers) has been updated to UNISON (Health Care Sector) – tax relief is due to members of Unison Health Care Sector within the sectors of nursing ambulance voluntary professional and technical A professional and technical B senior and general managers and is restricted to 70% of the annual membership.

  • 5 February 2021

    The ‘Details’ section has been updated with more information about what you can claim.

  • 3 February 2021

    The name of ‘Genetical Society’ has been changed to ‘Genetics Society’. The the entry for ‘Police Federation of England and Wales’ has been updated to ‘Police Federation of England and Wales (with the exception of the Metropolitan and West Yorkshire Police Forces as tax relief is given to these employees through the payroll)’.

  • 6 January 2021

    Core Technologies for Life Sciences (CTLS), with effect from 6 April 2020 has been added to the list. Science Council The (allow the fee payable for registration as a chartered Scientist (CSci)) changed to Science Council The (allow the fee payable for registration as a chartered Scientist (CSci), Chartered Science Teacher (CSciTeach), Registered Scientist (RSci) and Registered Science Technician (RSciTech)) and has been amended on the list.

  • 11 December 2020

    Medical Innovation and Technology, International Society has been added to the list.

  • 8 December 2020

    Voluntary Sector Studies Network (VSSN), with effect from 6 April 2020, has been added to the list.

  • 3 November 2020

    The following 6 additions have been made to the list: with effect from 6 April 2020, American College of Veterinary Pathology (ACVP), British Neuro-Oncology Society (BNOS), Financial Management Association International (FMA), International Society of Biomechanics in Sports (ISBS), International Society of Indoor Air Quality and Climate (ISIAQ), Institute of Health Records and Information Management (IHRIM). With effect from 6 April 2019 Victorian Popular Fiction Association (VPFA).

  • 22 October 2020

    Society for Editors and Proofreaders has changed to Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading.

  • 24 September 2020

    The name of ‘Highway Incorporated Engineers Institute of’ has been changed to ‘Institute of Highway Engineers’.

  • 2 July 2020

    The name of ‘Water Officers Institution of’ has been changed to ‘Institute of Water’.

  • 19 May 2020

    Young Presidents Organisation London, with effect from 6 April 2016, has been added to the list.

  • 8 April 2020

    The Controlled Release Society (CRS), with effect from 6 April 2019, has been added to the list.

  • 24 March 2020

    We have added the Society for British and International Design, with effect from 6 April 2019.

  • 23 January 2020

    The following 8 additions have been made to the list: with effect from 6 April 2019, Executive and Personal Assistants Association (EPAA), British Society of Abortion Care Providers (BSACP), European Society of Cardiology (ESC), Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention Society (MICCAI), Register of Animal Musculoskeletal Practitioners (RAMP), Orthodontic Technicians Association UK (OTA) and Association of Proposal Management Professionals (APMP). With effect from 7 January 2020 Faculty of Clinical Informatics (FCI). The following 4 entries have been amended: ‘Corrosion Science and Technology Institute of’ to ‘Institute of Corrosion’, ‘Agricultural Management Institute of’ to ‘Institute of Agricultural Management’, ‘Information Security Professionals, Institute of’ to ‘Chartered Institute of Information Security’ and ‘British Institute of Facilities Management’ to ‘Institute of Workplace and Facilities Management’. ‘Farm Management Association’ has been deleted from the list.

  • 31 December 2019

    The Energy Institute has been removed.

  • 2 December 2019

    The list of professional bodies approved for tax relief has been updated with 4 additions, 3 amendments and 1 deletion.

  • 28 October 2019

    The following 5 additions have been made to the list: British Association of Sport Rehabilitators and Trainers (BASRaT), with effect from 6 April 2019, Society of Later Life Advisers (SOLLA), with effect from 06/04/2019, The Pyramus and Thisbe Club (PTC), with effect from 6 April 2019, The Security Institute (SI), with effect from 06/04/2019 and Vantage 10 Panel of Mediators and Experts (V10PME), with effect from 6 April 2019.
    We have amended the following 2 entries: ‘Art Historians Association of’ to ‘Association for Art History’ and ‘Security Industry Authority (relief is due s343 ITEPA 2003 for the fee payable for a licence which lasts 3 years – relief is due in full for the year the fee is paid)’ to ‘Security Industry Authority (relief is due under s343 ITEPA 2003 for the fee payable for licences that last 1 year and 3 years – relief is due in full for the year the 3 year licence fee is paid)’.

  • 25 September 2019

    The following 2 additions have been made to the list: European Society of Gene and Cell Therapy (ESGCT) and The Radionic Association (RA) .

  • 29 August 2019

    The following 5 additions have been made to the list: Association of Scientists Developers and Faculties (ASDF), Civil Mediation Council (CMC), Employment Related Services Association (ERSA), Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics (SASE) and Society of Personnel & Development Scotland (SPDS).

  • 25 July 2019

    We have added the following 4: British Veterinary Dental Association (BVDA), with effect from 6 April 2019. International Information System Security Certification Consortium Inc. (ISC) 2, with effect from 6 April 2019. COSCA (Counselling & Physiotherapy in Scotland), with effect from 6 April 2019. European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID), with effect from 6 April 2018. We have amended the following 4 entries: ‘National Association of School Business Management (NASBM)’ to ‘Institute of School Business Leadership (ISBL)’, ‘Society of Business Economists’ (Listed as ‘Business Economists Society of’ to ‘Society of Professional Economists (SPE)’, ‘United Kingdom Reading Association’ (Listed as ‘UK Reading Association’) to ‘United Kingdom Literacy Association (UKLA)’, ‘Hospital Infection Society (HIS)’ to ‘Healthcare Infection Society (HIS)’.

  • 25 June 2019

    The list of professional bodies approved for tax relief have been updated with 5 additions.

  • 17 June 2019

    The ‘Professional Yachting Association’ and ‘American Philosophical Association’ have been added. The ‘British Cardiac Society (approved in 1959)’ has been renamed to ‘British Cardiovascular Society’.

  • 23 April 2019

    We have added the following: 100 Women in Finance Association, Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management, Water Management Association and Vocational Rehabilitation Association.

  • 4 April 2019

    We have added the following: Faculty of Sports & Exercise Medicine UK (FSEMUK), The Irish College of General Practitioners (ICGP), Independent Doctors Federation Ltd (IDF), UK Endocrine Pathology Society (UKEPS), Data Management Association UK Ltd (DAMAUK), Rosen Institute (RI), European Sponsorship Association, National Register of Public Service Interpreters (NRPSI), Business Architecture Guild, UK Magnetics Society, The Avon Group, Basics of Scotland Ltd and changed: Public Relations Consultants Association Limited to Public Relations Communications Association, Citizen Teaching, Association for (ACT) to Association for Citizen Teaching (ACT), Highways & Transportation Civil Engineers The Institution of Chartered to Chartered Institution of Highways & Transportation CIHT, Enforcement Services Association (ESA) to Civil Enforcement Association (CIVEA).

  • 3 April 2019

    The list of professional bodies approved for tax relief have been updated with 6 additions and 4 name changes.

  • 27 March 2019

    The list of professional bodies approved for tax relief have been updated with 6 additions.

  • 28 September 2018

    The ‘British Society of Paediatric Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition’, ‘Canadian Association for Neuroscience’ and ‘National Registers of Communication Professionals working with Deaf and Deafblind People’ have been added to the the list, and the ‘Society of Biology’ entry has been amended to the ‘Royal Society of Biology’.

  • 23 August 2018

    Added the following Cognitive Development Society, Flux: The Society for Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, International Society of Electrophysiology and Kinesiology, International Society for the Measurement of Physical Behaviour, International Congress of Infant Studies and Society for the Neural Control of Movement.

    Changed National Counselling Society Ltd to The National Counselling Society and National Hypnotherapy Society Ltd to The National Hypnotherapy Society. 

    Removed, Institute of Radiation Protection.

  • 24 July 2018

    The American Cinema Editors, Brain Computer Interface Society and International Society for Posture and Gait Research have been added to the list of professional bodies approved for tax relief.

  • 29 June 2018

    The Academy of International Business has been added to the list of professional bodies approved for tax relief.

  • 23 May 2018

    Added British Institute of Kitchen, British Veterinary Orthopaedic Association to the list and amended the Educational Institute of Scotland entry.

  • 20 April 2018

    Added National Council on Measurement in Education, from tax year 2017 to 2018 onward to the list.

  • 22 March 2018

    Added Adoption and Fostering Alliance Scotland, first year 2016 to 2017, Association of International Cost Estimating and Analysis, International Register of Certificated Auditors (IRCA), Royal Yachting Association (RYA) first year 2017 to 2018 for each.
    Changed, British Dental Hygienists’ Association to British Society of Dental Hygiene and Therapy and Institution of Economic Development Officers to Institute of Economic Development.

  • 26 February 2018

    Added, London Court of International Arbitration and Association of Local Government Ecologists – both FY: 2017 to 2018 – to the list.

  • 19 January 2018

    Amended Society for the Environment to include, allow relief for the annual subscription for the award of the ‘Registered Environmental Technician’ designation available through membership of one of the Licensed Constituent bodies. Also amended Academy of Learned Societies for the Social Sciences to Academy of Social Sciences.

  • 5 January 2018

    Corrected entry for Institution of Mechanical Engineers (previously said Institute)

  • 21 December 2017

    Obsolescence Management, International Institute of FY:2017 to 2018 added to the List 3.

  • 14 December 2017

    Association of Democratic Service Officers put back on the list – FY: 2012 to 2013

  • 7 December 2017

    Five new bodies have been added to the list and two removed.

  • 8 November 2017

    Eight new bodies added and 3 removed from the list.

  • 29 September 2017

    Two new bodies have been added to the list and one amended.

  • 7 September 2017

    Five new bodies have been added to the list and three removed.

  • 11 August 2017

    Nine new bodies added to the list and three removed.

  • 29 June 2017

    Five new bodies added to the list and one amended.

  • 12 June 2017

    Six new bodies added to the list, one deleted and one amended.

  • 15 May 2017

    List reset to remove duplicate entries – with guidance on how to find the body you are looking for.

  • 29 March 2017

    Four new bodies added to the list, one deleted and one amended.

  • 28 February 2017

    5 new names added to the list

  • 10 January 2017

    3 new names added to the list

  • 8 December 2016

    2 new additions added to the page.

  • 11 November 2016

    The following have been added to the list from October 2016 AABC Register Ltd, European Society of International Law (ESIL), European Finance Association (EFA), The Learning and Performance Institute and Association of Magnetic Resonance Radiographers, (BAMRR), from 2016. The following has been removed Institute of IT Training.

  • 29 September 2016

    3 new additions added to the page.

  • 31 August 2016

    11 names added to the list

  • 22 July 2016

    The following have been added:

    Association of British Clinical Diabetologists (ABCD), From 2015 to 2016 tax year
    British Association of Paediatric Endoscopic Surgeons, BAPES, From 2015 to 2016 tax year
    Chartered Banker Institute
    Chartered Institute of Credit Management
    Chartered Institute of Credit Management
    The Games Theory Society, From 2016 to 2017 tax year
    The Hairdressing Council, From 2016 to 2017

    The following have been removed:
    Bankers, Institute of in Scotland
    Credit Management, Institute of
    Purchasing and Supply, Chartered Institute

  • 23 June 2016

    Amendments have been made to the list

  • 25 May 2016

    Amendments have been made to the list.

  • 13 May 2016

    This list has been updated to remove Archaelogical Illustrators and Surveyors, Association of and Field Archaeologists, Institute of and to add Chartered Institute for Archaeologists (CIfA) (formerly Institute of Field Archaeologists).

  • 22 April 2016

    Amendments have been made to the list.

  • 13 April 2016

    Amendments have been made to the list.

  • 5 April 2016

    Amendments have been made to the list.

  • 25 February 2016

    Amendments have been made to the list.

  • 25 January 2016

    The list of professional bodies has been updated with the European Society for Medical Oncology, Institution of Royal Engineers.

  • 13 January 2016

    The list of professional bodies has been updated with British Institute of Interior Design, The Rating Surveyors’ Association, Association of Pharmacy Technicians UK, British Association of Endocrine and Thyroid Surgeons, CIGRE UK, International Council on Large Electric Systems, International Council on Large Electric Systems, Association of Clinical Embryologists, Canadian Astronomical Society,
    CharityComms, Clinical Embryologists, The Association of,

  • 12 November 2015

    Amendments have been made to the list.

  • 27 October 2015

    The list of professional bodies has been updated to remove Trading Standards Institute, and add Chartered Trading Standards Institute, CTSI, and Information and Records Management Society, IRMS, FY 2015 to 2016.

  • 30 September 2015

    Aesthetic Medicine, British College of and BCAM, T/A British College of Aesthetic Medicine have been added to the professional bodies approved for tax relief (list 3).

  • 24 September 2015

    Public Health Register, UK |FY:2015-2016| UKBHR and UK Public Health Register |FY:2015-2016| UKBHR added to Professional bodies approved for tax relief (list 3).

  • 15 September 2015

    Communication with Deaf People, The Council for the Advancement of (CACDP) entry added under ‘c’ and ‘s’.

  • 25 August 2015

    The List 3 of professional bodies approved for tax relief has been reordered.

  • 2 June 2015

    The approved professional organisations and learned societies list has been updated to remove Infection Control Nurses Association 2010 and replace it with Infection Prevention Society (IPS).

  • 7 April 2015

    The Approved professional organisations and learned societies list has been updated to remove ‘Institute of Linguistics’ and replace it with ‘Chartered Institute of Linguists’.

  • 30 March 2015

    The list of professional bodies has been updated.

  • 24 March 2015

    British Nuclear Energy Society and Institution of Nuclear Engineers have been removed from the listas these bodies have merged to form The Nuclear Institute which is already included.

  • 23 February 2015

    Multiple addtions to list 3.

  • 20 February 2015

    Change name of ‘British Institute of Golf Course Architects to European Institute of Golf Course Architects.

    An addition of ‘Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists’.

  • 20 November 2014

    Updated to include the Institute of Money Advisers.

  • 31 March 2014

    First published.

  • 18 March 2022

    Palliative Care Research Society has been added to the list of professional bodies, with effect from the 6 April 2021.

  • 24 January 2022

    American Astronomical Society (AAS) and Access Association (AA) have been added to the list of professional bodies, both with effect from 6 April 2020.

  • 15 December 2021

    Quantity Surveyors International (QSi) has been added to the list of professional bodies, with effect from 6 April 2021

  • 23 November 2021

    The Association for Professional Executive Coaching and Supervision (APECS) has been added to the list of professional bodies, with effect from 6 April 2020.

  • 20 September 2021

    Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM), Dance Movement Psychotherapy, Association for (ADMP) and International Absorption Society (IAS) have been added to the list of professional bodies, all with effect from 6 April 2021.

  • 17 August 2021

    Society of Clinical Perfusion Scientists of GB and Ireland (SCPS) has been added to the list of professional bodies, with effect from 6 April 2020.

  • 2 August 2021

    The Association of British Professional Conference Organisers (ABPCO) has been added to the list of professional bodies.

  • 23 April 2021

    Pharmacists’ Defence Association has been added to list.

  • 23 March 2021

    New entries added with effect from 6 April 2020: German Informatics Society (GIS), Operations Research and the Management Sciences Institute for (INFORMS) and Lipspeakers with Additional Sign Association of (ALAS). Entries removed: Operations Research Society of America (ORSA) and Institute of Management Sciences (TIMS).

  • 26 February 2021

    The entry for NASUWT the teachers’ union has been updated to NASUWT the teachers’ union (tax relief is restricted to two-thirds of the annual membership) and the entry for UNISON (Health Care Sector) (Tax relief is due to members of Unison Health Care Sector within the sectors of nursing ambulance voluntary professional and technical A professional and technical B senior and general managers) has been updated to UNISON (Health Care Sector) – tax relief is due to members of Unison Health Care Sector within the sectors of nursing ambulance voluntary professional and technical A professional and technical B senior and general managers and is restricted to 70% of the annual membership.

  • 5 February 2021

    The ‘Details’ section has been updated with more information about what you can claim.

  • 3 February 2021

    The name of ‘Genetical Society’ has been changed to ‘Genetics Society’. The the entry for ‘Police Federation of England and Wales’ has been updated to ‘Police Federation of England and Wales (with the exception of the Metropolitan and West Yorkshire Police Forces as tax relief is given to these employees through the payroll)’.

  • 6 January 2021

    Core Technologies for Life Sciences (CTLS), with effect from 6 April 2020 has been added to the list. Science Council The (allow the fee payable for registration as a chartered Scientist (CSci)) changed to Science Council The (allow the fee payable for registration as a chartered Scientist (CSci), Chartered Science Teacher (CSciTeach), Registered Scientist (RSci) and Registered Science Technician (RSciTech)) and has been amended on the list.

  • 11 December 2020

    Medical Innovation and Technology, International Society has been added to the list.

  • 8 December 2020

    Voluntary Sector Studies Network (VSSN), with effect from 6 April 2020, has been added to the list.

  • 3 November 2020

    The following 6 additions have been made to the list: with effect from 6 April 2020, American College of Veterinary Pathology (ACVP), British Neuro-Oncology Society (BNOS), Financial Management Association International (FMA), International Society of Biomechanics in Sports (ISBS), International Society of Indoor Air Quality and Climate (ISIAQ), Institute of Health Records and Information Management (IHRIM). With effect from 6 April 2019 Victorian Popular Fiction Association (VPFA).

  • 22 October 2020

    Society for Editors and Proofreaders has changed to Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading.

  • 24 September 2020

    The name of ‘Highway Incorporated Engineers Institute of’ has been changed to ‘Institute of Highway Engineers’.

  • 2 July 2020

    The name of ‘Water Officers Institution of’ has been changed to ‘Institute of Water’.

  • 19 May 2020

    Young Presidents Organisation London, with effect from 6 April 2016, has been added to the list.

  • 8 April 2020

    The Controlled Release Society (CRS), with effect from 6 April 2019, has been added to the list.

  • 24 March 2020

    We have added the Society for British and International Design, with effect from 6 April 2019.

  • 23 January 2020

    The following 8 additions have been made to the list: with effect from 6 April 2019, Executive and Personal Assistants Association (EPAA), British Society of Abortion Care Providers (BSACP), European Society of Cardiology (ESC), Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention Society (MICCAI), Register of Animal Musculoskeletal Practitioners (RAMP), Orthodontic Technicians Association UK (OTA) and Association of Proposal Management Professionals (APMP). With effect from 7 January 2020 Faculty of Clinical Informatics (FCI). The following 4 entries have been amended: ‘Corrosion Science and Technology Institute of’ to ‘Institute of Corrosion’, ‘Agricultural Management Institute of’ to ‘Institute of Agricultural Management’, ‘Information Security Professionals, Institute of’ to ‘Chartered Institute of Information Security’ and ‘British Institute of Facilities Management’ to ‘Institute of Workplace and Facilities Management’. ‘Farm Management Association’ has been deleted from the list.

  • 31 December 2019

    The Energy Institute has been removed.

  • 2 December 2019

    The list of professional bodies approved for tax relief has been updated with 4 additions, 3 amendments and 1 deletion.

  • 28 October 2019

    The following 5 additions have been made to the list: British Association of Sport Rehabilitators and Trainers (BASRaT), with effect from 6 April 2019, Society of Later Life Advisers (SOLLA), with effect from 06/04/2019, The Pyramus and Thisbe Club (PTC), with effect from 6 April 2019, The Security Institute (SI), with effect from 06/04/2019 and Vantage 10 Panel of Mediators and Experts (V10PME), with effect from 6 April 2019.
    We have amended the following 2 entries: ‘Art Historians Association of’ to ‘Association for Art History’ and ‘Security Industry Authority (relief is due s343 ITEPA 2003 for the fee payable for a licence which lasts 3 years – relief is due in full for the year the fee is paid)’ to ‘Security Industry Authority (relief is due under s343 ITEPA 2003 for the fee payable for licences that last 1 year and 3 years – relief is due in full for the year the 3 year licence fee is paid)’.

  • 25 September 2019

    The following 2 additions have been made to the list: European Society of Gene and Cell Therapy (ESGCT) and The Radionic Association (RA) .

  • 29 August 2019

    The following 5 additions have been made to the list: Association of Scientists Developers and Faculties (ASDF), Civil Mediation Council (CMC), Employment Related Services Association (ERSA), Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics (SASE) and Society of Personnel & Development Scotland (SPDS).

  • 25 July 2019

    We have added the following 4: British Veterinary Dental Association (BVDA), with effect from 6 April 2019. International Information System Security Certification Consortium Inc. (ISC) 2, with effect from 6 April 2019. COSCA (Counselling & Physiotherapy in Scotland), with effect from 6 April 2019. European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID), with effect from 6 April 2018. We have amended the following 4 entries: ‘National Association of School Business Management (NASBM)’ to ‘Institute of School Business Leadership (ISBL)’, ‘Society of Business Economists’ (Listed as ‘Business Economists Society of’ to ‘Society of Professional Economists (SPE)’, ‘United Kingdom Reading Association’ (Listed as ‘UK Reading Association’) to ‘United Kingdom Literacy Association (UKLA)’, ‘Hospital Infection Society (HIS)’ to ‘Healthcare Infection Society (HIS)’.

  • 25 June 2019

    The list of professional bodies approved for tax relief have been updated with 5 additions.

  • 17 June 2019

    The ‘Professional Yachting Association’ and ‘American Philosophical Association’ have been added. The ‘British Cardiac Society (approved in 1959)’ has been renamed to ‘British Cardiovascular Society’.

  • 23 April 2019

    We have added the following: 100 Women in Finance Association, Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management, Water Management Association and Vocational Rehabilitation Association.

  • 4 April 2019

    We have added the following: Faculty of Sports & Exercise Medicine UK (FSEMUK), The Irish College of General Practitioners (ICGP), Independent Doctors Federation Ltd (IDF), UK Endocrine Pathology Society (UKEPS), Data Management Association UK Ltd (DAMAUK), Rosen Institute (RI), European Sponsorship Association, National Register of Public Service Interpreters (NRPSI), Business Architecture Guild, UK Magnetics Society, The Avon Group, Basics of Scotland Ltd and changed: Public Relations Consultants Association Limited to Public Relations Communications Association, Citizen Teaching, Association for (ACT) to Association for Citizen Teaching (ACT), Highways & Transportation Civil Engineers The Institution of Chartered to Chartered Institution of Highways & Transportation CIHT, Enforcement Services Association (ESA) to Civil Enforcement Association (CIVEA).

  • 3 April 2019

    The list of professional bodies approved for tax relief have been updated with 6 additions and 4 name changes.

  • 27 March 2019

    The list of professional bodies approved for tax relief have been updated with 6 additions.

  • 28 September 2018

    The ‘British Society of Paediatric Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition’, ‘Canadian Association for Neuroscience’ and ‘National Registers of Communication Professionals working with Deaf and Deafblind People’ have been added to the the list, and the ‘Society of Biology’ entry has been amended to the ‘Royal Society of Biology’.

  • 23 August 2018

    Added the following Cognitive Development Society, Flux: The Society for Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, International Society of Electrophysiology and Kinesiology, International Society for the Measurement of Physical Behaviour, International Congress of Infant Studies and Society for the Neural Control of Movement.

    Changed National Counselling Society Ltd to The National Counselling Society and National Hypnotherapy Society Ltd to The National Hypnotherapy Society. 

    Removed, Institute of Radiation Protection.

  • 24 July 2018

    The American Cinema Editors, Brain Computer Interface Society and International Society for Posture and Gait Research have been added to the list of professional bodies approved for tax relief.

  • 29 June 2018

    The Academy of International Business has been added to the list of professional bodies approved for tax relief.

  • 23 May 2018

    Added British Institute of Kitchen, British Veterinary Orthopaedic Association to the list and amended the Educational Institute of Scotland entry.

  • 20 April 2018

    Added National Council on Measurement in Education, from tax year 2017 to 2018 onward to the list.

  • 22 March 2018

    Added Adoption and Fostering Alliance Scotland, first year 2016 to 2017, Association of International Cost Estimating and Analysis, International Register of Certificated Auditors (IRCA), Royal Yachting Association (RYA) first year 2017 to 2018 for each.
    Changed, British Dental Hygienists’ Association to British Society of Dental Hygiene and Therapy and Institution of Economic Development Officers to Institute of Economic Development.

  • 26 February 2018

    Added, London Court of International Arbitration and Association of Local Government Ecologists – both FY: 2017 to 2018 – to the list.

  • 19 January 2018

    Amended Society for the Environment to include, allow relief for the annual subscription for the award of the ‘Registered Environmental Technician’ designation available through membership of one of the Licensed Constituent bodies. Also amended Academy of Learned Societies for the Social Sciences to Academy of Social Sciences.

  • 5 January 2018

    Corrected entry for Institution of Mechanical Engineers (previously said Institute)

  • 21 December 2017

    Obsolescence Management, International Institute of FY:2017 to 2018 added to the List 3.

  • 14 December 2017

    Association of Democratic Service Officers put back on the list – FY: 2012 to 2013

  • 7 December 2017

    Five new bodies have been added to the list and two removed.

  • 8 November 2017

    Eight new bodies added and 3 removed from the list.

  • 29 September 2017

    Two new bodies have been added to the list and one amended.

  • 7 September 2017

    Five new bodies have been added to the list and three removed.

  • 11 August 2017

    Nine new bodies added to the list and three removed.

  • 29 June 2017

    Five new bodies added to the list and one amended.

  • 12 June 2017

    Six new bodies added to the list, one deleted and one amended.

  • 15 May 2017

    List reset to remove duplicate entries – with guidance on how to find the body you are looking for.

  • 29 March 2017

    Four new bodies added to the list, one deleted and one amended.

  • 28 February 2017

    5 new names added to the list

  • 10 January 2017

    3 new names added to the list

  • 8 December 2016

    2 new additions added to the page.

  • 11 November 2016

    The following have been added to the list from October 2016 AABC Register Ltd, European Society of International Law (ESIL), European Finance Association (EFA), The Learning and Performance Institute and Association of Magnetic Resonance Radiographers, (BAMRR), from 2016. The following has been removed Institute of IT Training.

  • 29 September 2016

    3 new additions added to the page.

  • 31 August 2016

    11 names added to the list

  • 22 July 2016

    The following have been added:

    Association of British Clinical Diabetologists (ABCD), From 2015 to 2016 tax year
    British Association of Paediatric Endoscopic Surgeons, BAPES, From 2015 to 2016 tax year
    Chartered Banker Institute
    Chartered Institute of Credit Management
    Chartered Institute of Credit Management
    The Games Theory Society, From 2016 to 2017 tax year
    The Hairdressing Council, From 2016 to 2017

    The following have been removed:
    Bankers, Institute of in Scotland
    Credit Management, Institute of
    Purchasing and Supply, Chartered Institute

  • 23 June 2016

    Amendments have been made to the list

  • 25 May 2016

    Amendments have been made to the list.

  • 13 May 2016

    This list has been updated to remove Archaelogical Illustrators and Surveyors, Association of and Field Archaeologists, Institute of and to add Chartered Institute for Archaeologists (CIfA) (formerly Institute of Field Archaeologists).

  • 22 April 2016

    Amendments have been made to the list.

  • 13 April 2016

    Amendments have been made to the list.

  • 5 April 2016

    Amendments have been made to the list.

  • 25 February 2016

    Amendments have been made to the list.

  • 25 January 2016

    The list of professional bodies has been updated with the European Society for Medical Oncology, Institution of Royal Engineers.

  • 13 January 2016

    The list of professional bodies has been updated with British Institute of Interior Design, The Rating Surveyors’ Association, Association of Pharmacy Technicians UK, British Association of Endocrine and Thyroid Surgeons, CIGRE UK, International Council on Large Electric Systems, International Council on Large Electric Systems, Association of Clinical Embryologists, Canadian Astronomical Society,
    CharityComms, Clinical Embryologists, The Association of,

  • 12 November 2015

    Amendments have been made to the list.

  • 27 October 2015

    The list of professional bodies has been updated to remove Trading Standards Institute, and add Chartered Trading Standards Institute, CTSI, and Information and Records Management Society, IRMS, FY 2015 to 2016.

  • 30 September 2015

    Aesthetic Medicine, British College of and BCAM, T/A British College of Aesthetic Medicine have been added to the professional bodies approved for tax relief (list 3).

  • 24 September 2015

    Public Health Register, UK |FY:2015-2016| UKBHR and UK Public Health Register |FY:2015-2016| UKBHR added to Professional bodies approved for tax relief (list 3).

  • 15 September 2015

    Communication with Deaf People, The Council for the Advancement of (CACDP) entry added under ‘c’ and ‘s’.

  • 25 August 2015

    The List 3 of professional bodies approved for tax relief has been reordered.

  • 2 June 2015

    The approved professional organisations and learned societies list has been updated to remove Infection Control Nurses Association 2010 and replace it with Infection Prevention Society (IPS).

  • 7 April 2015

    The Approved professional organisations and learned societies list has been updated to remove ‘Institute of Linguistics’ and replace it with ‘Chartered Institute of Linguists’.

  • 30 March 2015

    The list of professional bodies has been updated.

  • 24 March 2015

    British Nuclear Energy Society and Institution of Nuclear Engineers have been removed from the listas these bodies have merged to form The Nuclear Institute which is already included.

  • 23 February 2015

    Multiple addtions to list 3.

  • 20 February 2015

    Change name of ‘British Institute of Golf Course Architects to European Institute of Golf Course Architects.

    An addition of ‘Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists’.

  • 20 November 2014

    Updated to include the Institute of Money Advisers.

  • 31 March 2014

    First published.