At the Congress, the Congress Medal is presented and the new signatories to the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists sign the Roll.
A quarterly journal, ABPS News, is issued and the ABPS closely supports the Stamp Active Network which aims to promote youth philately within Britain.
Grosvenor Philatelic Auctions and Stanley Gibbons are dealer patrons of the association.
The ABPS is incorporated as The Association of British Philatelic Societies Limited, a company limited by guarantee registered at Companies House.
[3] The association is run by an executive committee.