THE INSTITUTE FOR WAR AND PEACE REPORTING (IWPR)

Registered charity 1027201 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as IJT LONDON, INSTITUTE FOR WAR AND PEACE REPORTING

The advancement of education and training in public interest journalism and in the causes, conduct, effects and resolution of international, ethnic and group conflict and civil war for the public benefit.

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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £1,035,471, which is below the charity's stated policy target of between £1 million and £1.25 million. The trustees note that the 2025 budget has been revised to reflect significant negative impacts on funding from government donors, though they maintain a reasonable expectation of continuing operations.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by HaysMac LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Anthony Borden — Executive Director (source)
• Sir David Bell — Chair, International Council (source)
• Sarah Willis — Finance Director (source)
• Seth Meixner — Director of Programmes (source)
• Alireza Eshraghi — Director of Programmes (source)
• Angela Conroy — Global HR Director (source)
• Daniella Peled — Managing Editor (source)
• Gehan Fernando — Head of Programme Finance (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Conflict, Stability and Security Fund, UK — “Conflict, Stability and Security Fund, UK” (source page)
• Dutch Postcode Lottery Fund — “Dutch Postcode Lottery Fund” (source page)
• European Commission (EC) — “European Commission (EC)” (source page)
• Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, UK — “Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, UK” (source page)
• Global Engagement Center, US — “Global Engagement Center, US” (source page)
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Netherlands — “Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Netherlands” (source page)
• National Endowment for Democracy — “National Endowment for Democracy” (source page)
• Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs — “Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs” (source page)
• US Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor — “US Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor” (source page)
• US Department of State — “US Department of State” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~1.9 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (50% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.8% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• SIR DAVID BELLchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• Adrienne van Heteren
• Carl William Forbes
• Michael S Immordino
• STEPHEN JUKES · trustee of 1 other charity

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Afghanistan · Armenia · Azerbaijan · Bosnia And Herzegovina · Burma · Cuba · Egypt · Georgia · Iraq · Kazakhstan · Kyrgyzstan · Laos

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.