THE INSTITUTE OF COMMERCIAL MANAGEMENT LIMITED

Registered charity 1045370 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as INSTITUTE OF COMMERCIAL MANAGEMENT LTD, THE INSTITUTE OF COMMERCIAL MANAGEMENT

Makes grants and donations to selected educational and local bodies

Causes: Education/training · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£1.1m

Latest spending

£1.2m

Registered

1995

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the group reported a net expenditure deficit of £131,869 for the year ended 30 June 2025, attributed to investments in new qualifications. However, the group holds unrestricted funds of £690,992, and the trustees consider the entity a going concern with a forecast of steady recovery.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £138,582 — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median £70k)

“The chief executive officer, was the highest paid member of staff, and received benefits (including salary and benefits in kind) totalling £138,582 (2024: £151,429).” — page 23

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Employees paid over £60,000: 2

“The chief executive officer, was the highest paid member of staff, and received benefits (including salary and benefits in kind) totalling £138,582 (2024: £151,429). One other key member of staff received salary and benefits totalling £116,957 (2024: £111,969).” — page 23

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Harney & Co Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Top pay band moved from £151,429 (FY2024) to £138,582 (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)

Total income

£1.1m

Total spending

£1.2m

Reserves (reported)

£691k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~6.8 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (93% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

John Caithnesschair
Crescents George
Johannes Ludick

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

Operates in: Bahrain · Burma · Cameroon · Eswatini · Ghana · India · Ireland · Ivory Coast · Kenya · Lesotho · Malawi · Malaysia

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/06/2025	£1.1m	£1.2m
30/06/2024	£1.2m	£1.2m
30/06/2023	£1.3m	£1.4m
30/06/2022	£1.4m	£1.5m
30/06/2021	£1.5m	£1.1m

Common questions

Is THE INSTITUTE OF COMMERCIAL MANAGEMENT LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the group reported a net expenditure deficit of £131,869 for the year ended 30 June 2025, attributed to investments in new qualifications. However, the group holds unrestricted funds of £690,992, and the trustees consider the entity a going concern with a forecast of steady recovery. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Harney & Co Limited.

What does the highest-paid employee of THE INSTITUTE OF COMMERCIAL MANAGEMENT LIMITED earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £138,582 band, and 2 employees earned over £60,000.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
JUVENILE DIABETES RESEARCH FOUNDATION LIMITED	1	£38k
THE GROCERS' CHARITY	1	£4k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HELP IN NEED TODAY.

HELP IN NEED TODAY income £558k
THE LORNA AND YUTI CHERNAJOVSKY BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION income £508k
CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF CREDIT MANAGEMENT income £1.9m
THE BOTHWELL CHARITABLE TRUST income £145k
CAMBRIDGE PRINGLE GROUP income £822k
HOH CHARITABLE TRUST income £194k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE INSTITUTE OF COMMERCIAL MANAGEMENT LIMITED	£1.1m	£138,582	2	unclear	—	no doubt
HELP IN NEED TODAY FY2025	£558k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE LORNA AND YUTI CHERNAJOVSKY BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION FY2025	£508k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF CREDIT MANAGEMENT FY2024	£1.9m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
THE BOTHWELL CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£145k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CAMBRIDGE PRINGLE GROUP FY2025	£822k	Under £60,000	0	within	—	no doubt

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