INTERNATIONAL AFRICAN INSTITUTE

Registered charity 1084798 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as IAI

To advance public education worldwide into the study of Africa and its languages and cultures.Publication of the Journal "Africa"and various books relevant to the Institute's objects.

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION WORLDWIDE INTO THE STUDY OF AFRICA AND ITS LANGUAGES AND CULTURES.

Area of benefit: WORLDWIDE

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity recorded a net income of £3,944 for the year, with unrestricted funds rising to £452,216. The trustees confirm the financial position is healthy, with sufficient funds to cover more than two years of anticipated expenditure. They also note that reserves are maintained above the stated policy target of one year's expected future expenditure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Funders the charity credits

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

• World Peace Foundation — “Host: SOAS University of London . Sponsored by the World Peace Foundation .” (source page)

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Carli Coetzee · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Deborah Anne James
• Ken Barlow
• PROFESSOR DENIS MURRAY LAST
• PROFESSOR KATHERINE MARY HOMEWOOD · trustee of 1 other charity
• PROFESSOR PHILIP CHESTER BURNHAM
• PROFESSOR RICHARD OSBORNE FARDON BSC PHD
• Professor Karin Judith Barber

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with AFRICA RESEARCH INSTITUTE.

• AFRICA RESEARCH INSTITUTE income £100k
• AFRICAN LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE income £218k
• AFRICA INLAND MISSION INTERNATIONAL income £3.7m
• THE BRITISH INSTITUTE FOR LIBYAN AND NORTHERN AFRICAN STUDIES income £202k
• JANE GOODALL INSTITUTE, GLOBAL income £707k
• THE AFRICAN NATURAL HISTORY RESEARCH TRUST income £744k

Side by side with its peers

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