INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF TEACHERS OF ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE

Registered charity 1090853 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as IATEFL

Membership organisation for Teachers of English as a Foreign Language, with an annual conference and exhibition enabling professional development, producing newsletters and publications

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AS A FOREIGN OR SECOND LANGUAGE.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE, WORLDWIDE.

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

Causes: Education/training · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds carried forward increased to £1,013,762, driven by a surplus in charitable activities and investment gains. However, the trustees report that the general unrestricted reserve remains in a negative position, although designated funds provide significant financial resilience. The association continues to manage costs carefully amidst challenging global economic conditions.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by UHY Hacker Young. 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~12.3 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (74% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (10/06/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andy Hockley
• Christopher Graham · trustee of 1 other charity
• Georgia Papamichailidou
• Jeanette Theuma
• Maria-Araxi Sachpazian
• Shaun Wilden
• Tyson Seburn
• Wioletta Bielecka

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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• THE ASSOCIATION FOR LANGUAGE LEARNING income £194k
• A S HORNBY EDUCATIONAL TRUST CIO income £326k
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• The English Language Centre income £6.8m
• INTERNATIONAL LAW ASSOCIATION income £150k

Side by side with its peers

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