TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL UK

Registered charity 1112842 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q81211151

The relief of poverty, suffering and distress in any part of the world caused directly or indirectly by corruption.The promotion for the public benefit of ethical standards of conduct and compliance with the law by governmental, industrial, commercial, voluntary sector and professional organisations in international and domestic business transactions and overseas development initiatives.

Objects

(A) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SUFFERING AND DISTRESS IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD CAUSED DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY BY CORRUPTION;(B) THE PROMOTION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF ETHICAL STANDARDS OF CONDUCT AND COMPLIANCE WITH THE LAW BY GOVERNMENTAL, INDUSTRIAL, COMMERCIAL, VOLUNTARY SECTOR AND PROFESSIONAL ORGANISATIONS IN INTERNATIONAL AND DOMESTIC BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS AND OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES,AND IN THE FURTHERANCE OF THOSE OBJECTS BY:(I) THE PROMOTION AND UNDERTAKING OF MEASURES TO REDUCE AND ELIMINATE CORRUPTION IN INTERNATIONAL AND DOMESTIC BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS AND OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES INCLUDING THOSE FUNDED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND OTHER GOVERNMENTS WITH A VIEW TO ENSURING THAT THE BENEFITS OF SUCH TRANSACTIONS AND INITIATIVES ACCRUE TO THE MAXIMUM BENEFIT TO THOSE IN NEED;(II) THE PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE AND EXPERTISE TO PARTIES TO INTERNATIONAL TRADE, INVESTMENT AND ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT TO ASSIST THEM IN ENSURING COMPLIANCE WITH ANTI-CORRUPTION CONVENTIONS AND LEGISLATION;(III) THE GIVING TO LEGISLATIVE AND PUBLIC BODIES AND OTHERS, INFORMATION AND ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE IN RELATION TO THE COMBATING AND ELIMINATION OF CORRUPTION AND THE EFFECTIVE MEANS TO ACHIEVE THIS;(IV) HELPING TO REDUCE AND ELIMINATE CORRUPTION IN INTERNATIONAL AND DOMESTIC BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS AND OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES BY PROMOTING AND UNDERTAKING MEASURES TO ENSURE THAT THE PROCEEDS OF CORRUPT ACTIVITIES DO NOT BENEFIT THOSE ENGAGING IN SUCH ACTIVITIES;(V) THE PROMOTION UNDERTAKING OR COMMISSIONING OF RESEARCH INTO AND EDUCATION CONCERNING THE CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF POVERTY PARTICULARLY(WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THAT GENERALITY) IN MATTERS RELATING TO CORRUPTION AND INTERNATIONAL AND DOMESTIC BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS AND OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES AND DISSEMINATING AND PUBLISHING THE USEFUL RESULTS OF ANY SUCH RESEARCH; AND(C) THE ADVANCEMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION IN BUSINESS ETHICS AND RELATED SUBJECTS WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE STUDY AND APPLICATION OF ETHICAL STANDARDS AND THE ELIMINATION OR REDUCTION OF CORRUPTION IN THE MANAGEMENT AND CONDUCT OF INDUSTRY AND BUSINESS GENERALLY, INTERNATIONALLY AND IN THE UNITED KINGDOM

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.

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: City of London, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity reported a surplus for the year, with total income decreasing slightly to £3,687,000 and expenditure reducing by 9 per cent to £3,473,000. Unrestricted reserves stood at £453,000, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of £700,000, though the accounts state there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Sayer Vincent LLP. Discloses 4 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• 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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Transparency International UK (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~1.5 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% 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: 2.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Michael Donald Millwardchair
• Catherine Angela Evans
• Chris Keith Salmon
• Edmund Benjamin Rich
• Huma Yusuf
• James Ford
• Liz Thomas
• Patrick Dominic Sherrington
• Prof Elizabeth David-Barrett
• Thomas Ainsley Robinson
• Xenia Beryl Middleton Wickett

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

Operates in: Belgium · Georgia · Germany · Mali · Niger · Nigeria · Sweden · Throughout England And Wales · Tunisia · United States

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with GLOBAL POVERTY PROJECT UK.

• GLOBAL POVERTY PROJECT UK income £1.6m
• COMPASSION UK CHRISTIAN CHILD DEVELOPMENT income £53.2m
• INTEGRITY INTERNATIONAL TRUST income £72k
• INTERMEDIARIES FOR JUSTICE income £27k
• AID INFINITY income £72k
• RELEASE INTERNATIONAL income £3.7m

Side by side with its peers

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