INSTITUTE FOR VOLUNTARY ACTION RESEARCH
Registered charity 1114403 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as IVAR
IVAR's mission:to support the development and sustainability of charities and other voluntary, community and not-for-profit organisations through research, education and training.
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £54,946 for the year ended 31 March 2025, reversing a deficit from the previous year. Total reserves increased to £226,815, which the trustees report falls within their stated policy target range of £141,000 to £281,300. The auditor confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Related-party transaction: Grant from Lloyds Bank Foundation to which trustee Andre Clarke is Director of Charity Development
“The charity is in receipt of grants totalling £20,000 from Lloyds Bank Foundation in the year, to which one of the trustees, Andre Clarke, is the Director of Charity Development at the entity.” — page 37
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Begbies. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Company officers (Companies House)
Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.
- CLARKE, Andre Delano — director, appointed 19/07/2022on trustee list
- STEPHENS, Ruth — director, appointed 19/07/2022on trustee list
- MAHMOOD, Anneessa Musarat — director, appointed 14/10/2020on trustee list
- MURALIDHARAN, Kamna, Ms. — director, appointed 14/10/2020on trustee list
- POWLOSKI, Rosa Ninella — director, appointed 27/02/2019on trustee list
- BRIER, Sam David — director, appointed 14/05/2015on trustee list
- JONES, Timothy Edward — director, appointed 02/02/2006on trustee list
- CAIRNS, Benjamin Hugo — secretary, appointed 02/02/2006
Official officers record.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): linkedin
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£31k
Reported reserves equal ~2.8 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (62% 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: 3.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (28/07/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Kamna Muralidharanchair · trustee of 1 other charity
- Andre Delano Clarke
- Anneessa Mahmood
- Rosa Ninella Powloski
- Ruth Stephens
- Sam Brier
- TIMOTHY EDWARD JONES
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales
Income and spending
Common questions
Is INSTITUTE FOR VOLUNTARY ACTION RESEARCH financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £54,946 for the year ended 31 March 2025, reversing a deficit from the previous year. Total reserves increased to £226,815, which the trustees report falls within their stated policy target range of £141,000 to £281,300. The auditor confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Begbies.
Who funds INSTITUTE FOR VOLUNTARY ACTION RESEARCH?
Funders whose own accounts filings name INSTITUTE FOR VOLUNTARY ACTION RESEARCH as a grant recipient include THE PEARS FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, JOFFE CHARITABLE TRUST CIO, THE BARROW CADBURY TRUST.
Known funders
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