THE INSTITUTE OF LICENSING

Registered charity 1117942 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To promote and increase awareness of licensing related issues for its members and the public, to increase the professionalism within licensing and to promote mutual understanding between interested parties - This is achieved through regular communication with members via the website, email, letter and publications and the organisation of regional and national meetings and training.

Objects

A)TO ADVANCE THE DEVELOPMENT, EVALUATION AND RECOGNITION OF PROFESSIONAL SKILL, TECHNICAL COMPETENCY, ETHICAL CONDUCT AND PRACTICAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE FIELD OF LICENSING AND REGULATORY ACTIVITY; INCLUDING THEIR APPLICATION IN TH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS AND IN THE FRAMING AND ENFORCEMENT OF LAWS REGULATIONS IN PURSUIT OF PREVENTION OF CRIME DISORDER AND NUISANCE, THE PROMOTION OF HEALTH AND SAFETY, THE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN AND VULNERABLE PEOPLE, THE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND OTHER LICENSING AND REGULATORY OBJECTIVES. B) THE FOSTERING OF MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING AND RESPECT BETWEEN PRACTITIONERS AND THE COMMUNITIES AND SECTORS THEY SERVE; C) THE DEVELOPMENT, ENCOURAGEMENT AND CERTIFICATION OF RELATED STANDARDS, EDUCATION, TRAINING, STUDY, SCHOLARSHIP, COMMUNICATION, CONSULTATION, KNOWLEDGE CREATION AND INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; ANDD) OTHER ACTIVITY CONSISTENT WITH THE PUBLIC GOOD IN THE FIELD.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED IN PRACTICE NATIONAL

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 the charity generated a net income of £108,293 for the year, with total unrestricted funds increasing to £1,108,709. The trustees confirm that the organization has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, citing sufficient funds to manage economic downturns.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• 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
• Investment
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~27.8 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (68% 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).

Trustees · trustee networks

• DAVID LUCAS
• GARY STEVEN GRANT
• JON COLLINS
• Katherine Nicholls OBE · trustee of 1 other charity
• PHILIP JOHN ANDREWS
• Tracy McGlone

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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