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CONSUMERS INTERNATIONAL

Registered charity 1122155 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

As the global campaigning voice for consumers, we are building a powerful international consumer movement to help protect and empower consumers everywhere. We promote the voluntary sector for the public benefit by supporting and promoting consumer rights and work on key issues such as consumer education, consumer policies, climate change and promoting proper regulation of products and services.

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Latest income
£2.7m
Latest spending
£2.4m
Registered
2008
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a consolidated surplus of £311,763 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total income rising to £2,806,192. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves of £1,706,755 are held, which exceeds the stated policy target of 20% of unrestricted income (£370,823). The trustees confirm that no material uncertainties exist regarding the entity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 20% of unrestricted income (held: £1.7m)
“In March 2015, the Council set a 20% target of unrestricted income to be held in reserves. This equates to a target unrestricted reserves level of £370,823”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Note 14
“Recharges for salaries and overheads were made during the year totaling £83,327 (2023: £1,265). The inter company balance held at 31 December 2024 amounts to £127,488 (2023: £92,563). The trading subsidiary, Consumers International Services Ltd, donates the whole of its profit to the parent entity, Consumers International.” — page 43
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Consumers International Services Ltd
“Included in the consolidated results are those of the subsidiary for Consumers International Services Ltd. that was registered in August 2018.” — page 22
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by HaysMac LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income
£2.7m
Total spending
£2.4m
Cost of raising funds
£86k
Reserves (reported)
£1.7m
Employees
19

Reported reserves equal ~8.5 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (82% 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: 3.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£2.7m£2.4m
31/12/2023£2.3m£2.7m
31/12/2022£2.4m£1.7m
31/12/2021£1.8m£1.3m
31/12/2020£1.7m£1.7m

Common questions

Is CONSUMERS INTERNATIONAL financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a consolidated surplus of £311,763 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total income rising to £2,806,192. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves of £1,706,755 are held, which exceeds the stated policy target of 20% of unrestricted income (£370,823). The trustees confirm that no material uncertainties exist regarding the entity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by HaysMac LLP.

Who funds CONSUMERS INTERNATIONAL?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CONSUMERS INTERNATIONAL as a grant recipient include CLEAN AIR FUND.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
CLEAN AIR FUNDFY2025£111k

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE JOSEPH ROWNTREE CHARITABLE TRUST1£150k
JOFFE CHARITABLE TRUST CIO1£65k
POLDEN PUCKHAM CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£38k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CONSUMERS' ASSOCIATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CONSUMERS INTERNATIONAL£2.7m——unclear—no doubt
CONSUMERS' ASSOCIATION FY2025£83.7m——unclear—no doubt
INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF COMMUNICATIONS FY2025£691k£90,001 - £100,000—unclear—no doubt
WELSH CENTRE FOR INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS / CANOLFAN MATERION RHYNGWLADOL CYMRU FY2025£1.2m—0within—no doubt
PRIVACY INTERNATIONAL FY2025£2.4m——below—no doubt
ECI SCHOOLS FY2025£1.8m——above—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.