INTERBURNS LIMITED

Registered charity 1122299 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Interburns is the international network for training, education and research in burns. Interburns works in collaboration with local partners to improve burn care and prevention in low and middle income countries with the aim of reducing mortality and morbidity from burn injuries.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£893k

Latest spending

£689k

Registered

2008

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £204,507 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income rising to £893,158 from £317,761 in the prior year. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves increased significantly to £135,243, bringing total net assets to £262,896. The trustees 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

Reserves policy: three- and six-months expenditure (held: £135k)

“It is the policy of the charity that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use / project should be maintained at a level equivalent to between three- and six-months expenditure.” — page 16

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Interburns (matched by registered charity number).

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

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

Total income

£893k

Total spending

£689k

Reserves (reported)

£136k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~2.4 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (90% 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

Dr Opoku Ware Ampomahchair
David Schieffelers
Dr Nadia DePetris
Dr Ramana Rajkarnikar
Hayley Patricia Harris
Hilmar Kjartansson
Margaret Gowrinath
Thomas Potokar

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

Operates in: Belgium · Bhutan · Ethiopia · Ghana · India · Lebanon · Malawi · Nepal · Nigeria · Occupied Palestinian Territories · Pakistan · Sierra Leone

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£893k	£689k
31/03/2024	£318k	£484k
31/03/2023	£482k	£521k
31/03/2022	£268k	£271k
31/03/2021	£200k	£292k

Common questions

Is INTERBURNS LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £204,507 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income rising to £893,158 from £317,761 in the prior year. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves increased significantly to £135,243, bringing total net assets to £262,896. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds INTERBURNS LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name INTERBURNS LIMITED as a grant recipient include HIGHWAY ONE TRUST, THE GIBBS CHARITABLE TRUSTS, THE CARMELA & RONNIE PIGNATELLI FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
HIGHWAY ONE TRUST	FY2024	£15k
THE GIBBS CHARITABLE TRUSTS	FY2024	£6k	International
THE CARMELA & RONNIE PIGNATELLI FOUNDATION	FY2024	£3k
THE CARMELA & RONNIE PIGNATELLI FOUNDATION	FY2025	£3k

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF ACTUARIES CHARITY	1	£10k
SWANSEA C V S	1	£9k

Charities like this

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

BRITISH BURN ASSOCIATION income £337k
DAN'S FUND FOR BURNS income £436k
ACID SURVIVORS TRUST INTERNATIONAL income £288k
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ARSON INVESTIGATORS UNITED KINGDOM income £103k
BURNIE'S FOUNDATION income £127k
The John Burns Foundation income £1.0m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
INTERBURNS LIMITED	£893k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BRITISH BURN ASSOCIATION FY2025	£337k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
DAN'S FUND FOR BURNS FY2025	£436k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ACID SURVIVORS TRUST INTERNATIONAL FY2024	£288k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ARSON INVESTIGATORS UNITED KINGDOM FY2025	£103k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BURNIE'S FOUNDATION FY2025	£127k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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