INTERNATIONAL ROAD ASSESSMENT PROGRAMME

Registered charity 1140357 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as IRAP

iRAP was established to promote international road safety and quality of roads for the benefit of the public.

Objects

1.1 THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY (THE OBJECTS) ARE THE INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION OF THE IMPROVEMENT OF ROAD SAFETY AND THE QUALITY OF ROADS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.

Area of benefit: INTERNATIONAL

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 Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£4.3m
Latest spending
£4.2m
Registered
2011
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £106,121 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total unrestricted free reserves of £1,412,929. The trustees confirm that these reserves are above the stated policy target of approximately £1,403,223, which represents six months of core operating costs. The auditor's report confirms that the financial statements give a true and fair view and that there are no material uncertainties related to going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 6 months of core operating costs (reserves figure: £1.4m)
“The Charity aims to maintain unrestricted free reserves equivalent to 6 months of core operating costs. Based on the current budget, this equates to approximately £1,403,223.” — page 16
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Mr Avi Silverman, a Trustee, is Deputy Director of the FIA Foundation, which made grants to iRAP.
“Mr Avi Silverman, a Trustee of the charitable company, is the Deputy Director of the FIA Foundation, which made grants to iRAP totalling £1,279,713 (2024: £1,274,807).” — page 47
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Road Assessment Services Limited
“A subsidiary company, Road Assessment Services Limited, was incorporated on 15 May 2012. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of iRAP and together they form the iRAP group.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Cooper Parry Group Limited. 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.

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

  • Government income: £319,966 — grants £319,966 (3); 7% of the £4,273,596 total gross income on the same return
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 9 (£60,001–£70,000: 2; £70,001–£80,000: 2; £80,001–£90,000: 2; £110,001–£120,000: 2; £140,001–£150,000: 1)
  • Has a trading subsidiary

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Government income: £225,877 — grants £225,877 (2); 5% of the £4,306,341 total gross income on the same return
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 9 (£60,001–£70,000: 2; £70,001–£80,000: 2; £80,001–£90,000: 1; £90,001–£100,000: 1; £100,001–£110,000: 1; £110,001–£120,000: 1; £150,001–£200,000: 1)
  • Has a trading subsidiary

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Government income: £148,180 — grants £148,180 (2); 4% of the £3,313,457 total gross income on the same return
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 11 (£60,001–£70,000: 3; £70,001–£80,000: 3; £90,001–£100,000: 2; £110,001–£120,000: 2; £150,001–£200,000: 1)
  • Has a trading subsidiary

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

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

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.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income
£4.3m
Total spending
£4.2m
Cost of raising funds
£1.0m
Reserves (reported)
£1.4m
Employees
19

Reported reserves equal ~4.1 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (34% 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: 23.9% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Australia · Brazil · Chile · China · Colombia · Dominica · Ethiopia · Ghana · Hampshire · India · Indonesia · Mexico

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£4.3m£4.2m
31/12/2024£4.3m£4.0m
31/12/2023£3.3m£3.0m
31/12/2022£2.2m£2.3m
31/12/2021£2.3m£2.1m

Common questions

Is INTERNATIONAL ROAD ASSESSMENT PROGRAMME financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £106,121 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total unrestricted free reserves of £1,412,929. The trustees confirm that these reserves are above the stated policy target of approximately £1,403,223, which represents six months of core operating costs. The auditor's report confirms that the financial statements give a true and fair view and that there are no material uncertainties related to going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Cooper Parry Group Limited.

Who funds INTERNATIONAL ROAD ASSESSMENT PROGRAMME?

Funders whose own accounts filings name INTERNATIONAL ROAD ASSESSMENT PROGRAMME as a grant recipient include FIA FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
FIA FOUNDATIONFY2024£1.5mInternational Road Assessment Programme / Safer Journeys for Africa
FIA FOUNDATIONFY2023£1.5mInternational Road Assessment Programme
FIA FOUNDATIONFY2023£1.5mSafer Journeys for Africa
FIA FOUNDATIONFY2023£1.5miRAP
FIA FOUNDATIONFY2025£1.4mInternational Road Assessment Programme
FIA FOUNDATIONFY2025£100kSafer Journeys for Africa

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government26/04/2024£81kAI for Vision Zero in Road Safety
UK government02/06/2023£85kELABORATOR: THE EUROPEAN LIVING LAB ON DESIGNING SUSTAINABLE URBAN MOBILITY TOWARDS CLIMATE NEUTRAL CITIES
UK government02/06/2023£37kELABORATOR: THE EUROPEAN LIVING LAB ON DESIGNING SUSTAINABLE URBAN MOBILITY TOWARDS CLIMATE NEUTRAL CITIES
UK government30/09/2022£136kPredictive ApproacHes fOr SafEr UrBan Environments
UK government30/09/2022£126kPredictive ApproacHes fOr SafEr UrBan Environments
UK government01/04/2022£19kPredictive ApproacHes fOr SafEr UrBan Environments

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RISK AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
INTERNATIONAL ROAD ASSESSMENT PROGRAMME£4.3m——unclear—no doubt
INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RISK AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT FY2025£1.2m——unclear—no doubt
ROAD SAFETY FOUNDATION FY2025£977k——above—no doubt
INSTITUTE FOR VOLUNTARY ACTION RESEARCH FY2025£1.0m——unclear—no doubt
THE ROAD SAFETY TRUST FY2025£102.1m——within—no doubt
SAFER ROADS FOUNDATION FY2026£87k—0above—no doubt

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