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INTERNATIONAL FRIENDS OF THE INTERNATIONAL LYRIC ART FESTIVAL

Registered charity 1147535 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as IFILAF

The charity's objective is the promotion to the public generally of the arts and particularly music.

Causes: Arts/culture/heritage/science · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income
£388k
Latest spending
£407k
Registered
2012
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds decreased from £30,816 to £12,656 due to expenditure exceeding income. The charity's reserves policy targets six months of operational expenditure, but unrestricted reserves of £11,058 are significantly below this target. The trustees confirm the charity remains a going concern with adequate resources for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Donations and legacies (97% of income)
“Donations 13,407 375,000 388,407 730,278”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £11k; policy: six months operational expenditure)
“The Trustees propose to maintain the charity’s reserves at a level which is at least equivalent to six months operational expenditure and have done so having regards to its manner of operation of likely funding streams.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Donations from Trustees
“During the period under review the following donations were received from Trustees' of the charity: L Blackall - £10,000 (2024 - £20,000) Page 15” — page 17
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2024)

Total income
£730k
Total spending
£733k
Reserves (reported)
£29k
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~0.5 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% 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 (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: France · Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/09/2025£388k£407k
30/09/2024£730k£733k
30/09/2023£365k£1.0m
30/09/2022£734k£102k
30/09/2021£611k£603k

Common questions

Is INTERNATIONAL FRIENDS OF THE INTERNATIONAL LYRIC ART FESTIVAL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total funds decreased from £30,816 to £12,656 due to expenditure exceeding income. The charity's reserves policy targets six months of operational expenditure, but unrestricted reserves of £11,058 are significantly below this target. The trustees confirm the charity remains a going concern with adequate resources for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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 MARCHUS TRUST2£10k
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS FOUNDATION2£8k
JOHN SWIRE 1989 CHARITABLE TRUST1£77k
THE LIZ AND TERRY BRAMALL FOUNDATION1£51k
THE VINEHILL TRUST1£50k
THE COLYER-FERGUSSON CHARITABLE TRUST1£15k
THE MAYFIELD VALLEY ARTS TRUST1£10k
COLWINSTON CHARITABLE TRUST1£7k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE LLANGOLLEN INTERNATIONAL MUSICAL EISTEDDFOD LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
INTERNATIONAL FRIENDS OF THE INTERNATIONAL LYRIC ART FESTIVAL£388k—0below—no doubt
THE LLANGOLLEN INTERNATIONAL MUSICAL EISTEDDFOD LIMITED FY2025£1.5mUnder £60,0000below—no doubt
FRIENDS OF BUXTON INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL FY2025£203k—0unclear—no doubt
THE INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ARTS AND CULTURE FY2024£104k—0unclear—no doubt
INTERNATIONAL GUITAR FOUNDATION & FESTIVALS FY2024£231k—0below—no doubt
GABRIELI FY2025£994k—0unclear—no doubt

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