INTELLIGENCE CORPS ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1175211 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To promote the well-being & efficiency of the Intelligence Corps by fostering esprit de corps and maintaining contact between past and present members. To educate in the role, history, traditions and ethos of the Corps. To provide relief to qualifying beneficiaries. To commemorate and remember those members, or former members, who have lost their lives or suffered injury in service to the public.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£528k

Latest spending

£601k

Registered

2017

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that total funds carried forward at 31 December 2024 were £2,925,418, representing an overall surplus for the year of £110,773. The trustees report that the charity's financial resilience has not been impaired by recent economic events, allowing it to continue providing benevolence. Unrestricted funds stood at £1,228,587, while restricted funds were £1,696,831.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: up to £100,000 of free unrestricted reserves (held: £1.2m)

“Trustees recognise the requirement for adequate resource should the association suffer a significant financial shock and assess that any recovery plan would be able to be enacted within 15 months and would require up to £100,000 of free unrestricted reserves.” — page 6

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: The Military Intelligence Museum

“During the year the charity paid grants of £10,000 to the Military Intelligence Museum for the purpose of educating the public in the role, history, traditions, customs and ethos of the corps.” — page 26

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

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

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

Total income

£528k

Total spending

£601k

Cost of raising funds

£47k

Reserves (reported)

£100k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~2.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (76% 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: 9.0% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (01/04/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (01/04/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (01/04/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

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

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£528k	£601k
31/12/2023	£490k	£519k
31/12/2022	£490k	£519k
31/12/2021	£599k	£384k
31/12/2020	£500k	£361k

Common questions

Is INTELLIGENCE CORPS ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that total funds carried forward at 31 December 2024 were £2,925,418, representing an overall surplus for the year of £110,773. The trustees report that the charity's financial resilience has not been impaired by recent economic events, allowing it to continue providing benevolence. Unrestricted funds stood at £1,228,587, while restricted funds were £1,696,831. Its FY2024 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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
ROYAL ENGINEERS CENTRAL CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£1.2m
THE JORDAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£1.1m
BNA CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION	1	£82k
LLOYD'S PATRIOTIC FUND	1	£65k
Army Benevolent Fund	1	£30k
ARMED FORCES COVENANT FUND	1	£10k
THE JONES 1986 CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£1k
THE MANCHESTER GUARDIAN SOCIETY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£500

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE ADJUTANT GENERAL'S CORPS ASSOCIATION.

THE ADJUTANT GENERAL'S CORPS ASSOCIATION income £1.0m
QUEEN ALEXANDRA'S ROYAL ARMY NURSING CORPS ASSOCIATION income £477k
THE SPECIAL AIR SERVICE REGIMENTAL ASSOCIATION income £589k
THE ROYAL LANCERS CHARITABLE TRUST income £231k
ROYAL ENGINEERS ASSOCIATION income £1.7m
THE MILITARY INTELLIGENCE MUSEUM income £128k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
INTELLIGENCE CORPS ASSOCIATION	£528k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ADJUTANT GENERAL'S CORPS ASSOCIATION FY2025	£1.0m	—	0	above	—	no doubt
QUEEN ALEXANDRA'S ROYAL ARMY NURSING CORPS ASSOCIATION FY2025	£477k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE SPECIAL AIR SERVICE REGIMENTAL ASSOCIATION FY2025	£589k	£60,000 or more	2	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ROYAL LANCERS CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£231k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ROYAL ENGINEERS ASSOCIATION FY2025	£1.7m	£70,001 - £80,000	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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