INSTITUTE OF BUSINESS ETHICS

Registered charity 1180741 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The IBE is a Charity providing space and guidance for organisations and leaders to turn values into action through leadership, culture and decision making.CEO, Lauren Branston (Bryan)- contact - [email protected] of Operations and Culture - Sonja McGurk- contact - [email protected]

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Latest income

£888k

Latest spending

£1.0m

Registered

2018

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that total unrestricted free reserves were £398,930 as of 31 December 2024, which exceeds the Board's stated policy target of holding a minimum of £300,000. The trustees confirmed that the charity has sufficient resources to meet its liabilities as they fall due and prepared the accounts on a going concern basis.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: minimum of £300,000 (held: £399k)

“Based on these calculations, the Board confirmed that for 2024 we should continue to hold a minimum of £300,000 in reserves, to cover both routine operations as well as any further expenditure needed outside the norm.” — page 11

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Sayer Vincent LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

Total income

£888k

Total spending

£1.0m

Cost of raising funds

£118k

Reserves (reported)

£399k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~4.7 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (69% 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: 13.3% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (01/12/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Flora Page KCchair
Fabiola Williams
LOUISE TERRY
Mark Dawson
Sarah Mason
Siwan Kalatzi
Timothy Langton

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

Operates in: Australia · Cyprus · France · Luxembourg · New Zealand · South Africa · Switzerland · Throughout England And Wales · United States

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£888k	£1.0m
31/12/2023	£891k	£810k
31/12/2022	£829k	£721k
31/12/2021	£825k	£789k
31/12/2020	£931k	£940k

Common questions

Is INSTITUTE OF BUSINESS ETHICS financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that total unrestricted free reserves were £398,930 as of 31 December 2024, which exceeds the Board's stated policy target of holding a minimum of £300,000. The trustees confirmed that the charity has sufficient resources to meet its liabilities as they fall due and prepared the accounts on a going concern basis. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Sayer Vincent LLP.

Who funds INSTITUTE OF BUSINESS ETHICS?

Funders whose own accounts filings name INSTITUTE OF BUSINESS ETHICS as a grant recipient include JOFFE CHARITABLE TRUST CIO.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
JOFFE CHARITABLE TRUST CIO	FY2023	£33k
JOFFE CHARITABLE TRUST CIO	FY2024	£2k

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
Alex Ferry Foundation	1	£30k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with INTERNATIONAL BEE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION.

INTERNATIONAL BEE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION income £740k
INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS & BUSINESS LIMITED income £3.0m
THE INSTITUTE OF LEADERSHIP income £4.7m
INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE FUND UK income £924k
INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE ORGANIZATION (UK) LIMITED income £26.7m
THE CHARTERED INSTITUTION OF BUILDING SERVICES ENGINEERS income £11.1m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
INSTITUTE OF BUSINESS ETHICS	£888k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
INTERNATIONAL BEE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION FY2024	£740k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS & BUSINESS LIMITED FY2024	£3.0m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE INSTITUTE OF LEADERSHIP FY2025	£4.7m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE FUND UK FY2024	£924k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE ORGANIZATION (UK) LIMITED FY2025	£26.7m	£160,001 - £170,000	—	above	—	noted

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