ISEAL ALLIANCE

Registered charity 1199607 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity supports ambitious sustainability systems and their partners to tackle the world's most pressing challenges. With a focus on credible practices, we advance scalable and effective solutions that make a lasting impact. Through our work to drive collective efforts, we make markets a force for good.

Causes: Environment/conservation/heritage · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£6.1m
Latest spending
£5.9m
Registered
2022
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that ISEAL Alliance finished the year in a strong financial position with total income increasing to £6.1m and unrestricted reserves at £1.12m. The trustees report that these free reserves are equivalent to 3.8 months of salary and overhead costs, which is close to the top of the board's target range of 3-4 months. The charity has no investments, with current assets held in cash deposits, and maintains a healthy balance between restricted and unrestricted income.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 3-4 months of ongoing staff and overhead expenditure (held: £1.1m)
“They have set a target reserve so that ISEAL will aim to hold reserves within the range of 3-4 months of ongoing staff and overhead expenditure.”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Buzzacott LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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): linkedin

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

Total income
£6.1m
Total spending
£5.9m
Reserves (reported)
£1.1m
Employees
56

Reported reserves equal ~2.3 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Belgium · Canada · Hong Kong · India · Switzerland · Throughout England And Wales · United States

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£6.1m£5.9m
31/12/2023£4.2m£3.8m
31/12/2022£3.0m£3.0m

Common questions

Is ISEAL ALLIANCE financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that ISEAL Alliance finished the year in a strong financial position with total income increasing to £6.1m and unrestricted reserves at £1.12m. The trustees report that these free reserves are equivalent to 3.8 months of salary and overhead costs, which is close to the top of the board's target range of 3-4 months. The charity has no investments, with current assets held in cash deposits, and maintains a healthy balance between restricted and unrestricted income. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Buzzacott LLP.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government01/04/2024£1.7m301321-403 ISEAL Alliance Tackling Deforestation through Smallholder Livelihood Improvements and Sustainable Land Use
UK government01/04/2023£38k301321-403 Tackling Deforestation through Smallholder Livelihood Improvements an
UK government12/12/2022£22kConcise Consumer Communication through Robust Labels for Bio-based Systems
UK government12/12/2022£48kConcise Consumer Communication through Robust Labels for Bio-based Systems
UK government01/08/2022£54kSustainability Transition Assessment Rules for Bio-Based Systems (STAR4BBS)
UK government01/08/2022£87kSustainability Transition Assessment Rules for Bio-Based Systems (STAR4BBS)
UK government01/04/2022£6kConcise Consumer Communication through Robust Labels for Bio-based Systems
UK government01/04/2022£34kSustainability Transition Assessment Rules for Bio-Based Systems (STAR4BBS)

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ALLIANCE PUBLISHING TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ISEAL ALLIANCE£6.1m——unclear—no doubt
ALLIANCE PUBLISHING TRUST FY2024£750k——within—no doubt
SUSTAIN: THE ALLIANCE FOR BETTER FOOD & FARMING FY2025£2.7m——within—no doubt
THE RESOURCE ALLIANCE LIMITED FY2025£1.6m——unclear—no doubt
RAINFOREST ALLIANCE LTD FY2024£2.4m——unclear—no doubt
ISLAMIC AID FY2025£6.6m—0within—no doubt

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