THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR STRATEGIC STUDIES

Registered charity 206504 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as I I S S

The IISS aims to provide, from an international perspective, the best objective information on military and political developments and to assist in conflict resolution through the conduct of dialogues and conferences, research and publications. Its mission is to promote the adoption of sound policies to further global peace and security and maintain civilised international relations.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Institute held free reserves of £11,896,000, which equated to approximately 6 months of operating expenditure, meeting the Trustees' policy target of between 3 and 6 months. Per the Trustees' report, the financial health is considered sound, with total net assets increasing to £39,417,000 and no loan liabilities at the year-end.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~4.8 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Lord Mark Sedwillchair
• BILL EMMOTT
• Caroline Atkinson
• Chung Min Lee
• Dr Grace Skaugen
• Florence Parly
• Hakeem Belo-Osagie
• John Brennan
• Kasper Rorsted
• Matthew John Symonds
• Matthew Symonds · trustee of 1 other charity
• Neha Aviral · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Bahrain · City Of London · Germany · India · Singapore · United States

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE ROYAL INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS.

• THE ROYAL INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS income £20.2m
• INSTITUTE FOR STRATEGIC DIALOGUE income £5.2m
• THE ROYAL UNITED SERVICES INSTITUTE FOR DEFENCE AND SECURITY STUDIES income £16.6m
• THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR CONSERVATION OF HISTORIC AND ARTISTIC WORKS income £435k
• THE INSTITUTE FOR FISCAL STUDIES income £13.1m
• INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT income £32.5m

Side by side with its peers

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