THE ROYAL INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

Registered charity 208223 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHATHAM HOUSE

Independent research and analysis of international issues and the dissemination of that research as widely as possible. The provision of an independent, accessible platform for debate on international issues.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £223,000 for the year, resulting in a reduction of net assets to £35,514,000. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £4,330,000, which the Council noted was below the policy target of six months' expenditure, though sufficient to maintain going concern status.

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

What the accounts disclose

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

Year-over-year changes

• Going concern: going-concern doubt noted (FY2024) → no going-concern doubt (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Property (HM Land Registry)

8 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold); recorded price paid £8.3m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Electoral Commission register entries

Entries on the Electoral Commission’s public register where this charity (or its company) appears as the source — typically sponsorship of an APPG or an overseas visit provided to an MP, which charities may lawfully do. Shown with the Commission’s own reference; this is a transparency record, not an allegation.

• Visit: Mr Steve McCabe (MP - Member of Parliament) — £3k · 20/03/2022 · Israel · ref V0557824
  Fact-finding. Meeting with Israeli co-existence campaigners, politicians, academics and diplomats. Attending the Seventh UK-Israel Strategic Dialogue organised by Chatham House in partnership with ELNET UK.
• Visit: Mr Bambos Charalambous (MP - Member of Parliament) — £3k · 20/03/2022 · Israel · ref V0557806
  Fact-finding visit. Meeting with Israeli co-existence campaigners, politicians, academics and diplomats. Attending the Seventh UK-Israel Strategic Dialogue organised by Chatham House in partnership with ELNET UK.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~2.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (68% 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: 10.7% of total income — above the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Simon James Fraserchair
• Alan Houmann
• Bal Krishna Kochar
• Bridget Kendall
• David Nussbaum · trustee of 2 other charities
• Herbert Peter Swaniker
• Jessica Mary Cecil · trustee of 2 other charities
• Joanna Helen Cound
• Juliet Scott Dryden
• Keith Darryl Harrington · trustee of 1 other charity
• Robert Macaire

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WELSH CENTRE FOR INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS / CANOLFAN MATERION RHYNGWLADOL CYMRU.

• WELSH CENTRE FOR INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS / CANOLFAN MATERION RHYNGWLADOL CYMRU income £1.2m
• INSTITUTE FOR STRATEGIC DIALOGUE income £6.1m
• ROYAL INSTITUTE OF NAVIGATION income £705k
• THE ROYAL INSTITUTE OF PHILOSOPHY income £469k
• THE INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS LIMITED income £1.3m
• THE ROYAL UNITED SERVICES INSTITUTE FOR DEFENCE AND SECURITY STUDIES income £16.6m

Side by side with its peers

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