THE BRITISH INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AND COMPARATIVE LAW
Registered charity 209425 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
To promote by means of study groups, meetings and conferences the study and development of international law and comparative law (including foreign law).To promote or commission research into international law and comparative law (including foreign law) and to publish or arrange for publication or otherwise disseminate the results of that research.
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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts
The accounts state that total income decreased by 39% to £3,458,821, largely due to the transfer of Modern Slavery PEC funding, while total expenditure fell by 20% to £4,307,287. The charity reported a net decrease in funds of £810,342, resulting in total fund balances of £1,833,448. The trustees consider there are no material uncertainties regarding the Institute's ability to continue as a going concern.
Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Accounts audited by Sayer Vincent LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.
In the news
Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).
Corporate structure
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Tom Asher — Director of Operations (source)
- Carmel Brown — Director of Marketing and Communications (source)
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).
- Arts and Humanities Research Council — “BIICL Research Funders
Arts and Humanities Research Council” (source page)
Company officers (Companies House)
Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.
- SHEPPARD, Audley William — director, appointed 11/12/2024not on trustee list
- GREGORY, Mark — director, appointed 11/12/2024on trustee list
- KAMAU, Ndanga — director, appointed 11/12/2024on trustee list
- JONES, Katherine Louise — director, appointed 26/06/2024on trustee list
- SALOMON, Eve Coulter — director, appointed 01/07/2023not on trustee list
- BAO, Chiann — director, appointed 06/12/2021on trustee list
- MACNEIL, Iain Gerard, Professor — director, appointed 20/09/2021on trustee list
- MOTANI, Habib — director, appointed 20/09/2021on trustee list
- BERINGER, Guy Gibson — director, appointed 20/09/2021on trustee list
- JUST, Alexander David — director, appointed 20/09/2021on trustee list
- MACLEOD, Sorcha, Dr — director, appointed 20/09/2021on trustee list
- CHARANIA, Shehzad — director, appointed 20/09/2021on trustee list
- PERKS, Elizabeth Caroline — director, appointed 07/12/2020on trustee list
- ASHER, Thomas Michael — secretary, appointed 31/03/2026
Official officers record.
Property (HM Land Registry)
2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)
Cost of raising funds
£123k
Reported reserves equal ~1.5 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 (92% 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: 3.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Belgium · Burma · France · Germany · India · Italy · Jordan · Malaysia · Occupied Palestinian Territories · Poland · Qatar · South Africa
Income and spending
Common questions
Is THE BRITISH INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AND COMPARATIVE LAW financially healthy?
Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that total income decreased by 39% to £3,458,821, largely due to the transfer of Modern Slavery PEC funding, while total expenditure fell by 20% to £4,307,287. The charity reported a net decrease in funds of £810,342, resulting in total fund balances of £1,833,448. The trustees consider there are no material uncertainties regarding the Institute's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Sayer Vincent LLP.
Who funds THE BRITISH INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AND COMPARATIVE LAW?
Funders whose own accounts filings name THE BRITISH INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AND COMPARATIVE LAW as a grant recipient include THE NUFFIELD FOUNDATION, THE SYBIL SHINE MEMORIAL TRUST, RANDEREE CHARITABLE TRUST.
Known funders
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Government & lottery funding
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Side by side with its peers
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