THE INSTITUTE OF RACE RELATIONS

Registered charity 223989 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Educational work on improving race relations

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Latest income
£260k
Latest spending
£259k
Registered
1963
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a significant increase in net assets, rising from £264,484 in 2024 to £1,335,352 in 2025, driven largely by the sale of its freehold property. Per the trustees' report, the proceeds from this sale have been placed in a designated Building Fund to protect capital for future property purchases, while the charity continues to rely on grants and donations to meet ongoing operational costs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Payments to trustees: Jane Bourne received remuneration of £227.
Jane Bourne received remuneration of £227 (2024: £Nil) during the year. J Bourne was a member of staff up to July 2024 when she was appointed as a trustee. The salary was paid before becoming a trustee. — page 25
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Note 9
Jane Bourne received remuneration of £227 (2024: £Nil) during the year. J Bourne was a member of staff up to July 2024 when she was appointed as a trustee. The salary was paid before becoming a trustee. — page 25
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£260k£259k
31/03/2024£246k£243k
31/03/2023£249k£248k
31/03/2022£228k£216k
31/03/2021£234k£209k

Common questions

Is THE INSTITUTE OF RACE RELATIONS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a significant increase in net assets, rising from £264,484 in 2024 to £1,335,352 in 2025, driven largely by the sale of its freehold property. Per the trustees' report, the proceeds from this sale have been placed in a designated Building Fund to protect capital for future property purchases, while the charity continues to rely on grants and donations to meet ongoing operational costs. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund18/04/2019£10kIRR NEWS
The National Lottery Heritage Fund11/06/2007£50k"Black Struggles in Britain from the 1950s to the 1980s"
The National Lottery Community Fund10/09/2004£142kCommunity Group Development

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE RACING FOUNDATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE INSTITUTE OF RACE RELATIONS£260k0unclearno doubt
THE RACING FOUNDATION FY2024£1.2munclearno doubt
INSTITUTE OF EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS FY2025£150k0unclearno doubt
WOOLF INSTITUTE FY2025£835kunclearno doubt
MW (HO) FOUNDATION FY2024£207k0unclearno doubt
THE ROZAC CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024£1.3m0unclearno doubt

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