INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF COMMUNICATIONS

Registered charity 261990 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as INTERNATIONAL BROADCAST INSTITUTE LIMITED, THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED

To provide a forum for those operating in the digital economy to identify and discuss issues and practices in the digital world (including advertising and trade related matters) and to promote the formulation of regulations and best practices to ensure that they benefit the public, provide appropriate safeguards for children and other vulnerable users and protect civil and human rights.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£691k
Latest spending
£631k
Registered
1971
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £60,034 for the year ended 31 January 2025, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £280,681. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, adopting the going concern basis. The organization is classified as small under the Companies Act 2006 and is exempt from audit.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £90,001 - £100,000 — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median £60k)
In the band £90,001 - £100,000 — page 19
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: sufficient to cover annual running costs (held: £281k)
The directors seek to maintain funds sufficient to cover annual running costs in order that the charity can run efficiently and meet the needs of the members. — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

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.

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/01/2025)

Total income
£691k
Total spending
£631k
Cost of raising funds
£21k
Reserves (reported)
£281k
Employees
5

Reported reserves equal ~5.3 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Afghanistan · Albania · Algeria · Andorra · Angola · Antigua And Barbuda · Argentina · Armenia · Australia · Austria · Azerbaijan · Bahrain

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/01/2025£691k£631k
31/01/2024£682k£704k
31/01/2023£636k£609k
31/01/2022£498k£482k
31/01/2021£473k£566k

Common questions

Is INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF COMMUNICATIONS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £60,034 for the year ended 31 January 2025, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £280,681. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, adopting the going concern basis. The organization is classified as small under the Companies Act 2006 and is exempt from audit. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

What does the highest-paid employee of INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF COMMUNICATIONS earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £90,001 - £100,000 band.

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE INDIGO TRUST1£300k
THE MILLBY FOUNDATION1£10k
EMERTON-CHRISTIE CHARITY1£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CONSUMERS INTERNATIONAL.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF COMMUNICATIONS£691k£90,001 - £100,000unclearno doubt
CONSUMERS INTERNATIONAL FY2024£2.7munclearno doubt
INTERNET WATCH FOUNDATION FY2025£7.0maboveno doubt
CHILDNET FY2025£739k0unclearno doubt
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL CHARITY FY2025£5.7m0unclearno doubt
THE INSTITUTE OF LICENSING FY2025£556k0aboveno doubt

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