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INTERNATIONAL HOUSE TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 270860 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ENGLISH LANGUAGE SERVICES INTERNATIONAL LIMITED, INTERNATIONAL HOUSE

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Latest income
£17.6m
Latest spending
£17.5m
Registered
1976
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a modest surplus of £81,000 in 2024, with total funds increasing to £8,193,000. The trustees consider the current levels of free reserves and cash to be adequate, citing strong cash flow from advance course fees and a history of generating trading surpluses.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: Planned level of cash and short-term deposits taking account of charitable purposes, operational/financial risks, and future developments (held: £8.2m)
“The Trustees maintain a planned level of cash and short-term deposits, taking account of: The charitable purposes. Operational and financial risks and seasonal fluctuations. Cash which may be needed for future developments.” — page 19
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The document states payments were made to IHWO on normal commercial terms and IHWO made payments to the Trust. It does not explicitly label these as 'related party transactions' in the note header, but Note 10 details the shareholding and transactions. However, Note 6 explicitly addresses trustees. Note 10 details IHWO. I will include IHWO as a related party transaction as it is a connected entity with disclosed transactions.
“During the year the Trust made payments to IHWO of £20,729 (2023: £26,164) on normal commercial terms. Payments of £469 (2023: £Nil) were made by IHWO to the Trust.” — page 43
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by HaysMac LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income
£17.6m
Total spending
£17.5m
Reserves (reported)
£8.2m
Employees
445

Reported reserves equal ~5.6 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire · Camden

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£17.6m£17.5m
31/12/2023£17.0m£16.1m
31/12/2022£13.2m£12.9m
31/12/2021£8.9m£10.3m
31/12/2020£9.1m£11.0m

Common questions

Is INTERNATIONAL HOUSE TRUST LIMITED financially healthy?

The accounts state that the charity generated a modest surplus of £81,000 in 2024, with total funds increasing to £8,193,000. The trustees consider the current levels of free reserves and cash to be adequate, citing strong cash flow from advance course fees and a history of generating trading surpluses. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by HaysMac LLP.