THE INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES

Registered charity 306371 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as IDS

Latest income

£23.4m

Latest spending

£26.9m

Registered

1966

We have not yet analysed this charity’s accounts. Register data shown below.

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

Total income

£23.4m

Total spending

£26.9m

Cost of raising funds

£69k

Reserves (reported)

£5.3m

Employees

250

Reported reserves equal ~2.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

Professor Deepak Nayyarchair
Awo Ablo
Dr Sasha Roseneil
Ernest Aryeetey
Jenny Natasha Clayton · trustee of 1 other charity
Jeremy Lind
Jose Antonio Ocampo Gaviria
Mariam Zabakhidze
Michael Charles Bellamy · trustee of 1 other charity
Professor Anuradha Joshi
Tamsyn Barton

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

Operates in: Brighton And Hove

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£23.4m	£26.9m
31/03/2024	£26.3m	£29.8m
31/03/2023	£31.8m	£31.9m
31/03/2022	£29.2m	£29.7m
31/03/2021	£31.4m	£28.1m

Common questions

Who funds THE INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES as a grant recipient include THE BRITISH ACADEMY FOR THE PROMOTION OF HISTORICAL PHILOSOPHICAL AND PHILOLOGICAL STUDIES, GLOBAL DIALOGUE, INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT, ELRHA.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount
THE BRITISH ACADEMY FOR THE PROMOTION OF HISTORICAL PHILOSOPHICAL AND PHILOLOGICAL STUDIES	FY2025	£1.8m
THE BRITISH ACADEMY FOR THE PROMOTION OF HISTORICAL PHILOSOPHICAL AND PHILOLOGICAL STUDIES	FY2022	£604k
GLOBAL DIALOGUE	FY2023	£81k
INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT	FY2025	£38k
ELRHA	FY2022	£30k
GLOBAL DIALOGUE	FY2025	£271