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THE INSTITUTE OF GROCERY DISTRIBUTION

Registered charity 309939 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as I G D

IGD is an education and training charity for the food and grocery industry undertaking research for the benefit of the public.We develop people working in or looking to join the industry. We create a secure and sustainable public benefit through publicly sharing best practice and other research on the food industry.

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Latest income
£19.7m
Latest spending
£20.0m
Registered
1971
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that free reserves were £9.6m, equating to 5.3 months of planned expenditure, which is within the trustees' policy target range of 3 to 6 months. The charity is funded by its trading subsidiary, which generated a surplus of £5.5m, allowing the charity to continue investing in its charitable activities despite a small operating deficit before investment gains.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 3 to 6 months of planned expenditure (held: £9.6m)
“As a guide the level of free reserves should be within the range of 3 to 6 months of planned expenditure.” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income
£19.7m
Total spending
£20.0m
Cost of raising funds
£13.8m
Reserves (reported)
£9.6m
Employees
167

Reported reserves equal ~5.8 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (98% 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: 70.2% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 3.8%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£19.7m£20.0m
31/12/2024£19.3m£19.2m
31/12/2023£18.6m£19.2m
31/12/2022£16.5m£16.7m
31/12/2021£15.6m£14.7m

Common questions

Is THE INSTITUTE OF GROCERY DISTRIBUTION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that free reserves were £9.6m, equating to 5.3 months of planned expenditure, which is within the trustees' policy target range of 3 to 6 months. The charity is funded by its trading subsidiary, which generated a surplus of £5.5m, allowing the charity to continue investing in its charitable activities despite a small operating deficit before investment gains. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by BDO LLP.

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
LEVERHULME TRADE CHARITIES TRUST1£5.9m
THE BRITISH ACADEMY FOR THE PROMOTION OF HISTORICAL PHILOSOPHICAL AND PHILOLOGICAL STUDIES1£2.7m
THE JANE GOODALL INSTITUTE (UK)1£206k
GLOBAL DIALOGUE1£99k
INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT1£38k
ELRHA1£30k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE INSTITUTE OF GROCERY DISTRIBUTION£19.7m——unclear—no doubt
THE INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES FY2025£23.4m——below—no doubt
THE BGI FY2025£650k——below—no doubt
THE WHITEHALL AND INDUSTRY GROUP FY2025£3.3m——above—no doubt
INTERNATIONAL GAUCHER ALLIANCE FY2024£335k£70,001 - £80,0001above—noted
INDEPENDENT PUBLISHERS GUILD FY2024£1.0m——unclear—no doubt

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