THE HISPANIC AND LUSO BRAZILIAN COUNCIL

Registered charity 314210 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CANNING HOUSE, THE HISPANIC COUNCIL

THE HISPANIC AND LUSO BRAZILIAN COUNCIL IS A NON-POLITICAL REGISTERED CHARITY WHOSE AIM IS THE STRENGTHENING OF UNDERSTANDING AND FOSTERING OF CLOSER UK RELATIONSHIPS WITH LATIN AMERICA, SPAIN AND PORTUGAL.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF KNOWLEDGE AMONG THE INHABITANTS OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE AND THE COUNTRIES OF LATIN AMERICA AND SPAIN OF THE CULTURE, LANGUAGES AND ECONOMICS OF THESE COUNTRIES

Area of benefit: BRITISH COMMONWEALTH COUNTRIES OF LATIN AMERICAN AND SPAIN

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a total operating loss including investment gains of £666k, with unrestricted reserves standing at £13.5m. The trustees note that the investment portfolio provides sufficient insurance to survive current uncertainties, and the auditor confirmed no material uncertainties regarding going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Dixon Wilson Audit Services LLP. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2021)

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (68% 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: 10.2% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alexander Brennan
• Carla Ferreira
• Cristobal Pollman
• Dr Irene Mia
• Dr Lourdes Casanova
• Dr Luis Oganes
• Ed Poulton
• Fiona Clouder
• Gui Silva
• Jaime Gornsztejn
• Marcelo Scenna
• Marcial Echenique
• Maria Dolores Vallenilla
• Nicholas McCall
• Rodolfo Milesi
• Vitoria Nabas

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

Operates in: Argentina · Belize · Bolivia · Brazil · Chile · Colombia · Costa Rica · Dominican Republic · Ecuador · El Salvador · Guatemala · Mexico

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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