INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT

Registered charity 800066 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q16987067 · Wikipedia · also known as IIED · also registered in Scotland as SC039864 (OSCR)

An independent, non-profit research institute working in the field of sustainable development. Aims to provide expertise and leadership in researching and achieving sustainable development at local, national and global levels. In alliance with others we seek to help shape a future that ends global poverty and delivers and sustains efficient and equitable management of the world's natural resources

Objects

1. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY ALL CHARITABLE MEANS. 2. TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE PRESERVATION, CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE PRUDENT USE OF NATURAL RESOURCES, THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE IN SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES AND THE PROMOTION OF SUSTAINABLE MEANS FOR ACHIEVING ECONOMIC GROWTH AND REGENERATION.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: City of London, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£32.5m

Latest spending

£34.3m

Registered

1989

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £1.8m for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in negative free reserves of £0.7m. The trustees have concluded that going concern is appropriate, citing secured post-year-end funding of £3.8m and planned cost reductions to address a volatile funding environment. The charity is targeting a reserves policy of £4m to £5m, with projections to return to positive free reserves of £1.5m by the end of FY26 and FY27.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £4m to £5m (reserves figure: −£700k)

“trustees have reviewed the reserves policy and agreed a revised target range of £4m to £5m in free reserves” — page 19

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 4 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
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

Government income: £11,874,000 — grants £11,874,000 (12); 36% of the £32,550,000 total gross income on the same return
Employees paid over £60,000: 48 (£60,001–£70,000: 18; £70,001–£80,000: 12; £80,001–£90,000: 8; £90,001–£100,000: 6; £100,001–£110,000: 1; £110,001–£120,000: 1; £130,001–£140,000: 1; £150,001–£200,000: 1)

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

Government income: £18,422,000 — contracts £23,192 (2), grants £18,398,808 (25); 70% of the £26,310,000 total gross income on the same return
Employees paid over £60,000: 41 (£60,001–£70,000: 14; £70,001–£80,000: 17; £80,001–£90,000: 7; £90,001–£100,000: 1; £100,001–£110,000: 1; £120,001–£130,000: 1)
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

Government income: £4,384,073 — contracts £13,270 (1), grants £4,370,803 (14); 21% of the £21,129,000 total gross income on the same return
Employees paid over £60,000: 25 (£60,001–£70,000: 8; £70,001–£80,000: 13; £80,001–£90,000: 3; £110,001–£120,000: 1)

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

In the news

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

International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) is Seeking an Internal Communications & Events Manager - Apply Before 23 November 2025 globalsouthopportunities.com · 09/11/2025
Camilla Toulmin, director, International Institute for Environment and Development theguardian.com · 20/09/2010

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 02188452

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.

BHANDARI, Preety — director, appointed 24/06/2026on trustee list
POTTER, Jonathan Bernard — director, appointed 26/03/2026on trustee list
AUSTIN, Chris — director, appointed 22/07/2025on trustee list
GUDAL, Nafisa — director, appointed 21/03/2025on trustee list
TAN, Mei Yan Carol — director, appointed 21/03/2025on trustee list
GRACE, Ineza — director, appointed 21/03/2025on trustee list
KOLLEGALA, Revathi Sharma — director, appointed 23/11/2023on trustee list
TAYLOR, John — director, appointed 23/11/2023on trustee list
NARULLA, Harjeevan Singh — director, appointed 06/12/2022on trustee list
STEVENSON, Paul, Mr. — director, appointed 06/12/2022on trustee list
VAN AALST, Maarten Krispijn, Professor — director, appointed 06/12/2021not on trustee list
GEORGE, Paul — director, appointed 06/12/2021on trustee list
PEREZ-PORRO, Alicia, Dr — director, appointed 06/12/2021on trustee list
WALSH, Nicole — secretary, appointed 15/09/2023

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook (25,078 followers) · instagram (2,792 followers)

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

Total income

£32.5m

Total spending

£34.3m

Reserves (reported)

£0

Employees

164

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (100% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.7%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Paul Damian Georgechair · trustee of 1 other charity
Chris Austin · trustee of 2 other charities
Harjeevan Singh Narulla
Ineza Grace
John Taylor
Jonathan Potter
Mei Yan Carol Tan
Nafisa Gudal
Paul Stevenson
Preety Bhandari
Professor Maarten Krispijn van Aalst
Revathi Sharma Kollegala

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

Operates in: Argentina · Australia · Bangladesh · Benin · Bhutan · Bolivia · Burkina Faso · Burma · Cameroon · China · Congo (Democratic Republic) · Denmark

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£32.5m	£34.3m
31/03/2024	£26.3m	£26.3m
31/03/2023	£21.1m	£21.1m
31/03/2022	£20.6m	£21.0m
31/03/2021	£18.2m	£18.3m

Common questions

Is INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £1.8m for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in negative free reserves of £0.7m. The trustees have concluded that going concern is appropriate, citing secured post-year-end funding of £3.8m and planned cost reductions to address a volatile funding environment. The charity is targeting a reserves policy of £4m to £5m, with projections to return to positive free reserves of £1.5m by the end of FY26 and FY27. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Crowe U.K. LLP.

Who funds INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT?

Funders whose own accounts filings name INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT as a grant recipient include ANTI-SLAVERY INTERNATIONAL.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
ANTI-SLAVERY INTERNATIONAL	FY2025	£98k	Other

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
UK government	01/04/2020	amount not stated	Advancing Land-based Investment Governance (ALIGN)
UK government	01/04/2020	£711k	The Least Developed Countries Initiative for Effective Adaptation and Resilience
UK government	01/04/2017	£455k	AG with IIED - Financing Climate Resilience
UK government	01/04/2017	£78k	Empowering Rural Producers in Commerical Agriculture (EPIC) to increase economic opportunities for smallholder farmers

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE BRITISH ACADEMY FOR THE PROMOTION OF HISTORICAL PHILOSOPHICAL AND PHILOLOGICAL STUDIES	1	£3.2m
THE NUFFIELD FOUNDATION	1	£1.9m
WORLD VISION UK	1	£164k
ELRHA	1	£154k
FOUNDATIONS - WHAT WORKS CENTRE FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES	1	£135k
THE JOSEPH ROWNTREE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£115k
GLOBAL DIALOGUE	1	£99k
FRIENDS PROVIDENT CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£97k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE PHILANTHROPY.

INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE PHILANTHROPY income £421k
INSTITUTE FOR EMPLOYMENT STUDIES income £4.1m
INSTITUTE FOR THE FUTURE OF WORK income £993k
ICEED UK income £685k
THE INSTITUTE FOR PHILANTHROPY income £244k
THE INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES income £23.4m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT	£32.5m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE PHILANTHROPY FY2025	£421k	£80,001 - £100,000	2	above	—	no doubt
INSTITUTE FOR EMPLOYMENT STUDIES FY2025	£4.1m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
INSTITUTE FOR THE FUTURE OF WORK FY2025	£993k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ICEED UK FY2025	£685k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
THE INSTITUTE FOR PHILANTHROPY FY2025	£244k	—	—	below	—	no doubt

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