Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: 5

Support Score: 5

Poor Liquidity: -1
Good Reserves: +1Multiple Deficits: -2

12+ Trustees: -1
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 8

THE ROYAL INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

Independent research and analysis of international issues and the dissemination of that research as widely as possible. The provision of an independent, accessible platform for debate on international issues.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are 13 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12
Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end but unrestricted reserves are available
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Established: 62 years

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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23	£20,394	£21,699	£-1,305	£2,037	£36,045	£21,675	12	206	0
31/03/22	£23,235	£19,158	£4,077	£1,400	£38,406	£22,646	14.2	209	0
31/03/21	£24,444	£18,135	£6,309	£1,397	£33,722	£22,177	14.7	193	0
31/03/20	£28,897	£19,123	£9,774	£2,065	£25,046	£19,365	12.2	185	43
31/03/19	£16,607	£17,407	£-800	£894	£16,146	£12,007	8.3	163	39
31/03/18	£17,740	£16,864	£876	£829	£16,583	£12,528	8.9	166	0
31/03/17	£17,872	£15,850	£2,022	£754	£15,912	£11,833	9	158	0
31/03/16	£16,582	£14,698	£1,884	£787	£12,944	£9,369	7.6	152	0
31/03/15	£15,880	£13,682	£2,198	£2,048	£13,759	£7,780	6.8	135	0
31/03/14	£12,766	£11,685	£1,081	£1,834	£11,154	£7,023	7.2	125	0
31/03/13	£9,845	£10,131	£-286	£1,614	£10,083	£7,006	8.3	110	0
31/03/12	£9,457	£8,919	£538	£1,467	£9,871	£6,705	9	109	0
31/03/11	£7,239	£7,022	£217	£1,614	£9,392	£6,486	11.1	95	0
31/03/10	£7,833	£6,341	£1,492	£1,449	£9,048	£4,644	8.8	90	0
31/03/09	£7,083	£6,187	£896	£1,353	£7,605	£4,178	8.1	82	0
31/03/08	£6,588	£5,958	£630	£830	£7,478	£3,576	7.2	78	0
31/03/07	£6,218	£5,331	£887	£458	£7,122	£3,369	7.6	75	0
31/03/06	£6,002	£5,476	£526	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	£4,910	£4,795	£115	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	£4,758	£4,528	£231	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 10.9%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 9.5%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 23%
Highest pay band: £150,000-£200,000
Liabilities/Assets: 25%
Liabilities/Income: 57%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 60%
Reserves/Spending: 12 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: -1 months
Quick Ratio: 0.3

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What it does

Education/Training
Other Charitable Purposes

Who works here?

206 employees

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Rothschild Foundation - Grant to Chatham House
£100,000	17/11/2021	Chatham House: The UK’s Global Role: Priorities, Partners & Pathways
Dulverton Trust - Zimbabwe Futures 2030
£14,370	12/06/2019	Zimbabwe Futures 2030
Dulverton Trust - Research for Chatham House Paper on Zimbabwe's Political Economy
£5,000	22/03/2016	Research for Chatham House Paper on Zimbabwe's Political Economy
The Segelman Trust - Grant to Chatham House
£12,000	01/03/2016 3	To support a covening of charity leaders and other experts to discuss the refugee crisis and coordinated action

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (13)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 12/13 persons

ALAN HOUMANN Appointed: 2023

ANDREW PAYNE Appointed: 2018

ANITA LOWENSTEIN DENT Appointed: 2019, Other trusteeship: TEACH2TEACH INTERNATIONAL,

DAVID NUSSBAUM Appointed: 2022, Other trusteeship: INTERNATIONAL ALERT,

DR RHODRI HUW WILLIAMS Appointed: 2022

HERBERT PETER SWANIKER Appointed: 2023

IRENE DORNER Appointed: 2023

JOANNA HELEN COUND Appointed: 2022

JOHN BERRIMAN Appointed: 2016

JULIET SCOTT DRYDEN Appointed: 2021

ROBERT MACAIRE Appointed: 2023

SAM ALVIS Appointed: 2022

SIR NIGEL SHEINWALD (Chair) Appointed: 2021

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 22/09/1962, number: 208223
Registered at Companies House on 01/01/1970, number: RC000485

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
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
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; all on time

Main office

ROYAL INSTITUTE OF
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
CHATHAM HOUSE
10 ST. JAMES'S SQUARE
LONDON
SW1Y 4LE

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE SCIENCES OF INTERNATIONAL POLITICS, ECONOMICS AND JURISPRUDENCE AND THE STUDY CLASSIFICATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE LITERATURE OF THESE SUBJECTS. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS OF THE OBJECTS SEE CLAUSE 4 OF ROYAL CHARTER).

Defined Area of Benefit:

WORLDWIDE

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