International Brigade Memorial Trust

Analysis

International Brigade Memorial Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides advocacy/advice/information, sponsors or undertakes research and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, International Brigade Memorial Trust reported income of £33k and spending of £43k, spending 129% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £39k to £33k (-16%), an average of -4.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 130% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, International Brigade Memorial Trust sits at the 61st percentile: it is larger than about 61% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 54th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Philharmonia Trust Limited (£33k), The Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral Choir Association (£33k) and Scarborough Symphony Orchestra (£33k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.