Inter-Varsity Press

Analysis

Inter-Varsity Press is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05202650). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Inter-Varsity Press reported income of £1.4m and spending of £1.5m, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £1.5m to £1.4m (-11%), an average of -2.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income dropped by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 122% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Inter-Varsity Press sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Khoja Shia Ithna-Ashri (South London) Jamaat (£1.4m), Al-Mahdi Institute (£1.4m) and Multimedia Theological Training Limited (£1.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 55% and charitable activities 45%. Charitable activities took 43% of spending and raising funds 0.0%.

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.