Innovista International

Analysis

Innovista International is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxford. It was registered in March 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, religious activities and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05371169). It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Innovista International reported income of £652k and spending of £741k, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £685k to £652k (-4.7%), an average of -1.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 74%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Innovista International sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Aid for Mankind UK (£652k), God's Vision Church (£653k) and Bournemouth Foodbank (£652k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 97% and charitable activities 2.5%. Charitable activities took 80% of spending and raising funds 18%. Grants to other organisations totalled £163k. Reserves of £25k would cover about 0 months of spending at that rate. It employed 12 people.

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.