Institute of Alcohol Studies

Analysis

Institute of Alcohol Studies is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05661538). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Institute of Alcohol Studies reported income of £466k and spending of £449k, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £542k to £466k (-14%), an average of -3.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Institute of Alcohol Studies sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Vintners' Foundation (£466k), Hand in Hand Support (£467k) and Edmund Rice Bicentennial Trust Limited (£466k).