International Road Assessment Programme

Analysis

International Road Assessment Programme is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05476000). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, International Road Assessment Programme reported income of £4.3m and spending of £4.2m, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £2.3m to £4.3m (+88%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, International Road Assessment Programme sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mancroft Advice Project (Map) (£4.3m), City Harvest (£4.3m) and The Michael Uren Foundation (£4.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 34%, trading 33% and donations and legacies 31%. Charitable activities took 75% of spending and raising funds 24%. Grants to other organisations totalled £73k. Reserves of £1.4m would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 19 people.