International Broadcasting Trust

Analysis

International Broadcasting Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08275287). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, International Broadcasting Trust reported income of £125k and spending of £140k, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £91k to £125k (+37%), an average of +8.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, International Broadcasting Trust sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Alresford Pre-School (£125k), Step Up Family Organisation (£125k) and Association for Character Education Ltd (£125k).

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.