The International Commission on Radiological Protection

Analysis

The International Commission on Radiological Protection is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in K1r 1a4. It was registered in March 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The International Commission on Radiological Protection reported income of £825k and spending of £845k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £693k to £825k (+19%), an average of +4.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The International Commission on Radiological Protection sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Birmingham LGBT (£825k), Better World Charity Limited (£826k) and C.b.c. Charitable Trust (£825k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 91%, trading 5.2% and donations and legacies 2.8%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £440k would cover about 6 months of spending at that rate. It employed 5 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.