Institute of Business Ethics

Analysis

Institute of Business Ethics is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under community and economic development. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 11594672). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Institute of Business Ethics reported income of £617k and spending of £747k, spending 121% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £825k to £617k (-25%), an average of -7.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income dropped by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 1,869 England and Wales charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Institute of Business Ethics sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Public Interest News Foundation (£613k), Settled (£626k) and Windsor Fellowship (£613k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 85% and charitable activities 14%. Charitable activities took 95% of spending and raising funds 5.0%. Reserves of £296k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 8 people.