The Institute of Race Relations

Analysis

The Institute of Race Relations is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 1963, 63 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 00601929). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information, sponsors or undertakes research and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Institute of Race Relations reported income of £260k and spending of £259k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £234k to £260k (+11%), an average of +2.7% a year. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Institute of Race Relations 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 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Edhec Charitable Trust (£260k), The Elizabethan Trust (£261k) and Little Oaks (£260k).