The British Institute of Innkeeping

Analysis

The British Institute of Innkeeping is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hampshire. It was registered in February 1982, 44 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 01601185). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The British Institute of Innkeeping reported income of £2.3m and spending of £2.0m, spending 88% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £2.4m to £2.3m (-4.8%), an average of -1.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The British Institute of Innkeeping 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 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Paul's Waldorf School (£2.3m), First Rung Ltd (£2.3m) and Liverpool John Moores University Students' Union (£2.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 51%, trading 36% and investments 6.2%. Charitable activities took 87% of spending and raising funds 13%. Reserves of £2.1m would cover about 13 months of spending at that rate. It employed 26 people.