Institute of Hospitality

Analysis

Institute of Hospitality is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sutton. It was registered in October 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 00474810). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Institute of Hospitality reported income of £1.3m and spending of £1.3m, spending 105% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £922k to £1.3m (+40%), an average of +8.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Institute of Hospitality sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ukcisa (£1.3m), Tower Hamlets Education Partnership (£1.3m) and The British Friends of Masat Moshe (£1.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 69%, trading 20% and donations and legacies 5.3%. Charitable activities took 93% of spending and raising funds 7.1%. Reserves of £528k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 15 people.