The International Centre for Research in Accounting

Analysis

The International Centre for Research in Accounting is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lancaster. It was registered in March 1972, 54 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending July 2025, The International Centre for Research in Accounting reported income of £20k and spending of £26k, spending 131% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £6,431 to £20k (+205%), an average of +32% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income rose by 106%. Over the whole period it spent 61% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The International Centre for Research in Accounting sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hinchingbrooke District Scout Council (£20k), Got to Read (£20k) and Old Kampala Alumni Scholarship Fund (£20k).