International Institute for Environment and Development

Analysis

International Institute for Environment and Development is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in April 1989, 37 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02188452). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, International Institute for Environment and Development reported income of £32.5m and spending of £34.3m, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £18.2m to £32.5m (+79%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, International Institute for Environment and Development sits at the 100th percentile: it is one of the largest 1% in its cause. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 100th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include YMCA Chiltern Group (£31.0m), Thames Reach Charity (£32.7m) and The South London Church Fund and Southwark Diocesan Board of Finance (£30.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 100%. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £13.5m. It employed 164 people.