The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Internet Watch Foundation

Registered charity 1112398 Registered since 2005

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Mauritius, Ireland, Uganda, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Anguilla, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Montserrat

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

11 trustees on the board

2.5y median 2y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

Portfolio (1)

11
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

General Charitable Purposes 11Education/training 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Tech and media 17Health and social care 5Professional services 5

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£7.0m latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

10.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 9.4 in 2021

75 from 43 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.iwf.org.uk
Emailadmin@iwf.org.uk
Phone01223203030
Address296 Cambridge Science Park, Milton Road, CAMBRIDGE, CB4 0WD

Finances

£7,049,679 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£4,525,464£3,693,153
2022£5,495,269£4,074,548
2023£6,011,992£4,913,399
2024£6,950,958£6,145,645
2025£7,049,679£7,174,090

What it does

What

General Charitable Purposes

Who

Children/young PeopleThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchActs As An Umbrella Or Resource BodyOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

(A) THE PROMOTION OF THE CARE AND PROTECTION OF THE HEALTH AND WELFARE OF THE PUBLIC IN PARTICULAR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE BY WORKING TO MINIMISE THE AVAILABILITY OF POTENTIALLY ILLEGAL OR OTHERWISE HARMFUL CONTENT ON THE INTERNET. (B) THE PREVENTION OF CRIMES RELATING TO OFFENCES INVOLVING EXPOSURE TO ILLEGAL CONTENT ON THE INTERNET IN PARTICULAR BY: (I) OPERATING A HOTLINE ENABLING THE PUBLIC TO REPORT SUCH INSTANCES;(II) OPERATING A NOTICE AND TAKEDOWN SERVICE TO ALERT HOSTING SERVICE PROVIDERS OF SUCH CRIMINAL CONTENT FOUND ON THEIR SERVERS; AND (III) ALERTING RELEVANT LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES TO THE CONTENT. (C) TO FURTHER SUCH PURPOSES AS ARE RECOGNISED AS EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE UNDER THE LAW OF ENGLAND AN WALES.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 29/08/1997AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 30/10/1998AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 13/01/2005AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 16/09/2005AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 29/09/2009AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 05/10/2010AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 26/11/2013 as amended on 27 Jan 2022 as amended on 02 Dec 2025

Trustees (11)

11trustees
52median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Internet Watch Foundation · 03426366 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 29/08/1997

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

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