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Registered charity · London

Institute for Voluntary Action Research

  • 7 trustees
  • Income £1.0m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training
Where
Scotland, Northern Ireland, Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.ivar.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Institute for Voluntary Action Research
Registered
2006

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£1.0m£968k
  • 2024£905k£940k
  • 2023£833k£894k
Earlier years
  • 2022£805k£865k
  • 2021£1.0m£828k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 4%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

1) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN THE ORGANISATION AND MANAGEMENT OF THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR AND OTHER NOT FOR PROFIT, VOLUNTARY AND COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH RESEARCH AND DISSEMINATING THE USEFUL RESULTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC; AND2) TO PROMOTE THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY:(A) LIASING BETWEEN CHARITIES, VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND OTHER GROUPS ON RELEVANT ISSUES;(B) PROVIDING TRAINING, CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS ON SUBJECTS RELEVANT TO THE EFFICIENCY OF THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR;(C) ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR AND ESTABLISHING PROJECTS OR POLICIES TO ADDRESS THEM; AND(D) PROVIDING INFORMATION TO THE PRESS AND THE PUBLIC ON THE OPERATION OF, OR PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED BY, THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR.THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR MEANS CHARITIES AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS.

Grants received

86 grants · £3,153,560 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

Most recent

Board analysis

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.

7 trustees on the board

7.4y median 6y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (1)

7
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 7Disability 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.

Professional services 7Tech and media 4Arts and leisure 2

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • 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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£1.0m 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.

2.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months

12 from 11 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.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1114403
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 02/02/2006AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 20/05/2006AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 11/05/2011
Companies House
Company number 05695711 · Active
Contact on the register
07551813188 · enquiries@ivar.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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