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Registered charity · London

International Youth Hostel Federation

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £742k (2024)
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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, Accommodation/housing, Amateur Sport, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Algeria, Australia, Austria, Bahrain and more
Website
www.hihostels.com (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
International Youth Hostel Federation
Registered
2006

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£742k£851k
  • 2023£633k£632k
  • 2022£1.6m£629k
Earlier years
  • 2021£744k£782k
  • 2020£1.1m£1.5m

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 3%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE CHARITY IS ESTABLISHED ARE TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF ALL YOUNG PEOPLE OF ALL NATIONS, BUT ESPECIALLY YOUNG PEOPLE OF LIMITED MEANS, BY ENCOURAGING IN THEM A GREATER KNOWLEDGE, LOVE AND CARE OF THE COUNTRYSIDE AND AN APPRECIATION OF THE CULTURAL VALUES OF TOWNS AND CITIES IN ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD, AND AS ANCILLARY THERETO TO PROVIDE YOUTH HOSTELS OR OTHER ACCOMMODATION IN WHICH THERE SHALL BE NO DISTINCTIONS OF ORIGINS, NATIONALITY, COLOUR, RELIGION, SEX, CLASS OR POLITICAL OPINIONS, AND THEREBY TO DEVELOP A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF OTHER PEOPLE, BOTH AT HOME AND ABROAD.

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.

9 trustees on the board

5.6y median 4y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

Portfolio (9)

9
company-linked trustees

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

Accommodation/housing 9Education/training 9Environment/conservation/heritage 9

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

Other services 9Hospitality 2

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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£742k 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.

21.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 4.5 in 2020

13 from 21 in 2020
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
1117014
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 03/04/2006AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 09/03/2008AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 15/04/2010AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 14/06/2010AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 12/07/2010AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 08/08/2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 06/08/2014 AS AMENDED ON 08 AUG 2018 AS AMENDED ON 26 SEP 2016 AS AMENDED ON 26 SEP 2016 AS AMENDED ON 20 MAY 2019 AS AMENDED ON 11 APR 2022 AS AMENDED ON 26 SEPT 2024AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 14 OCT 2024 as amended on 18 Sept 2026
Companies House
Company number 02250706 · Active
Contact on the register
+44 7545 641612 · info@hihostels.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
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