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Institute for Strategic Dialogue
Institute for Strategic Dialogue is a registered charity (number 1141069) based in London, governed by 6 trustees. Latest income £5.2m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.
- 6 trustees
- Income £5.2m (2025)
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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
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Canada, France, Germany and more
- Website
- www.isdglobal.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Institute for Strategic Dialogue
- Registered
- 2011
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£5.2m£5.0m
- 2024£6.1m£6.0m
- 2023£5.7m£5.9m
Earlier years
- 2022£6.0m£6.8m
- 2021£6.8m£6.9m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
1) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ELSEWHERE IN RELATION TO GOVERNMENT, ECONOMICS, POLITICS, LAW, ADMINISTRATION AND SOCIAL SCIENCES;2) THE PROMOTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS (AS SET OUT IN THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND SUBSEQUENT UNITED NATIONS CONVENTIONS AND DECLARATIONS) IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ELSEWHERE BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:A) RAISING AWARENESS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES;B) EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS;C) COMMISSIONING AND/OR CARRYING OUT RESEARCH INTO HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES; ANDD) CONTRIBUTING TO THE SOUND ADMINISTRATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS LAW;3) THE PROMOTION OF NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT RESOLUTION AND RECONCILIATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ELSEWHERE WITH A VIEW TO MAINTAINING SOCIAL COHESION AND TRUST WITHIN AND BETWEEN COMMUNITIES DIVIDED BY ETHNICITY, RELIGION, POLITICS AND BACKGROUND BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:A) INVESTIGATING AND IDENTIFYING PROBABLE CAUSES OF CONFLICT WITH A VIEW TO PREVENTING THE OCCURRENCE OF CONFLICT;B) COMMISSIONING AND/OR CARRYING OUT RESEARCH TO IDENTIFY POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS TO ISSUES OF CONFLICT;C) MEDIATING WITH PARTIES TO THE CONFLICT AND OTHERS TOGETHER TO DISCUSS POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS ENABLING THEM TO BUILD TRUST; ANDD) RECOMMENDING TO THE PUBLIC AND PARTIES INVOLVED, MEASURES WHICH ARE LIKELY TO RESULT IN THE RESOLUTION OR PREVENTION OF A POTENTIAL OR MANIFEST CONFLICT; AND4) SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.
Grants received
3 grants · £4,887,656 total360Giving 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
- ARCADIA · £4,887,656 (3 grants)
Most recent
- ARCADIA
- ARCADIA
- ARCADIA
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.
6 trustees on the board
- Baroness Joanna Shields since 2025
- Dr Serra Kirdar since 2019
- Edward Williams since 2019
- Lord Aamer Sarfraz since 2024
- Stephen Zinser since 2022
- Stuart Fiertz
Trustees past 6 years
- Dr Serra Kirdar since 2019
- Edward Williams since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Baroness Joanna Shields since 2025
- Dr Serra Kirdar since 2019
- Edward Williams since 2019
- Lord Aamer Sarfraz since 2024
- Stephen Zinser since 2022
- Stuart Fiertz
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
0.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1141069
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 30/04/2008AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 04/03/2011
- Companies House
- Company number 06581421 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02074939333 · info@isdglobal.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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