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Registered charity · London

International Alert

The objects of the Association are:to promote all means of conciliation and resolution of such conflict and reparation in relation to the same so as to assist the resolution of such conflict such charitable objects to be carried on anywhere in the...

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £16m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources

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, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Overseas Aid/famine Relief, Environment/conservation/heritage and 3 more
Where
Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Ethiopia and more
Website
www.international-alert.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
International Alert
Registered
1987

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£16m£16m
  • 2024£20m£19m
  • 2023£19m£21m
Earlier years
  • 2022£25m£21m
  • 2021£19m£17m
Charitable objects

The objects of the Association are:to promote all means of conciliation and resolution of such conflict and reparation in relation to the same so as to assist the resolution of such conflict such charitable objects to be carried on anywhere in the world ; to advance the education of the public by the promotion of research into the causes and effects of conflict (whether within or between groups or public entities of any kind) and research into the maintenance of human rights and development of economic well being in the context of such conflict and to disseminate the useful results of such research; and to relieve poverty suffering and distress

Board analysis for researchers

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

2.6y median 2y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (2)

9
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 9The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 9Overseas Aid/famine Relief 7Other Charitable Purposes 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 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.

Health and social care 13Professional services 6Other services 4

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£15.5m 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.

1.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 0.7 in 2021

161 from 257 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.
5%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
327553
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 6 AUGUST 1987 AMENDED BY RESOLUTIONS DATED 6 JUNE 1994, 12 MAY 2000 AND 10 MAY 2002 as amended on 14 Jun 2023 as amended on 14 Jun 2023
Companies House
Company number 02153193 · Active
Contact on the register
02076276800 · info@international-alert.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
Labels
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