Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 2

Support Score: 7

No PartB

12+ Trustees: -1
Good trustee age range: +3

Grant maker support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 9

THE INSTITUTE OF RACE RELATIONS

Educational work on improving race relations

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are 14 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Established: 61 years
(66 years as a company)

www.irr.org.uk

info@irr.org.uk

02078370041

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Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23		£249	£248	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	12
31/03/22		£228	£216	£12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	9
31/03/21		£234	£209	£25	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	12
31/03/20		£207	£203	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	7
31/03/19		£282	£246	£35	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	20
31/03/18		£224	£250	£-27	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£224	£250	£-27	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£246	£234	£12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£187	£219	£-32	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£190	£196	£-6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£204	£203	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£203	£180	£23	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£203	£186	£16	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10	*	£167	£197	£-30	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£209	£256	£-47	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£196	£201	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07		£224	£217	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06		£158	£189	£-31	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£209	£207	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04		£156	£182	£-27	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

What it does

Education/Training

Who works here?

12 volunteers

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Building communications capacity of the Institute of Race Relations
£6,400	18/01/2023	The Institute of Race Relations (IRR) is an anti-racist think tank that produces research and analysis to inform the struggle for racial justice in Britain, Europe and internationally. This grant ....more The Institute of Race Relations (IRR) is an anti-racist think tank that produces research and analysis to inform the struggle for racial justice in Britain, Europe and internationally. This grant supports the role of a dedicated Communications Worker in order to continue mobilising IRR’s core support base, expand reach to younger audiences, and grow IRR’s wider impact.
Joseph Rowntree Foundation - Grant to Institute of Race Relations
£300,000	08/07/2022	Core costs
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Building the communications capacity of the Institute of Race Relations
£128,000	08/03/2021	The Institute of Race Relations (IRR) has played a key role in the struggle for racial justice in the UK. Since the 1970s, IRR has pioneered research in new areas, putting difficult issues on the ....more The Institute of Race Relations (IRR) has played a key role in the struggle for racial justice in the UK. Since the 1970s, IRR has pioneered research in new areas, putting difficult issues on the national agenda, including the policing of black communities, school exclusions, deaths in custody and the racism of the tabloid media. Its history, experience and institutional memory are leveraged to support contemporary struggles, and it delivers thinktank functions in service to grassroots community organising and campaigning. Since April last year, IRR has employed a dedicated Communications Worker for the first time and it wishes to grow its impact by sustaining this post.
Joseph Rowntree Foundation - Grant to Institute of Race Relations
£150,000	12/07/2019 36	Core costs
National Lottery Community Fund - IRR NEWS
£10,000	18/04/2019 12	The project will strengthen the infrastructure of an online forum for information on race relations in the country. The aim is to develop the forum to have stronger community engagement with its ....more The project will strengthen the infrastructure of an online forum for information on race relations in the country. The aim is to develop the forum to have stronger community engagement with its content.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to The Institute of Race Relations
£60,000	04/08/2010 36	Towards Core costs Towards the salary of the news assistant and core costs.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (14)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 27-82

ANTHONY BUNYAN, Occupation: Researcher Journalist

COLIN WILLIAM PRESCOD, Occupation: Film Producer

DAVID BURNHAM EDGAR Appointed: 2006, Occupation: Playwright

DR EDDIE ANDRE BRUCE-JONES Appointed: 2014, Occupation: University Lecturer

DR JONATHAN BURNETT Appointed: 2017, Occupation: University Lecturer

FRANCES WEBBER, Occupation: Retired Barrister, Other trusteeships: THE INSTITUTE OF RACE RELATIONS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT TRUST, INDERPAL RAHAL MEMORIAL TRUST,

GHOLAM KHIABANY Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Lecturer

JASBINDER NIJJAR Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Phd Student

JOHN NARAYAN (Chair) Appointed: 2022, Occupation: University Lecturer

JOSEPH MAGGS Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Student

LEE BRIDGES Appointed: 1991, Occupation: Professor, Other trusteeship: THE INSTITUTE OF RACE RELATIONS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT TRUST,

REBEKAH DELSOL Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Senior Team Manager

SAMUEL BERKSON Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Teacher, Poet

SUSAN CONLAN Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Immigration Lawyer

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 11/07/1963, number: 223989
Registered at Companies House on 01/04/1958, number: 00601929

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR10: 12 days late,

Main office

INSTITUTE OF RACE RELATIONS
2-6 LEEKE STREET
LONDON
WC1X 9HS

Objectives

(A) TO PROMOTE, ENCOURAGE AND SUPPORT THE STUDY AND UNDERSTANDING OF, AND THE EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION ABOUT, RELATIONS BETWEEN DIFFERENT RACES AND PEOPLES AND THE CIRCUMSTANCES AND CONDITIONS IN WHICH THEY LIVE AND WORK. (B) TO CONSIDER AND ADVISE UPON ANY PROPOSALS OR ENDEAVOURS TO IMPROVE SUCH RELATIONS, CIRCUMSTANCES AND CONDITIONS. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 3 (I).

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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