01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- Charitable company
- Registered
- 12 March 1976
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Company number supplied
- 01239120
- Financial period
- 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025
- Latest income
- £18,392,647
- Latest expenditure
- £18,835,691
- Gift Aid
- No
- Owns or uses land
- Yes
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- No
Public contact address: INTERNATIONAL HOUSE LONDON, HAYCRAFT HOUSE, 16 STUKELEY STREET, LONDON, WC2B 5LQ
Website recorded by the regulator: www.ihlondon.com (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
The Charity exists for the advancement of the education of the public in languages. Its object are realised principally through International House London, an internationally reputed language school. Its main activities are the teaching of English and the teaching of other Modern Languages and the training of language teachers.
03 Official extract
Charity Annual Return History
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2025
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2025
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2026
- Date Annual Return Received
- 21 October 2026
- Date Accounts Received
- 21 October 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £18,392,647
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £18,835,691
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2024
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2025
- Date Annual Return Received
- 21 October 2025
- Date Accounts Received
- 21 October 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £17,593,460
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £17,512,459
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2023
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2024
- Date Annual Return Received
- 9 October 2024
- Date Accounts Received
- 9 October 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £17,019,593
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £16,065,445
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2022
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2023
- Date Annual Return Received
- 9 October 2023
- Date Accounts Received
- 9 October 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £13,158,059
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £12,855,095
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2021
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2022
- Date Annual Return Received
- 26 October 2022
- Date Accounts Received
- 26 October 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £8,900,554
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £10,322,071
04 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Parta
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2025
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 21 October 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £18,392,647
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £18,835,691
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 60001 70000
- 4
- Count Salary Band 70001 80000
- 2
- Count Salary Band 80001 90000
- 2
- Count Salary Band 90001 100000
- 1
- Count Salary Band 100001 110000
- 2
- Count Salary Band 120001 130000
- 2
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 21 October 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £17,593,460
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £17,512,459
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 60001 70000
- 5
- Count Salary Band 70001 80000
- 4
- Count Salary Band 80001 90000
- 1
- Count Salary Band 100001 110000
- 1
- Count Salary Band 120001 130000
- 2
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 9 October 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £17,019,593
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £16,065,445
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 60001 70000
- 1
- Count Salary Band 70001 80000
- 4
- Count Salary Band 80001 90000
- 1
- Count Salary Band 120001 130000
- 1
- Count Salary Band 150001 200000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 9 October 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £13,158,059
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £12,855,095
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- No
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 60001 70000
- 1
- Count Salary Band 90001 100000
- 1
- Count Salary Band 110001 120000
- 1
- Count Salary Band 130001 140000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2021
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2022
- Ar Received Date
- 26 October 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £8,900,554
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £10,322,071
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- Yes
- Count Govt Grants
- £1
- Income From Government Grants
- £476,004
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 60001 70000
- 2
- Count Salary Band 70001 80000
- 1
- Count Salary Band 90001 100000
- 1
- Count Salary Band 110001 120000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 0
05 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Partb
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2025
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 21 October 2026
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 0
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 18206259
- Income Investments
- 12185
- Income Other
- 174203
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 18392647
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £0
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £18,835,691
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 18835691
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 0
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 7353000
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 620950
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £7,749,413
- Assets Total Fixed
- 13929885
- Assets Own Use
- 13929385
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 500
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £4,819,464
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £10,999,936
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £7,749,413
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 6709075
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 4290861
- Assets Cash
- £1,145,537
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 7749413
- Funds Restricted
- 0
- Funds Total
- 7749413
- Count Employees
- 462
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 21 October 2025
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 0
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 17357140
- Income Investments
- 13986
- Income Other
- 222334
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 17593460
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £0
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £17,512,459
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 17512459
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 124625
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 6978324
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 529696
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £8,192,457
- Assets Total Fixed
- 14304050
- Assets Own Use
- 14303550
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 500
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £5,102,371
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £11,213,964
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £8,192,457
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 6793517
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 4420447
- Assets Cash
- £1,455,615
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 8192457
- Funds Restricted
- 0
- Funds Total
- 8192457
- Count Employees
- 445
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 9 October 2024
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 0
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 16778629
- Income Investments
- 5251
- Income Other
- 235713
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 17019593
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £0
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £16,065,445
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 16065445
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 103011
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 6620233
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 481606
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £8,111,456
- Assets Total Fixed
- 11017649
- Assets Own Use
- 11017149
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 500
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £6,430,978
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £9,337,171
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £8,111,456
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 7153283
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 2183888
- Assets Cash
- £3,078,035
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 8111456
- Funds Restricted
- 0
- Funds Total
- 8111456
- Count Employees
- 387
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 9 October 2023
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 0
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 13003496
- Income Investments
- 905
- Income Other
- 153658
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 13158059
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £0
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £12,855,095
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 12855095
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 71646
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 5587674
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 520261
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £7,157,309
- Assets Total Fixed
- 11289673
- Assets Own Use
- 11289173
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 500
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £5,682,950
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £9,815,315
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £7,157,308
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 7041714
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 2773601
- Assets Cash
- £2,745,728
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 7157308
- Funds Restricted
- 0
- Funds Total
- 7157308
- Count Employees
- 349
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2021
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2022
- Ar Received Date
- 26 October 2022
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 476004
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 91190
- Income Charitable Activities
- 8333360
- Income Investments
- 0
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 8900554
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £0
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £10,322,071
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 10322071
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 53504
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 5199821
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 718805
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £6,854,344
- Assets Total Fixed
- 11678151
- Assets Own Use
- 11677651
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 500
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £3,039,949
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £7,863,756
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £6,854,344
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 4459785
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 3403971
- Assets Cash
- £1,347,888
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 6854344
- Funds Restricted
- 0
- Funds Total
- 6854344
- Count Employees
- 340
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
06 Official extract
Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Camden
- Parent Geographic Area Type
- Metropolitan Counties
- Parent Geographic Area Description
- Greater London
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Cambridgeshire
- Welsh Ind
- No
07 Official extract
Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 306
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Services
- Classification Code
- 201
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- Children/young People
- Classification Code
- 102
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Education/training
- Classification Code
- 207
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- The General Public/mankind
08 Official extract
Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- INTERNATIONAL HOUSE TRUST LIMITED
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- Standard registration
- Date Of Event
- 1976-03-12T00:00:00
09 Official extract
Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 2ND JANUARY 1976 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION ON 25 NOVEMBER 2002, 23 SEPTEMBER 2003, 25 NOVEMBER 2003, 24 JUNE 2005, 8 SEPTEMBER 2007 AND 28 SEPTEMBER 2009. as amended on 13 Jun 2024
- Charitable Objects
- THE FOUNDATION'S OBJECTS ARE THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PROMOTING AND PROVIDING FOR:3.1 THE TEACHING AND TESTING OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES, CULTURAL AWARENESS AND ASSOCIATED SKILLS, INCLUDING THE TEACHING OF ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE AND TEACHING ABOUT ENGLISH CULTURE, TO MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN OF ANY NATIONALITY;3.2 THE TRAINING OF MEN AND WOMEN OF ANY NATIONALITY IN THE TEACHING OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES, INCLUDING THE TEACHING OF ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE; AND3.3 THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF LANGUAGE TEACHERS SO AS TO RAISE LANGUAGE TEACHING STANDARDS WORLDWIDE.
- Area Of Benefit
- NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS
10 Official extract
Charity Other Names
- Charity Name Id
- 346046
- Charity Name Type
- Previous name
- Charity Name
- ENGLISH LANGUAGE SERVICES INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
- Charity Name Id
- 346055
- Charity Name Type
- Working name
- Charity Name
- INTERNATIONAL HOUSE
11 Official extract
Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Paying staff
- Policy Name
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Conflicting interests
- Policy Name
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Policy Name
- Social media policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Risk management
- Policy Name
- Complaints handling
- Policy Name
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures