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Description
The British Council creates friendly knowledge and understanding between the people of the UK and other countries. We do this by making a positive contribution to the UK and the countries we work with. We reach millions of people across the world, working with over 100 countries in the fields of arts and culture, English language, education and civil society.
Also known as
- British Council
- The British Council
- British Council Benevolent Fund
- British Council
- The British Council
- British Council - Occupied Palestinian Territories Office
- British Council - Palestinian Territories
- Count Patrice De Zogheb
CCEW Charity number
Registered
Postcode
E20 1JQ
Website
Domain
britishcouncil.org
Latest income
£873,334,827 (on )
This organisation record is based on data from Registered charities in England and Wales published by Charity Commission for England and Wales.
More about this organisation
Find that Charity is not responsible for the content of external websites
- britishcouncil.org
- Charity Commission England and Wales
- CharityBase
- Giving is Great
- Twitter: @britishcouncil
- Facebook: facebook.com/britishcouncil
- Wikipedia: British Council
Twitter, Facebook and Wikipedia links from Wikidata
Depending on the data source, location may describe the headquarters of the organisation rather than the area it operates in.
Areas of operation in the UK
Area of operation outside the UK
- United Arab Emirates
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Armenia
- Argentina
- Austria
- Australia
- Azerbaijan
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Bangladesh
- Belgium
- Bulgaria
- Bahrain
- Brunei Darussalam
- Brazil
- Botswana
- Canada
- Congo, The Democratic Republic of the
- Switzerland
- Chile
- Cameroon
- China
- Colombia
- Cuba
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Germany
- Denmark
- Algeria
- Estonia
- Egypt
- Spain
- Ethiopia
- Finland
- France
- Georgia
- Ghana
- Greece
- Hong Kong
- Croatia
- Hungary
- Indonesia
- Ireland
- Israel
- India
- Iraq
- Iran, Islamic Republic of
- Italy
- Jamaica
- Jordan
- Japan
- Kenya
- Korea, Republic of
- Kuwait
- Kazakhstan
- Lebanon
- Sri Lanka
- Lithuania
- Latvia
- Libya
- Morocco
- Montenegro
- North Macedonia
- Myanmar
- Malta
- Mauritius
- Malawi
- Mexico
- Malaysia
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Nigeria
- Netherlands
- Norway
- Nepal
- New Zealand
- Oman
- Peru
- Philippines
- Pakistan
- Poland
- Palestine, State of
- Portugal
- Qatar
- Romania
- Serbia
- Russian Federation
- Rwanda
- Saudi Arabia
- Sudan
- Sweden
- Singapore
- Slovenia
- Slovakia
- Sierra Leone
- Senegal
- South Sudan
- Syrian Arab Republic
- Thailand
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Taiwan, Province of China
- Tanzania, United Republic of
- Ukraine
- Uganda
- United States
- Uruguay
- Uzbekistan
- Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
- Viet Nam
- XK
- Yemen
- South Africa
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Registered Office in the UK
This organisation record is part of a group of linked records that describe a single organisation. The organisation is linked to 3 active records and 0 inactive records, from 3 data sources.
What is an organisation identifier?
An organisation identifier is a unique piece of text that definitively identifies an organisation.
Examples include charity numbers and company numbers.
Identifiers are usually assigned by an external body like a regulator.
Findthatcharity uses the Org ID scheme to create identifiers.
GB-CHC gives the scheme for this identifier (Charity Commission), while 209131 is the identifier for this organisation within the scheme.
This organisation has been classified using different categories:
International Classification of Non-profit and Third Sector Organizations (ICNP/TSO)
ICNP/TSO categories have been automatically assigned from a machine learning model, as part of the UK Charity Classification project.
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International activities
G30
UK Charity Activity Tags
These tags are taken from a project to classify all UK charities using a common set of tags. The tags are applied using keyword searching, so may be incorrect for particular cases.
Visit charityclassification.org.uk for more information on the project. If you have any feedback on the classification system or how it has been applied there is a form on the project homepage.
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Arts
AR -
Education
ED
Theme (CCEW)
-
Education/training
102 -
Overseas Aid/famine Relief
106 -
Arts/culture/heritage/science
109 -
Other Charitable Purposes
117
Beneficiaries (CCEW)
-
The General Public/mankind
207
Activities (CCEW)
-
Makes Grants To Individuals
301 -
Makes Grants To Organisations
302 -
Provides Services
306 -
Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
309 -
Other Charitable Activities
310
Scale of operation
- National and Overseas
| Year ending | Income (£) | Spending (£) |
|---|---|---|
| 1963-01-03 |
Registered as a charity |
|
| 2004-03-31 | 473,345,000 | 477,259,000 |
| 2005-03-31 | 473,337,000 | 478,215,000 |
| 2006-03-31 | 517,493,411 | 508,854,342 |
| 2007-03-31 | 551,065,195 | 545,688,902 |
| 2008-03-31 | 564,587,282 | 557,402,642 |
| 2009-03-31 | 644,824,000 | 621,579,000 |
| 2010-03-31 | 704,530,000 | 708,083,000 |
| 2011-03-31 | 692,963,000 | 665,321,000 |
| 2012-03-31 | 738,502,000 | 720,413,000 |
| 2013-03-31 | 781,289,000 | 785,333,000 |
| 2014-03-31 | 864,289,000 | 880,410,000 |
| 2015-03-31 | 972,877,000 | 975,863,000 |
| 2016-03-31 | 979,638,979 | 986,938,242 |
| 2017-03-31 | 1,076,893,479 | 1,085,934,194 |
| 2018-03-31 | 1,172,340,275 | 1,166,847,901 |
| 2019-03-31 | 1,249,532,498 | 1,219,658,273 |
| 2020-03-31 | 1,288,716,795 | 1,295,819,317 |
| 2021-03-31 | 924,965,472 | 1,015,114,434 |
| 2022-03-31 | 896,655,974 | 942,310,549 |
| 2023-03-31 | 873,334,827 | 925,158,978 |
Data on funds and reserves are only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.
| 2023 £ |
2022 £ |
|
|---|---|---|
| Employees | 9,209 | 9,861 |
| Employees paid more than £60,000 | 650 | 531 |
| Volunteers | - | - |
| Trustees | 14 |
Data on employees is only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.
Statement of financial activities for year ended .
Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.
| 2023 £m |
2022
£m |
|
|---|---|---|
| Incoming resources | ||
| Donations and other voluntary income | 165.3 | 183.4 |
| Legacies | - | - |
| Endowments | - | - |
| Donations and legacies | 165.3 | 183.4 |
| Income from charitable activities | 695.1 | 706.1 |
| Income from other trading activities | 0.4 | 0.3 |
| Income from investments | 5.1 | 1.5 |
| Other income | 7.4 | 5.3 |
| Total | 873.3 | 896.7 |
| Expenditure | ||
| Investment management | - | - |
| Other spending on raising funds | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Spending on raising funds | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Grants to institutions | 13.5 | 103.9 |
| Other charitable activities | 900.6 | 831.4 |
| Charitable activities | 914.1 | 935.2 |
| Other spending | 11.0 | 7.0 |
| Total | 925.2 | 942.3 |
| Net income / (expenditure) | (51.8) | (45.7) |
Balance sheet at .
Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.
| 2023 £m |
2022
£m |
|
|---|---|---|
| Fixed assets | ||
| Tangible and intangible assets | 367.5 | 352.1 |
| Investment assets | 1.2 | 1.5 |
| 368.8 | 353.7 | |
| Current assets | ||
| Current investment assets | 134.5 | 116.6 |
| Cash | 310.3 | 376.2 |
| Other current assets | 173.2 | 172.1 |
| 618.0 | 664.9 | |
| Creditors | ||
| Amounts falling due within one year | (555.6) | (485.0) |
| Net current assets | 62.5 | 179.9 |
| Total assets less current liabilities | 431.2 | 533.6 |
| Creditors | ||
| Amounts falling due after one year | (29.5) | (86.1) |
| Net assets | 401.8 | 447.5 |
| Funds | ||
| Endowment funds | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Restricted funds | 106.8 | 106.2 |
| Unrestricted funds | 294.8 | 341.1 |
| 401.8 | 447.5 | |
| 2023 £ |
2022 £ |
|
|---|---|---|
| Contracts with government | ||
| Income from government contracts | 24,900,986 | 74,100,293 |
| Government contracts as % of total income | 2.9% | 8.3% |
| Number of government contracts | 7 | 8 |
| Government grants | ||
| Income from government grants | 188,196,400 | 206,651,867 |
| Government grants as % of total income | 21.5% | 23.0% |
| Number of government grants | 10 | 12 |
Received 47 grants. Showing most recent 10 grants.
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Data source
Some grants data comes from funders who publish data using the 360Giving Data Standard. It was accessed using the 360Giving Datastore.
- The Baring Foundation (3 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- The Bell Foundation (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
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- Comic Relief (2 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, UK Branch (2 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Pears Foundation (3 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Paul Hamlyn Foundation (2 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
National Lottery grants data comes from the Department of Culture, Media and Sport who publish the National Lottery grants database.
This data is used under the Open Government Licence. Grants that are also published under 360Giving have been removed to ensure there is not duplication.
- The National Lottery (2 grants) | Licence
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