Interburns Limited
What it does
Interburns is the international network for training, education and research in burns. Interburns works in collaboration with local partners to improve burn care and prevention in low and middle income countries with the aim of reducing mortality and morbidity from burn injuries.
Its charitable purposes
3. OBJECTS THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE TO FACILITATE THE PREVENTION AND PROPER TREATMENT OF BURNS INJURIES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD BY:3.1 CARRYING OUT AND FUNDING RESEARCH INTO THE IMPROVEMENTS OF TREATMENTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF PEOPLE WHO SUFFER FROM PHYSICAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, SOCIAL OR EMOTIONAL DISADVANTAGE AS A RESULT OF BURNS INJURIES OR FUNCTIONAL IMPAIRMENT ACQUIRED THROUGH BURNS INJURIES AND THE PREVENTION OF ACCIDENTS WHICH MAY CAUSE SUCH CONDITIONS;3.2 DISSEMINATING THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH AND TO HELP TRAIN HEALTH WORKERS IN APPROPRIATE TREATMENTS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD;3.3 INFORMING PEOPLE ABOUT THE AVAILABILITY OF SUCH TREATMENTS; AND 3.4 RAISING THE AWARENESS OF BURNS INJURIES AS A PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
Causes
- What it works on
- Education and training
- Health and saving lives
- Overseas aid and famine relief
- Who it helps
- Children and young people
- Disabled people
- The general public
- How it works
- Provides staff or volunteers
- Provides advocacy, advice or information
- Sponsors or carries out research
- Acts as an umbrella or resource body
- Other charitable activities
Where it works
- Elsewhere
- Ghana
- India
- Nepal
- Uganda
- Ethiopia
- Sierra Leone
- Occupied Palestinian Territories
- Pakistan
- Tanzania
- Belgium
- South Africa
- Malawi
- The Gambia
- Lebanon
- Nigeria
- United Arab Emirates
- Bhutan
Area of benefit in its governing document: Throughout the World.
Income and spending
In the year ending 31 March 2025, it had income of £893,158 and spent £688,651.
| Year ending | Income | Spending | Paid staff | Volunteers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £893,158 | £688,651 | 3 | 10 |
| 31 March 2024 | £317,761 | £483,872 | Not reported | 25 |
| 31 March 2023 | £481,727 | £521,491 | Not reported | 30 |
| 31 March 2022 | £268,171 | £270,881 | Not reported | 20 |
| 31 March 2021 | £199,972 | £291,919 | Not reported | 10 |
Financial position
Separate measures from the charity's own returns and accounts, each with its year. Read them together: no single measure says how well a charity is run.
- Income over time
- Up 347%, from £199,972 in the year to 31 March 2021 to £893,158 in the year to 31 March 2025.
- Spending against income
- It spent 77% of its income in the year to 31 March 2025. It spent more than its income in 4 of the 5 years shown.
- Largest funder
- HCA gave £30,000 in the year to 31 March 2024, 9% of that year's income.
Government funding, as the charity reported it
Government grants in the year ending 31 March 2025: £16,000 from 1 grant. Government contracts: Not reported.
| Year ending | Government grants | Government contracts |
|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £16,000 from 1 grant | Not reported |
| 31 March 2024 | £46,575 from 3 grants | Not reported |
| 31 March 2023 | £25,000 from 1 grant | Not reported |
| 31 March 2021 | £152,617 from 2 grants | Not reported |
Where its income came from in the year ending 31 March 2025
- Donations and legacies£87,033
- Charitable activities, including grants and contracts for its work£805,325
- Investments£800
Who funds it, according to its accounts
In its accounts for the year ending 31 March 2024, the charity named 3 funders who gave £57,857 between them. £0 of that came from public bodies.
These figures were read from the accounts the charity filed with the Charity Commission by Claude, an AI model, in OpenEconomy's accounts reader. AI can misread a table, so check the accounts on the register before relying on a figure.
| Funder | Type | Mar 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| HCA | Trust, company or other | £30,000 |
| NIHR Burn Trauma Project | Trust, company or other | £16,575 |
| Cornell | Trust, company or other | £11,282 |
Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving
No grants to this charity appear in 360Giving data.
Trustees
8 trustees run the charity.
- Dr Opoku Ware AmpomahChair
- David Schieffelers
- Dr Nadia DePetris
- Dr Ramana Rajkarnikar
- Hayley Patricia Harris
- Hilmar Kjartansson
- Margaret Gowrinath
- Thomas Potokar
Filing record
Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 5 arrived by the deadline.
| Year ending | Due | Annual return | Accounts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | 31 January 2026 | Received 6 January 2026, 25 days early | Received 6 January 2026 |
| 31 March 2024 | 31 January 2025 | Received 22 November 2024, 70 days early | Received 22 November 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | 31 January 2024 | Received 4 January 2024, 27 days early | Received 4 January 2024 |
| 31 March 2022 | 31 January 2023 | Received 29 July 2022, 186 days early | Received 29 July 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | 31 January 2022 | Received 15 July 2021, 200 days early | Received 15 July 2021 |
About this charity
- Charity number
- 1122299
- Status
- Registered
- Registered with the Commission
- 14 January 2008
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 29 JUNE 2007 AS AMENDED 12 MAY 2010.
- Company number
- 06297639This company on OpenEconomyThis company on Companies House
- Website
- www.interburns.org
- Council area of its contact address
- Cardiff
Sources
- Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
- Funding from accounts: the charity's filed accounts, read by OpenEconomy's AI accounts reader on 1 November 2026.
- Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there, as loaded by OpenEconomy.