THE INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN SCHOOLS

Registered charity 1164654 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as IRIS

Nurture the potential and ability of young people to contribute to the scientific communityIncrease uptake of post 16 STEM coursesIncrease applications for STEM subjects at university, especially with girlsEnhance teachers? expertise and job satisfaction and so retain teachers and recruit more to the profession. Engage Universities and Industry in sustained interaction with schools

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL AND STUDENTS IN PARTICULAR, IN SUCH WAYS AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES THINK FIT, INCLUDING BY:1. PROMOTING AND FACILITATING RESEARCH, PROBLEM-SOLVING AND ENQUIRY IN SCIENCE,ENGINEERING, HUMANITIES AND THE ARTS;2. ESTABLISHING AND DEVELOPING STUDENT-LED PROJECTS AND INNOVATIVE INITIATIVES;3. SUPPORTING STUDENTS AND TEACHERS WITH RESEARCH PROJECTS AND CREATIVE INITIATIVES; AND4. ANALYSING THE IMPACT OF SUCH ACTIVITIES ON STUDENTS? ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE, CAREERASPIRATIONS AND UNIVERSITY DESTINATIONS.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the financial period with £758,442 of unrestricted funds, which is below the stated reserves policy target of at least three months' expenditure. The charity reported a net expenditure for the year, with total expenditure exceeding total income, and noted a risk in relying primarily on a single major donor for funding.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Affinia (Orpington). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• 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

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Dr Jo Foster — Director (source)
• Marcus Bernard — Deputy Director (source)
• Martin Keat — Director of Finance and Operations (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~6.3 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (99% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• TIMOTHY PETER WARREN EDWARDSchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Colin Bashford
• Dame Madeleine Julia Atkins · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dorota Ann Mroz
• Humphrey William Battcock CBE · trustee of 2 other charities
• Rev Michael Jonathan Reiss
• Simon David Lebus CBE · trustee of 1 other charity

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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