INSTITUTE FOR THE FUTURE OF WORK

Registered charity 1180718 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE FUTURE OF WORK

The Institute for the Future of Work is an independent charity with a mission to shape a future in which work is better and fairer. We seek out the most pressing challenges - and seize opportunities - to (i) advance education into changes to the world of work and (ii) prevent and relieve in-work poverty through the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

Objects

(A) PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC INTO CHANGES TO THE WORLD OF WORK WITH PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVE REGARD TO THE IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGY ON WORK AND SOCIETY;(B) PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY IN THE CONTEXT OF THE IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGY ON WORK AND SOCIETY WITH PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVE REGARD TO THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE; AND(C) ADVANCE ANY SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE BY, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY,(I) RESEARCH AND POLICY DEVELOPMENT;(II) THE DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING OF NEW AND IMPROVED WAYS OF WORKING AND SUPPORT FOR WORK;(III) RECOMMENDATIONS ON IMPROVING ALL ASPECTS OF WORK; AND(III) ADVOCACY.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: City of London, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income was £993,111 against total expenditure of £1,030,469, resulting in a net deficit for the year. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £381,115, which the trustees consider adequate to fund activities for the foreseeable future. The trustees confirm the charity remains a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• 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
• Paying staff
• 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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

Reported reserves equal ~4.4 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% 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: 0.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Anne-Marie Osawemwenze Ore-Ofe Imafidonchair
• DANIELA BARONE SOARES · trustee of 2 other charities
• Dr SUE BLACK · trustee of 1 other charity
• Martha Elizabeth Dalton
• Paulus Maria Jansen
• Professor Gina Sue Neff
• Sana Khareghani

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with INSTITUTE FOR EMPLOYMENT STUDIES.

• INSTITUTE FOR EMPLOYMENT STUDIES income £4.1m
• INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT income £32.5m
• THE INSTITUTE FOR PHILANTHROPY income £244k
• THE INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL MONETARY RESEARCH income £200k
• INSTITUTE OF IMAGINATION income £512k
• INSTITUTE FOR GOVERNMENT income £6.9m

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