THE CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC FINANCE AND ACCOUNTANCY

Registered charity 231060 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as C I P F A, THE INSTITUTE OF MUNICIPAL TREASURERS AND ACCOUNTANTS · also registered in Scotland as SC037963 (OSCR)

CIPFA aims to work in the public interest to promote high standards and deliver excellence in governance and financial management throughout the public services.

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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that total income rose to £30.9m, driven by charitable activities and asset sales, while costs remained broadly level at £28.0m, resulting in a net reserves increase of £1.4m to £13.9m. The charity is actively working to settle its remaining pension liability of £6.5m by 2028 and aims to rebuild unrestricted reserves to a target of three months' expenditure, currently standing at £6.6m. Per the trustees' report, the organization maintains a strong cash position and considers its reserves position not to impede going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £13.3m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~1.8 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (57% 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 (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Amanda Dowse
• Andrew Francis
• Caroline Al-Beyerty
• Clementine Johnson
• David Blair
• Dr Deirdre Bane
• Dr Jamie Carrahar MBE
• Hardev Virdee
• Harriet Aldridge
• Ian Owen
• Ian Williams
• Jack O'Shea
• Julie Murphy · trustee of 1 other charity
• Libby Mason
• Lin Liu
• Marcel Mukeshimana
• Mark McBride · trustee of 1 other charity
• Michael Curtis
• Michael Wildman · trustee of 1 other charity
• Mike Newbury
• Nina Philippidis
• Paul Vorbach
• Peter Gillett
• Peter Welch
• Professor Toshihiko Ishihara
• Rebecca Nelson
• Simone Hines · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sir Mark Lowcock KCB
• Sofia Mahmood
• Steven Corbishley
• Theresa Channell

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

Operates in: Australia · Bangladesh · Botswana · Canada · China · Ireland · Italy · Kazakhstan · Lesotho · Malta · Northern Ireland · Scotland

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with IPROVISION THE CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC RELATIONS (CIPR) BENEVOLENT FUND.

• IPROVISION THE CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC RELATIONS (CIPR) BENEVOLENT FUND income £169k
• Centre for Public Impact Europe income £3.0m
• THE CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF PLUMBING AND HEATING ENGINEERING income £1.3m
• THE CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTANTS' BENEVOLENT FUND income £279k
• THE CHARTERED INSTITUTE FOR SECURITIES AND INVESTMENT income £20.4m
• COMMONWEALTH PARLIAMENTARY ASSOCIATION (UNITED KINGDOM BRANCH) income £3.3m

Side by side with its peers

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