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THE INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED MOTORISTS LIMITED

Registered charity 249002 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as I A M, IAM, IAM ROADSMART · also registered in Scotland as SC041201 (OSCR)

IAM RoadSmart provides for the public an advanced driving and motorcycle test, and through its research into many aspects of road safety, seeks to become a significant influencer of road safety policy and practice.

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Latest income
£6.5m
Latest spending
£7.5m
Registered
1966
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the group reported a net deficit of £991k for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by an operating loss of £1.014m and transformation spend. Despite the deficit, free unrestricted reserves stood at £5.602m, which the trustees consider prudent given their policy target of 6 to 9 months of operating expenses.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £160,001 - £170,000 — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median £70k)
“£160,001 to £170,000 1” — page 29
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: 6 to 9 months of operating expenses (held: £5.6m)
“the appropriate minimum level of reserves at £4.7m for the group to hold is between 6 and 9 months of operating expenses”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — IAM RoadSmart (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

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.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£6.5m
Total spending
£7.5m
Cost of raising funds
£2.9m
Reserves (reported)
£5.5m
Employees
68

Reported reserves equal ~8.8 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 (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: 44.6% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£6.5m£7.5m
31/03/2024£6.5m£7.0m
31/03/2023£6.2m£7.2m
31/03/2022£6.3m£6.4m
31/03/2021£5.7m£5.7m

Common questions

Is THE INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED MOTORISTS LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the group reported a net deficit of £991k for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by an operating loss of £1.014m and transformation spend. Despite the deficit, free unrestricted reserves stood at £5.602m, which the trustees consider prudent given their policy target of 6 to 9 months of operating expenses. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Crowe U.K. LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of THE INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED MOTORISTS LIMITED earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £160,001 - £170,000 band.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE ROAD SAFETY TRUST1£231k
SAFER ROADS FOUNDATION1£25k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ROADSAFE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED MOTORISTS LIMITED£6.5m£160,001 - £170,000—above—no doubt
ROADSAFE FY2025£889k—0unclear—not going concern
THE ROAD SAFETY TRUST FY2025£102.1m——unclear—no doubt
ROAD SAFETY FOUNDATION FY2025£977k——unclear—no doubt
TYRESAFE FY2024£274k—0unclear—no doubt
FIA FOUNDATION FY2025£9.5m——unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.