INSTITUTE FOR EMPLOYMENT STUDIES
Registered charity 258390 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as I E S, INSTITUTE OF MANPOWER STUDIES LIMITED
The Institute's mission is to help bring about sustainable improvements in employment policy and HR management for the benefit of all. The Institute works with government departments, agencies, professional and employee bodies, and employers, and disseminates and shares knowledge widely; its expertise is available to all through research, consultancy, publications and the Internet.
Causes: Education/training · Disability · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a net income over expenditure of £30,374 for the year ended 31 March 2025, marking a surplus for the sixth successive year. Total reserves stood at £1,579,718, comprising unrestricted funds of £1,714,798 and a restricted fund deficit of £135,080. The trustees consider current reserves adequate to meet current operating needs and maintain a forward order book exceeding six months of operating costs.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: three to six months’ operating costs (held: £1.7m)
“It is the policy of the Institute to generate sufficient reserves to maintain three to six months’ operating costs.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Payments to trustees: Emma Stewart was paid £1,000 for subcontract work for professional services.
“During the year one trustee, Emma Stewart, was paid £1,000 for subcontract work for professional services (2024: £3,000).” — page 21
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Sales invoices raised to organisations with directors in common with the Charity.
“During the year sales invoices of £103,342 (2024: £63,788) were raised to organisations with directors in common with the Charity. Transactions are carried out at arms length and at market rate.” — page 29
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Chariot House Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Becci Newton — Director, Public Policy Research (source)
- Tony Lloyd — Director, Finance and Resources (source)
- Dan Lucy — Director, HR Research and Consulting (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-sector contracts awarded
From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~4.7 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (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).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (18/03/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Throughout England And Wales
Income and spending
Common questions
Is INSTITUTE FOR EMPLOYMENT STUDIES financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net income over expenditure of £30,374 for the year ended 31 March 2025, marking a surplus for the sixth successive year. Total reserves stood at £1,579,718, comprising unrestricted funds of £1,714,798 and a restricted fund deficit of £135,080. The trustees consider current reserves adequate to meet current operating needs and maintain a forward order book exceeding six months of operating costs. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Chariot House Limited.
Who funds INSTITUTE FOR EMPLOYMENT STUDIES?
Funders whose own accounts filings name INSTITUTE FOR EMPLOYMENT STUDIES as a grant recipient include FOUNDATIONS - WHAT WORKS CENTRE FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, THE OVO CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION.
Known funders
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