INDUSTRY AND PARLIAMENT TRUST

Registered charity 287527 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q6028181 · Wikipedia · also known as INDUSTRY & PARLIAMENT TRUST, INDUSTRY AND PARLIAMENT TRUST LIMITED, IPT

The IPT provides programmes of study, research, education and training in respect of the organisation and practice of industry and commerce, and also in the administration of government both within the UK and the European Union.

Objects

TO PROMOTE MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN PARLIAMENT AND THE WORLDS OF BUSINESS, INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT. THIS IS ACHIEVED BY ENCOURAGING DIALOGUE BETWEEN LEGISLATORS, POLICY FORMULATORS (CIVIL SERVANTS) AND WEALTH GENERATORS FROM ALL SECTORS OF BUSINESS

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income for the year was £945,282 against expenditure of £857,668, resulting in a surplus. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £1,740,547, including £1,276,562 in cash and short-term deposits, which the Trustees consider sufficient to meet liabilities as they fall due. The auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Buzzacott LLP. Discloses 3 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
• 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
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• 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 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~22.6 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (83% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alison Louise Griffiths MP
• Baroness Amanda Jacqueline Sater
• Baroness Susan Kramer
• Dr ADAM JAY BRESSLER MARSHALL
• EDWARD BROWNLOW MCMULLAN
• Jake Alexander Vaughan
• Katherine Roscoe
• Lord Iain MacKenzie McNicol
• Mark Garnier OBE MP
• Martin Vickers MP
• Mary Elizabeth Twist MP
• Matthew Edward Turner Houlihan
• Michael Christopher Reader
• Professor Ashley Braganza
• Ruth Margaret Cadbury MP
• Wera Benedicta Hobhouse MP
• William Roffen Esterson MP

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

Operates in: City Of Westminster

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE INSTITUTE FOR POLICY RESEARCH.

• THE INSTITUTE FOR POLICY RESEARCH income £201k
• INSTITUTE FOR EMPLOYMENT STUDIES income £4.1m
• IAPS CHARITABLE TRUST income £197k
• INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH income £6.2m
• The Institute for Agriculture and Horticulture income £2.2m
• THE CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF PROCUREMENT AND SUPPLY income £42.0m

Side by side with its peers

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