The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 12th July 2026

The Institute of Economic Affairs Limited

Registered charity 235351 Registered since 1969

Operates: Throughout London, Belgium

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

7y median 7y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (1)

4
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Economic/community Development/employment 1Education/training 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Property 7Other services 3Professional services 3

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£1.3m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

0.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 0.8 in 2021

20 from 20 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.iea.org.uk
Emailcompanysecretary@iea.org.uk
Phone02077998900
Address2 LORD NORTH STREET, LONDON, SW1P 3LB

Finances

£1,339,674 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£2,343,000£2,328,000
2022£2,565,000£2,349,000
2023£2,318,000£2,426,000
2024£1,975,000£2,985,000
2025£1,339,674£2,152,184

What it does

What

Education/training

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Services

Charitable objects

THE PROMOTION AND ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING BY RESEARCH INTO ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL SCIENCE AND BY EDUCATING THE PUBLIC THEREIN. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CL 3(A) TO (C) AND (A) TO (Q))

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 29 MARCH 1963

Trustees (7)

7trustees
59median age
2aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Institute of Economic Affairs (the) · 00755502 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 29/03/1963

3 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

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