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The Institute for Fiscal Studies

Registered charity 258815 Registered since 1969

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Australia, Brazil, Colombia, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Nigeria, Uganda

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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.

11
trustees on the board
7.4y median 8y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure
8
trustees past 6 years
13y
average years in governance
8 vs 2 portfolio
first-time trustees
7
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 3Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Economic/community Development/employment 1Environment/conservation/heritage 1General Charitable Purposes 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.

Finance 6Health and social care 6Education 5

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Contact

Websitewww.ifs.org.uk
Emailmailbox@ifs.org.uk
Phone02072914800
AddressFirst Floor, 2 Marylebone Road, London, NW1 4DF

Finances

£11,370,473 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£9,802,176£9,672,723
2021£8,771,724£8,476,119
2022£9,175,531£8,746,749
2023£10,166,930£9,661,499
2024£11,370,473£10,959,987

What it does

What

Education/trainingEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE INSTITUTE ARE THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, BY PROMOTION ON A NON-POLITICAL BASIS OF THE STUDY AND DISCUSSION OF, AND THE EXCHANGE AND DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION AND KNOWLEDGE CONCERNING, THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS AND INFLUENCES OF:4.1.1 EXISTING TAXES;4.1.2 PROPOSED CHANGES IN FISCAL SYSTEMS; AND4.1.3 OTHER ASPECTS OF PUBLIC POLICY,IN EACH

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 21/05/1969AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 18/11/1974AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 27/05/1999AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 03/12/2013 as amended on 27 Sep 2018

Trustees (11)

11trustees
66median age
4aged 70+
Succession outlook: 4 of 11 trustees are aged 70 or over.

Linked company (Companies House)

Institute for Fiscal Studies(the) · 00954616 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 21/05/1969

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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