Registered charity · London
The National Institute of Economic and Social Research
- 15 trustees
- Income £4.0m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Alexander Jesse BakerTrustee · since 2017
- Alison Mary StraszewskiTrustee · since 2023
- Amanda RowlattTrustee · since 2023
- Gordon Adrian McfarlandTrustee · since 2025
- Jenny BatesTrustee · since 2019
- Jill RuberyTrustee · since 2019
- Keith Martin WadeTrustee · since 2023
- Kofi Adjepong-BoatengTrustee · since 2022
- Norman Keith SkeochTrustee · since 2025
- Peter OppenheimerTrustee · since 2022
- Professor Patrick BoltonTrustee · since 2026
- Ricardo Augusto Marcos Rocha ReisTrustee · since 2025
- Romesh VaitilingamTrustee · since 2019
- Sir Paul Michael William TuckerTrustee · since 2018
- Sir Philip Mcdougall RutnamTrustee · since 2024
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Economic/community Development/employment
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- niesr.ac.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The National Institute of Economic and Social Research(Incorporated)
- Registered
- 1962
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£4.0m£4.1m
- 2024£3.1m£2.7m
- 2023£5.0m£4.2m
Earlier years
- 2022£4.6m£6.2m
- 2021£5.3m£5.5m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 4% · Government grants 4%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES
Grants received
4 grants · £209,732 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- Nuffield Foundation · £149,732 (3 grants)
- Paul Hamlyn Foundation · £60,000
Most recent
Board analysis
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.
15 trustees on the board
- Alexander Jesse Baker since 2017
- Alison Mary Straszewski since 2023
- Amanda Rowlatt since 2023
- Gordon Adrian Mcfarland since 2025
- Jenny Bates since 2019
- Jill Rubery since 2019
- Keith Martin Wade since 2023
- Kofi Adjepong-Boateng since 2022
- Norman Keith Skeoch since 2025
- Peter Oppenheimer since 2022
- Professor Patrick Bolton since 2026
- Ricardo Augusto Marcos Rocha Reis since 2025
- Romesh Vaitilingam since 2019
- Sir Paul Michael William Tucker since 2018
- Sir Philip Mcdougall Rutnam since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- Alexander Jesse Baker since 2017
- Jenny Bates since 2019
- Jill Rubery since 2019
- Romesh Vaitilingam since 2019
- Sir Paul Michael William Tucker since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (12)
- Alexander Jesse Baker since 2017
- Alison Mary Straszewski since 2023
- Gordon Adrian Mcfarland since 2025
- Jenny Bates since 2019
- Jill Rubery since 2019
- Keith Martin Wade since 2023
- Kofi Adjepong-Boateng since 2022
- Norman Keith Skeoch since 2025
- Professor Patrick Bolton since 2026
- Ricardo Augusto Marcos Rocha Reis since 2025
- Romesh Vaitilingam since 2019
- Sir Paul Michael William Tucker since 2018
Portfolio (3)
- Amanda Rowlatt since 2023
- Peter Oppenheimer since 2022
- Sir Philip Mcdougall Rutnam since 2024
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
5.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 4.2 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 306083
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 2ND JUNE 1938 as amended on 10 Dec 2020 null as amended on 21 Mar 2024
- Companies House
- Company number 00341010 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02072227665 · enquiries@niesr.ac.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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