INSTITUTE FOR FISCAL STUDIES(THE)
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-07 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-03-24
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
+22.4% vs 2023
Net assets
£5M
+12.3% vs 2023
Employees
86
+7.5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2024-12-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £9,563,521 | £10,670,404 | |
| Operating profit | £505,431 | £410,486 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £714,070 | £561,152 | |
| Cash | £1,414,301 | £1,730,646 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £4,552,680 | £5,113,832 | |
| Equity | £4,552,680 | £5,113,832 | |
| Average employees | 80 | 86 | |
| Wages | £4,237,900 | £4,794,853 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.3% | 3.8% | |
| Net margin | 7.5% | 5.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.32x | 1.42x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Moore Kingston Smith LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Board of Trustees remains of the view that there are no material uncertainties that call into doubt IFS's ability to continue. The financial statements have therefore been prepared on the basis that IFS is a going concern.”
Significant events
- “A significant development during the year has been a move to cloud computing and a laptop-first policy.”
- “IFS's director, Paul Johnson, will be stepping down after 14 years in the job: recruitment will take place during the first quarter of the year.”
- “The IFS will also be moving in the summer to new premises.”
- “As at the Balance Sheet date IFS had committed to construction fit out costs of £803,732 in respect of getting its new office ready for use.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 48 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARMAH, Winifred | Director | 2023-11-01 | Aug 1976 | British |
| ATHOW, Jonathan Thomas | Director | 2014-07-15 | Nov 1973 | British |
| BELL, James | Director | 2015-12-14 | Aug 1976 | British |
| DHINGRA, Swati, Prof | Director | 2023-11-01 | Sep 1980 | British |
| GASKELL, Kevin Harry | Director | 2024-09-16 | Nov 1963 | British |
| GREGSON, David John | Director | 2018-11-28 | Jun 1956 | British |
| KANE, Peter Ronald | Director | 2020-06-26 | Nov 1956 | British |
| MAWHOOD, Caroline Gillian | Director | 2018-11-28 | Jul 1953 | British |
| NICHIONNA, Orna Gabrielle | Director | 2020-06-26 | Feb 1956 | Irish |
| O'DONNELL, Augustine Thomas, The Lord | Director | 2015-12-14 | Oct 1952 | British |
| TIMMINS, Nick James Maxwell | Director | 2015-12-14 | Sep 1949 | British |
Show 48 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COLLIER, Richard Stuart | Secretary | 1995-07-10 | 2006-04-24 |
| GAMMIE, Malcolm James | Secretary | — | 1991-07-05 |
| MENZIES-CONACHER, Ian Duncan | Secretary | 2006-04-24 | 2019-11-26 |
| TROUP, John Edward Astley | Secretary | 1991-07-08 | 1995-07-10 |
| AARONSON, Graham Raphael | Director | 1994-11-21 | 2004-09-27 |
| ADEBOWALE, Victor Olufemi, Lord | Director | 2004-11-29 | 2007-05-10 |
| ALEXANDER OF WEEDON, Robert Scott, Lord | Director | 1992-07-06 | 1999-05-27 |
| AVERY JONES, John Francis | Director | — | 2002-02-04 |
| BROOKES, Martin Douglas, Mr. | Director | 2011-06-27 | 2014-05-19 |
| BUIST, Robert Cochrane | Director | — | 2001-07-03 |
| CAIRNCROSS, Frances Anne, Dame | Director | 2007-10-15 | 2015-12-14 |
| CHAMBERLAIN, Emma | Director | 2007-10-15 | 2008-09-22 |
| CHOWN, John Francis | Director | 1969-05-21 | 2026-04-01 |
| COLE, Margaret Rose | Director | 2012-11-26 | 2020-04-28 |
| COLLIER, Richard Stuart | Director | 1992-07-06 | 2006-04-24 |
| CROHAM, Douglas Albert Vivian, The Rt Hon | Director | — | 1999-04-26 |
| DAVIDSON, Christopher Kenneth | Director | 2008-12-01 | 2018-11-28 |
| DEE, Nicholas Charles | Director | 1999-09-27 | 2008-07-15 |
| ETHERINGTON, Kenneth | Director | 1992-07-06 | 2003-04-28 |
| FLEMMING, John Stanton | Director | — | 1992-04-06 |
| FREEDMAN, Judith Anne | Director | 2004-11-29 | 2011-01-30 |
| GAMMIE, Malcolm James | Director | — | 1997-07-07 |
| GREEN, Katherine Anne | Director | 2004-11-29 | 2009-12-02 |
| HOPPER, William Joseph | Director | — | 2015-09-21 |
| ISAAC, Anthony John Gower | Director | 1993-07-12 | 1999-04-26 |
| JOHNSON, Christopher Louis Mcintosh | Director | — | 1992-07-06 |
| KING, Mervyn Allister | Director | 1999-05-27 | 2003-06-30 |
| LIEVESLEY, Denise Anne, Professor | Director | 2008-12-01 | 2018-11-28 |
| LOMAX, Janis Rachel | Director | 2007-10-15 | 2015-12-14 |
| MAYNES, Jeremy John | Director | 1992-07-06 | 2011-09-26 |
| MENZIES-CONACHER, Ian Duncan | Director | 2004-11-29 | 2019-11-26 |
| MILES, David Kenneth | Director | 2011-06-27 | 2021-12-31 |
| NICHIONNA, Orna Gabrielle | Director | 2020-06-26 | 2022-01-01 |
| POWELL, Richard Roye | Director | — | 1991-03-08 |
| PRYCE, Vicky | Director | 2010-11-22 | 2012-11-05 |
| REDSTON, Anne | Director | 1999-09-27 | 2011-01-25 |
| RIDGE, Michael | Director | 2016-11-21 | 2024-09-16 |
| ROBSON, Mark Hunter | Director | 2008-12-01 | 2016-11-21 |
| ROBSON, Mark Hunter | Director | 1997-11-17 | 2004-07-12 |
| RYBCZYNSKI, Tadeusz, Professor | Director | — | 1998-12-18 |
| SILBERSTON, Zangwill Aubrey, Professor | Director | — | 1992-07-06 |
| SKINNER, Jeremy John Banks | Director | — | 1992-02-03 |
| TAUBE, Nils Otto | Director | — | 2008-03-11 |
| TAVERNE, Dick, Lord | Director | — | 1991-11-25 |
| TILEY, John, Prof | Director | 1993-07-12 | 2003-06-30 |
| TODD, Douglas | Director | — | 1992-07-06 |
| TROUP, John Edward Astley | Director | 1991-07-08 | 1995-07-10 |
| VICKERS, John Stuart | Director | 2003-06-30 | 2007-10-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 203 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-04-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-23 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-06-23 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-06-23 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-04-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-19 | AUD | auditors | Auditors resignation company | |
| 2023-04-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-03-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+11.6%
£9,563,521 £10,670,404
-
Cash
+22.4%
£1,414,301 £1,730,646
-
Net assets
+12.3%
£4,552,680 £5,113,832
-
Employees
+7.5%
80 86
-
Operating profit
-18.8%
£505,431 £410,486
-
Wages
+13.1%
£4,237,900 £4,794,853
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers