Finance Score: 4
Governance Score: 1
Support Score: 9
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 14 ?

INSTITUTE FOR GOVERNMENT

The advancement of education in the art and science of government in the UK for the benefit of the public on a non-party political basis.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return
  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£5,740£5,843£-103£8£3,383£3,3836.9530
31/03/22£5,399£4,907£492£1£3,486£3,4868.5510
31/03/21£5,457£4,630£827£2£2,994£2,0945.4500
31/03/20£5,238£4,575£663£59£2,167£2,1675.7470
31/03/19£4,746£4,866£-121£61£1,505£1,5053.7470
31/03/18£4,537£4,675£-138£72£1,625£1,6254.2460
31/03/17£4,387£4,643£-256£41£1,764£1,7644.6450
31/03/16£4,207£4,369£-162£40£2,019£2,0195.5430
31/03/15£4,171£4,125£46£70£2,232£2,2326.5420
31/03/14£3,930£4,400£-470£111£2,187£2,1876360
31/03/13£3,913£3,819£94£103£2,657£2,6578.3330
31/03/12*£3,955£4,081£-126£79£2,563£2,5637.5310
31/03/11£3,770£4,149£-378£114£2,688£2,6887.8310
05/04/10£4,292£3,767£525£66£3,067£1290.4230
05/04/09*£4,126£1,584£2,542£23£2,542£3022.3170

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.1%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 30%
Highest pay band: £150,000-£200,000
Liabilities/Assets: 15%
Liabilities/Income: 11%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 6.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 7 months
Quick Ratio: 5.5
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 17 years

www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk

pauline.joy@instituteforgovernment.org.uk

02077470400

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • Other Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Legal & financial advice
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Nuffield Foundation£336,091
JRSST-CT£21,550
Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust£7,500
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Nuffield Foundation - Grant to Institute for Government
£308,666 04/01/2024
Towards Performance Tracker: are public services meeting people’s needs?
Nuffield Foundation - Grant to Institute for Government
£27,425 02/12/2022
Towards Creating and using better justice data
JRSST-CT - Making a Success of Metro Mayors
£21,550 30/12/2021
for a five-month project that will examine the effectiveness of ‘metro mayors’ in creating a new subnational tier of democratic government within England
Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust - How to save the Sewel Convention
£7,500 01/06/2020
1
for a short piece of work on the status and future of the Sewel Convention, under which Westminster does not normally legislate in devolved areas without devolved consent
Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust - Twenty Years of Devolution: Where Next?
£7,500 29/04/2019
5
to produce authoritative analysis to further our understanding of how devolution has and hasn’t worked over the past twenty years
Gatsby Charitable Trust - To cover additional project costs
£154,500 03/04/2019
To support project costs.
Gatsby Charitable Trust - To support core costs
£381,366 03/04/2019
To support core costs.
Gatsby Charitable Trust - To support core costs
£381,366 03/04/2019
To support core costs.
Gatsby Charitable Trust - To cover additional project costs
£154,500 03/04/2019
To support project costs.
Gatsby Charitable Trust - Towards core costs
£150,000 18/04/2018
A supplementary grant to cover additional projects as part of core costs.
Gatsby Charitable Trust - Towards core costs
£151,963 18/04/2018
A supplementary grant to cover inflation on core costs.
Gatsby Charitable Trust - Towards core costs
£151,963 18/04/2018
A supplementary grant to cover inflation on core costs.
Gatsby Charitable Trust - Towards core costs
£150,000 18/04/2018
A supplementary grant to cover additional projects as part of core costs.
Nuffield Foundation - Cross-cutting grant
£38,490 03/08/2017
Nuffield/ESRC History of UK Public Spending Project: Proposal for Engagement Activity by the Institute for Government in Conjunction with the Research Team
Gatsby Charitable Trust - Towards core support
£75,229 13/06/2017
A supplementary grant over one year (2017/18) to the Institute for Government to cover additional costs/inflation.
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - Contemporary History of Whitehall - Follow-on project
£71,783 04/01/2017
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Gatsby Charitable Trust - Towards core support
£318,852 12/10/2016
A supplementary grant for 2016/17 to cover inflation and additional core costs.
Gatsby Charitable Trust - Towards core support
£11,284,419 12/10/2016
A grant (2017-2020) towards core costs of IfG.
Gatsby Charitable Trust - Towards core support
£68,852 24/06/2015
A supplementary grant in 2015/16 to cover core costs.
National Lottery Community Fund - Institute for Government: Connecting Policy with Practice: People Powe
£83,075 21/08/2014
12
Not Available
Gatsby Charitable Trust - Towards core support
£10,327,863 03/10/2013
A grant (2014-2016) towards core costs of IfG.
Gatsby Charitable Trust - Towards core support
£3,342,350 23/04/2013
A grant (2013-2014) towards core support of IfG.
Gatsby Charitable Trust - Towards core support
£3,244,500 12/04/2012
A grant (2012-2013) towards core costs of IfG.
Gatsby Charitable Trust - Towards facilities management costs
£120,000 16/02/2012
To cover building works to the premises of IfG.
Gatsby Charitable Trust - Towards core support
£150,000 27/05/2011
A grant towards core costs of IfG.
Gatsby Charitable Trust - Towards core support
£9,749,283 12/01/2009
A grant (2009-2011) towards core costs of IfG.
Gatsby Charitable Trust - Towards the set-up and core costs
£250,000 22/07/2008
Towards the set-up and core costs for the IfG.
Gatsby Charitable Trust - Towards facilities costs
£3,330,000 25/06/2008
Towards refurbishment costs of the premises for IfG.
Gatsby Charitable Trust - Towards core support
£845,000 04/06/2008
A grant towards core costs of IfG in 2008.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 7/8 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 57-74
  • ANAND AITHAL Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Company Director
  • BARONESS SUSAN VERONICA KRAMER Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Member Of House Of Lords
  • LORD SAINSBURY OF TURVILLE (Chair) Appointed: 2008
  • MIRANDA THERESA CLAIRE CURTIS Appointed: 2008, Occupation: Company Director
  • SIR ANDREW THOMAS CAHN KCMG
  • SIR DAVID ROY LIDINGTON Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Former Mp
  • SIR IAN MICHAEL CHESHIRE Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Chairman
  • TAMARA MARGARET FINKELSTEIN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Civil Servant
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 30/04/2008, number: 1123926
  • Registered at Companies House on 22/01/2008, number: 06480524
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
15 returns made; AR12: 6 days late, AR09: 7 days late,
Main office

INSTITUTE FOR GOVERNMENT
2 CARLTON GARDENS
LONDON
SW1Y 5AA

Objectives

1 THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN THE ART AND SCIENCE OF GOVERNMENT IN THE UK FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AND ON A NON-PARTY POLITICAL BASIS; AND2 THE PROMOTION OF EFFICIENT PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION OF GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC SERVICE IN THE UK BY PROVIDING PROGRAMMES OF EDUCATION, TRAINING, RESEARCH AND STUDY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AND ON A NON-PARTY POLITICAL BASIS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UK

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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