NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH(INCORPORATED)(THE)
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Cash
£301k
+19.5% vs 2025
Net assets
£2m
+5.8% vs 2025
Employees
43
-10.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£108k
+191.3% first positive since 2025
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Industrials median
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH(INCORPORATED)(THE)·Industrials median
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH(INCORPORATED)(THE)·Industrials median
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH(INCORPORATED)(THE)·Industrials median
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH(INCORPORATED)(THE)·Industrials median
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH(INCORPORATED)(THE)·Industrials median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total income | £4,558,335 | £4,882,569 | £2,995,954 | £4,016,050 | £3,283,977 | -18.2% | |
| Operating profit | -£594,552 | £286,948 | -£758,013 | -£130,534 | -£138,964 | -6.5% | |
| Profit before tax | -£594,552 | £286,948 | -£758,013 | -£117,946 | £107,711 | +191.3% | |
| Net profit | -£1,437,565 | £600,263 | £464,899 | -£117,946 | £107,711 | +191.3% | |
| Cash | — | — | £519,219 | £251,513 | £300,634 | +19.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | £1,985,467 | £1,867,521 | £1,975,232 | +5.8% | |
| Net assets | — | — | £1,985,467 | £1,867,521 | £1,975,232 | +5.8% | |
| Equity | — | — | £1,985,467 | £1,867,521 | £1,975,232 | +5.8% | |
| Average employees | — | — | 46 | 48 | 43 | -10.4% | |
| Wages | — | — | £2,041,187 | £2,206,435 | £2,030,230 | -8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | £156,840 | £161,557 | £161,557 | 0% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | £30,893 | £24,492 | £24,492 | 0% | |
| Highest paid director | — | — | £156,840 | £186,049 | £186,049 | 0% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -13.0% | 5.9% | -25.3% | -3.3% | -4.2% | |
| Net margin | -31.5% | 12.3% | 15.5% | -2.9% | 3.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | -38.2% | -7.0% | -7.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | 36.9% | 39.4% | 38.5% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 1.02x | 0.94x | 0.88x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | -78.64x | -4.00x | — |
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
- Sayer Vincent LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The trustees have considered that there are no material uncertainties about the charitable company's ability to continue as a going concern.”
Group structure
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH(INCORPORATED)(THE) · parent
- NIESR Services Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
15 active · 89 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADJEPONG-BOATENG, Kofi | Director | 2022-12-15 | Oct 1962 | British |
| BAKER, Alexander Jesse | Director | 2017-11-23 | May 1985 | British |
| BATES, Jenny | Director | 2019-12-12 | Jun 1974 | British |
| BOLTON, Patrick, Professor | Director | 2026-07-15 | Jun 1957 | French,American |
| MARCOS ROCHA REIS, Ricardo Augusto | Director | 2025-01-15 | Sep 1978 | Portuguese |
| MCFARLAND, Gordon Adrian | Director | 2025-12-10 | Jan 1975 | Northern Irish |
| OPPENHEIMER, Peter | Director | 2022-12-15 | Nov 1963 | British |
| ROWLATT, Amanda | Director | 2023-06-29 | Dec 1962 | British |
| RUBERY, Jill, Professor | Director | 2019-12-12 | Nov 1951 | British |
| RUTNAM, Philip Mcdougall, Sir | Director | 2024-07-08 | Jun 1965 | British |
| SKEOCH, Norman Keith, Sir | Director | 2025-04-21 | Nov 1956 | British |
| STRASZEWSKI, Alison Mary | Director | 2023-09-21 | May 1963 | British |
| TUCKER, Paul Michael William, Sir | Director | 2018-11-22 | Mar 1958 | British |
| VAITILINGAM, Romesh Jonathan | Director | 2019-12-12 | Dec 1961 | British |
| WADE, Keith Martin | Director | 2023-06-29 | Oct 1961 | British |
Show 89 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLISHAM, Gillian Sally | Secretary | 2001-01-29 | 2014-01-31 |
| COLE-BURNS, Maureen Andrea | Secretary | 2014-01-20 | 2017-03-23 |
| KIRKLAND, John, Dr | Secretary | 2018-07-02 | 2020-08-31 |
| KIRKLAND, John, Dr | Secretary | 1994-10-01 | 1999-10-18 |
| PRESTON, Chivonne Li-Shan | Secretary | 2017-05-15 | 2018-03-05 |
| STEEDMAN, Hilary Evelyn | Secretary | — | 1994-09-30 |
| TERRY, Francis Robert | Secretary | 1999-10-18 | 2001-01-31 |
| ALLAS, Tera Paulina | Director | 2015-11-19 | 2021-12-06 |
| ARCHER, Ronald Walter | Director | — | 1992-02-06 |
| ARTIS, Michael John, Professor | Director | — | 1994-11-24 |
| ATKINSON, Anthony Barnes | Director | — | 1997-11-20 |
| BARBER, Nicholas Charles Faithorn | Director | 2001-11-15 | 2016-11-17 |
| BARKER, Katharine Mary, Dame | Director | 2005-11-17 | 2012-11-15 |
| BEAN, Charles Richard, Dr | Director | 1998-11-19 | 2018-11-21 |
| BECKERMAN, Wilfred | Director | — | 1996-11-21 |
| BERRILL, Kenneth Ernest, Sir | Director | — | 1996-11-21 |
| BESLEY, Timothy, Professor | Director | 2008-11-19 | 2016-11-17 |
| BOWE, Colette, Dr | Director | 2002-06-27 | 2010-11-18 |
| BRITTON, Andrew James Christie | Director | — | 1995-09-30 |
| BROWN, Phillip, Professor | Director | 2019-12-12 | 2025-12-10 |
| BUDD, Alan Peter, Sir | Director | 2012-11-15 | 2019-12-12 |
| BUITER, Willem Hendrik | Director | 2000-11-16 | 2010-11-18 |
| BURNS, Terence, Lord | Director | 2001-11-15 | 2011-11-17 |
| BYATT, Ian, Sir | Director | 1996-11-21 | 2002-02-14 |
| CADBURY, Dominic, Sir | Director | 1998-11-19 | 2000-11-16 |
| CAIRNCROSS, Alexander Kirkland, Sir | Director | — | 1996-11-21 |
| CAIRNCROSS, Frances Anne, Dame | Director | 1996-11-21 | 2001-04-11 |
| CASSELS, John Seton, Sir | Director | 1993-11-11 | 1996-11-21 |
| CHADHA, Jagjit Singh, Professor | Director | 2016-05-01 | 2024-12-05 |
| CORBY, Frederick Brian, Sir | Director | 1994-11-24 | 2005-11-17 |
| COYLE, Diane | Director | 2013-11-21 | 2020-12-10 |
| CRAFTS, Nicholas, Professor | Director | 2020-12-10 | 2023-10-06 |
| CRAVEN, John Anthony, Sir | Director | 1996-11-21 | 2001-11-15 |
| CROHAM, Douglas Albert Vivian, The Rt Hon | Director | — | 1996-11-21 |
| CURTIS, Bronwyn Nanette | Director | 2004-11-18 | 2015-11-19 |
| DARLING, Alistair Maclean, Nr | Director | 2015-11-19 | 2017-02-24 |
| ERMISCH, John Francis, Professor | Director | 2005-11-17 | 2015-11-19 |
| FIELD, Frank, Rt Hon | Director | 2013-11-21 | 2016-11-17 |
| FLEMMING, John Stanton | Director | 1994-11-24 | 2002-11-28 |
| GASKELL, Ralph Neil | Director | 2016-11-17 | 2024-12-05 |
| GOODHART, Charles Albert Eric | Director | — | 2008-11-19 |
| GREENAWAY, David, Sir | Director | 2018-11-22 | 2022-08-25 |
| GRIFFITH, Rachel Susan, Professor | Director | 2015-11-19 | 2017-11-23 |
| HASKINS, Christopher Robin, Lord | Director | 1997-11-20 | 1999-11-18 |
| HENDRY, David Forbes, Professor | Director | — | 1996-11-21 |
| HILLS, John Robert, Professor | Director | 2009-11-19 | 2014-11-27 |
| HOGG, Sarah Elizabeth Mary, Baroness | Director | 2014-11-27 | 2015-11-19 |
| JOSHI, Heather Evelyn, Professor | Director | 2009-11-19 | 2014-11-27 |
| JULIUS, Deanne Shirley, Dame | Director | 1996-11-21 | 1999-11-18 |
| KALMS, Harold Stanley, Lord | Director | 1996-11-21 | 2001-11-15 |
| KAY, John Anderson, Professor | Director | — | 1997-11-20 |
| KELLNER, Peter Jon | Director | 2013-11-21 | 2017-11-23 |
| KELLY, Ruth | Director | 1997-11-20 | 2001-07-24 |
| KING, Stephen Daryl | Director | 2015-11-19 | 2024-12-05 |
| KNIGHT, Arthur William, Sir | Director | — | 1996-11-21 |
| LIESNER, Hans Hubertus | Director | — | 2011-11-17 |
| LLEWELLYN, Graeme Ernest John, Dr | Director | 2009-11-19 | 2019-12-12 |
| MACDOUGALL, George Donald Alistair, Sir | Director | — | 1996-11-21 |
| MACKRELL, Keith Ashley Victor | Director | 2015-11-19 | 2023-06-15 |
| MANUEL, Neville | Director | 2017-11-23 | 2023-09-21 |
| MATTHEWS, Robert Charles Oliver, Professor | Director | — | 1996-11-21 |
| MCRAE, Hamish Malcolm Donald | Director | 2013-11-21 | 2015-10-05 |
| MIDDLETON, Peter Edward, Sir | Director | 1996-11-21 | 2006-11-16 |
| MILLER, Marcus Hay | Director | — | 1996-11-21 |
| MONCK, Nicholas Jeremy, Sir | Director | 2001-11-15 | 2013-05-23 |
| MONKS, John Stephen | Director | 1998-11-19 | 2002-11-28 |
| NICKELL, Stephen, Professor | Director | 2002-11-28 | 2008-11-19 |
| NORMAN, Alexander Jesse | Director | 2013-11-21 | 2016-11-17 |
| OAKESHOTT, Matthew Alan, Lord | Director | 2010-11-18 | 2014-11-27 |
| PORTES, Jonathan Daniel | Director | 2011-02-01 | 2015-10-05 |
| POSNER, Michael Vivian | Director | — | 1998-11-19 |
| REDDAWAY, William Brian, Professor | Director | — | 1994-11-24 |
| ROBINSON, Edwin Austin Gossage, Professor Sir | Director | — | 1993-06-01 |
| ROLL LORD OF IPSDEN, Eric, The Rt Hon | Director | — | 1996-11-21 |
| RYBCZYNSKI, Tadeusz, Professor | Director | — | 1998-11-19 |
| SAYEED, Sadeq | Director | 2015-11-19 | 2018-07-21 |
| SCHOLAR, Michael Charles, Sir | Director | 2001-11-15 | 2005-11-17 |
| SILBERSTON, Zangwill Aubrey, Professor | Director | — | 1996-11-21 |
| SOMERVILLE, Ronald Dennis Neale | Director | — | 1998-11-19 |
| STERN, Nicholas Herbert, Sir | Director | 1998-11-19 | 2000-11-16 |
| STONE, John Richard Nicholas, Professor Sir | Director | — | 1991-12-12 |
| STOUT, David Ker | Director | — | 1998-11-19 |
| TURNBULL, Andrew, Lord | Director | 2005-11-17 | 2009-11-19 |
| TURNER, Jonathan Adair, Lord | Director | 2001-11-15 | 2006-11-16 |
| UNWIN, Lorna Winifred, Professor | Director | 2014-11-27 | 2020-12-10 |
| UTIGER, Ronald Ernest | Director | — | 1995-07-01 |
| WADHWANI, Sushil Baldev, Dr | Director | 1999-11-25 | 2012-11-15 |
| WALLIS, Kenneth Frank, Professor | Director | 1996-11-21 | 2003-11-20 |
| WEALE, Martin Robert | Director | 1995-10-01 | 2010-11-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
No persons with significant control on record.
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 262 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-10-01 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-08-12 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-01 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-08-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-12 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-01-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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.