Institute of Employment Rights

Analysis

Institute of Employment Rights is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Liverpool. It was registered in December 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under community and economic development. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02368796). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information, sponsors or undertakes research and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Institute of Employment Rights reported income of £150k and spending of £130k, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £95k to £150k (+59%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 54%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 1,869 England and Wales charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Institute of Employment Rights sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 69% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Northstead Community Pre-School (£150k), Blofield Pre School Playgroup (£150k) and Ocean Regeneration Trust (£149k).