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2024-12-31-accounts

€iK) FOUNDATION

Financial Statements 31 December 2024

Company number 4219306 Charity number 1088670

Contents

Legal and Administrative details Legal and Administrative details 1
Trustees’ Report:
Highlights 2024 2
Chair’s Statement 8
Strategic Report
- Activities and Impact 9
- 2025 Objectives 13
- Financial Review 14
- Incoming Resources 15
- Expenditure and Charitable Activities 15
- Reserves Policy and Management 17
- Investment Policy and Performance 19
- Internal Control and Risk Management 22
Structure, Governance and Management
- Charity Status 27
- Charity Objects 27
- Trustees 28
- Other Matters 35
Report of the Independent Auditor 37
Financial Statements:
- Statement of Financial Activities 41
- Balance Sheet 42
- Statement of Cash Flows 43
- Notes to the Accounts 44
Five Year Financial Summary 68

Legal and Administrative Details

Charity registration number: 1088670

Company registration number: 4219306

Advisors: Bankers:

Barclays Bank Plc, Education and Charities Team, Corporate Banking, 1 Churchill Place London, E14 5HP

Registered and principal office: 60 Trafalgar Square, London, WC2N 5DS

Trustees: Dr A Abou-Zeid Mr M Ben Sulayem Mr G Braggiotti Mr W Heping Mr W Kraus Mr A Al-Mannai Mr G Obando Ms A Oliver Venere Ms E Perry AM Mr R Reid (resigned 27 June 2024) Mr D Richards CBE Mr C Sanz de Barros Mr A Sticchi Damiani Mr J Šťovíček (co-opted 23 October 2024, appointed 12 December 2024) Mr B Tay Mr K Woodier

Executive Director: Mr S Billingsley

Solicitors: Bristows LLP, 100 Victoria Embankment London, EC4Y 0DH

Eversheds Sutherland LLP, One Wood Street London, EC2V 7WS

Hempsons LLP, 3 Dorset Rise, London, EC4Y 8EN

Herbert Smith, Exchange House, Primrose Street, London, EC2A 2HS

Auditor:

Azets Audit Services, Gladstone House, 77 - 79 High Street, Egham, Surrey, TW20 9HY

Investment managers and custodians: CCLA Investment Management Limited, Senator House, 85 Queen Victoria Street, London, EC4V 4ET

Rathbones incorporating Investec Wealth & Investment Limited, 30 Gresham Street, London, EC2V 7QN

Company Secretary: Ms J Gibbons (née Pearce)

Sarasin and Partners LLP, Juxon House, 100 St Paul’s Churchyard, London, EC4M 8BU

Website: www.fiafoundation.org

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Highlights 2024

Activities and Impact

The FIA Foundation (the Foundation) supports and promotes safe and sustainable mobility around the world. Our objective is safe and healthy journeys for all.

We work to prevent road traffic injury in the context of a world in which almost 1.4 million people are killed and many millions more injured on the roads globally every year. We advocate for increased international and country level response to this epidemic in line with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) agenda and we support programmes designed to reduce the toll of human suffering.

With growing political awareness of the health effects of air pollution, including from vehicles, we work with UN agencies, expert partners and major cities to accurately measure the emissions performance of vehicles, and to highlight the rights of all, and especially children, to safe and healthy travel. We also lead pioneering work to understand the mobility impact of harassment on women.

Our support for cutting-edge motor sport safety research and training contributes to keeping thousands of participants and spectators safe across the world.

Our Social Impact - in 2024 the highlights of our funding programme and initiatives are the following:

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Charitable activities at a glance:

Safety, environment and mobility

€12,934,000

(2023: €13,562,000)

We work to prevent road traffic injuries and we advocate for increased international and country level response to this epidemic in line with the SDG agenda. In addition, we host and coordinate the world’s leading vehicle fuel efficiency initiative and work with the UN Environment Programme and other partners to encourage walking and cycling as alternative modes. We award grants and manage, support and develop our own programmes to further this work.

Motor sport safety

€5,937,000

We award grants to promote improvement in the safety of motor sport for participants and spectators.

(2023: €5,077,000)

Memberships and affiliations

€38,000

We are a member of a number of Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) whose aim is to prevent road traffic injury.

(2023: €37,000)

Representational activities and external communications

We disseminate the results of the research and provide information on €2,827,000 road safety, automobile technology, the protection and preservation of (2023: €2,619,000) human life and public health, transport and public mobility and the protection of the environment.

Total charitable expenditure:

€21,736,000

(2023: €21,295,000)

Total Expenditure

Total expenditure includes the cost of charitable activities (above) and €22,903,000 the cost of managing investments €1,167,000 (2023: €919,000). (2023: €22,214,000)

The figures above include allocated support costs (see note 7 for details).

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Resources Expended

Resources expended by cost category:

Resources expended by cost category:
2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
€000’s €000’s €000’s €000’s €000’s
Grants awarded 16,290 15,702 16,688 17,039 17,228
Activities undertaken directly (designated 1,704 1,658 1,135 687 791
fund expenditure)
Investment manager fees 1,032 781 837 922 760
Support andgovernance costs 3,877 4,073 4,116 2,293 4,076
Total expenditure 22,903 22,214 22,776 20,941 22,855

Grants awarded

The Foundation is primarily a grant making organisation.

Grants awarded:

2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
€000’s €000’s €000’s €000’s €000’s
Unrestricted funds:
Safety,environment and mobility 10,844 10,741 12,170 12,459 12,959
Motor sport safety 5,408 4,924 4,480 4,500 4,183
Memberships and affiliations 38 37 38 80 86
Totalgrants awarded 16,290 15,702 16,688 17,039 17,228

Unrestricted fund grant awards from 2017 - 2020 include additional grants awarded from exceptional withdrawals in 2015 of €10 million, and in 2016 of €5 million. 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 also include grants awarded from additional exceptional withdrawals of €5,748,000, €5,370,000, €3,000,000 and €750,000 respectively.

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Grants have been awarded to institutions as follows (after adjustments):

Safety,
No. of environ- Motor Member-
grant ment and sport ships and Total
awards mobility safety affiliations
€000’s €000’s €000’s €000’s
Active LearningSolutions Pvt Ltd 1 57 - - 57
AIP Foundation 2 342 - - 342
AMEND.org 2 560 - - 560
Association pour le Développement de la 1 325 - - 325
Recherche sur le Cerveau et la Moelle
Epinière
Australasian New Car Assessment Programme 1 50 - - 50
Automobile Association of South Africa NPC 1 105 105
BOND - NGOs Working in Overseas 1 - - 7 7
Development
Capita Social Inc. 1 20 - - 20
The Clean Air Fund 1 490 - - 490
EASST CIO 4 309 - - 309
A Escobar 1 50 - - 50
European Federation for Transport and 1 121 - - 121
Environment
Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile 14 2,895 3,000 - 5,895
France
Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile 2 - 2,300 - 2,300
Switzerland
Fire Aid and International Development 1 24 - - 24
Fundatia Crucea Alba 1 72 - - 72
Global Action Plan 1 85 - - 85
Global Alliance of NGOs for Road Safety 1 80 - - 80
Global Designing Cities Initiative (a project of 2 269 - - 269
Rockefeller PhilanthropyAdvisors)
Global NCAP (formerly known as Towards 2 920 - - 920
Zero Foundation)
Global Road SafetyPartnership 1 - - 16 16
Hugvita UG - (9) - (9)
The Institute for Transport and Development 4 300 - - 300
Policy
International Centre for Journalists 1 20 - - 20
The International Council on Clean Transport 3 743 - - 743
International Road Assessment Programme 2 1,500 - - 1,500
International Road Traffic and Accident 1 - - 4 4
Database
JN Foundation 1 250 - - 250

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Grants awarded to institutions (after adjustments) continued:

Johns Hopkins University No of
grant
awards
Safety,
environ-
ment and
mobility
Motor
sport
safety
Member-
ships and
affiliations
Total
€000’s
€000’s
€000’s
€000’s
1
50
-
-
50
Dr L Laski (10)
-
-
(10)
Les Ambassadeurs de la Sécurité Routière 1
60
-
-
60
Makerere University (2)
-
-
(2)
Regents of the Universityof California 1
70
-
-
70
SLoCAT– Partnership on Sustainable Low
Carbon Transport
1
-
-
11
11
StichtingDelft Road SafetyCourses 1
110
-
-
110
StichtingYouth for Road Safety (YOURS) 3
204
-
-
204
Transaid Worldwide Services 1
130
-
-
130
Transportation Alternatives 1
95
-
-
95
UNC HighwaySafetyResearch Centre 1
75
-
-
75
United Nations Environment Programme 1
325
-
-
325
Universityof Strathclyde 1
-
117
-
117
Walk21 Foundation 1
150
-
-
150
68
10,844
5,408
38
16,290

Full details of grants by including the activity undertaken and the source of funding are disclosed in note 4 to the accounts.

Other grant information:

2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
Grants awarded as a percentage of net 3.4% 3.5% 4.0% 3.4% 3.9%
assets
Number ofgrants awarded 68 58 55 46 51
Averagegrant award €240,000 €270,000 €303,000 €370,000 €338,000
Number ofgrant recipients 39 38 40 35 36

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Investment Performance:

Value of investments (property and shares):
2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
€000’s €000’s €000’s €000’s €000’s
Total value of investments 468,719 430,874 405,589 489,547 428,721
Investment Income:
2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
€000’s €000’s €000’s €000’s €000’s
Investment income 11,362 10,911 6,026 5,533 5,831
Total return from the Investment portfolio:
2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
Return(net of fees and charges) 13.5% 12.1% -13.1% 20.1% 6.1%

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Chair’s Statement

2024 again saw the Foundation supporting important programmes on road safety, the environmental impacts of road transport and on safe and sustainable motor sport. As part of a strategic review, we also commissioned an independent evaluation of our safety and environmental funding over the past five years. We are extremely grateful to our many partners and external stakeholders who participated in this very positive evaluation, which will inform the decisions of the board on future funding.

A highlight of our funding programme has been the achievement of the International Road Assessment Programme (iRAP) in preventing an estimated 700,000 deaths and serious injuries in 74 countries since 2016. This figure is derived from a peer-reviewed calculation by Johns Hopkins University of existing roads which have been upgraded with safety improvements guided by iRAP protocols. These have beenfunded by a combination of government road spending, lending by development banks, and investment from private sector operators. This demonstrates both the reach of the programme - now active in more than 100 countries - and its impact. Moreover, these benefits will continue to accrue. The report anticipates that by 2044 the existing road treatments will have prevented almost 3.2 million fatalities and serious injuries.

iRAP grew from a European road assessment programme first launched by FIA auto clubs more than 20 years ago. The Foundation’s long term strategic funding has enabled iRAP to mature and deliver these life-saving results and is a highly cost-effective initiative. iRAP estimates that it has influenced $100 billion of safer road investment since conception and more than 100,000 km of roads have been upgraded across 128 countries. In England alone almost £200 million in government funding has been deployed since 2016 for safer roads upgrades based on iRAP assessments. This UK ‘Safer Roads Fund’ initiative advocated for by iRAP and the RAC Foundation is a strong example, amongst many, of how FIA clubs work with iRAP to deliver investment for safer roads.

In December 2024, during our Annual General Meeting in Kigali, Rwanda, the FIA President Mohammed Ben Sulayem and I joined Rwandan government ministers to cut the ribbon on a new motorcycle helmet test laboratory, the first in Africa. The equipment has been funded by the Foundation as part of a wider United Nations supported campaign which has included adoption of the UN helmet standard. For the first time the laboratory provides the Government of Rwanda with the tools to check and enforce helmet quality and sets a benchmark for the region. This is one element of a wider motorcycle safety initiative coordinated by the Foundation. National helmet coalitions, with auto clubs playing a key role, are now established in Kenya, Mexico, Dominican Republic and Jamaica.

As with all our projects a key objective is the development of skills and programmes within the FIA mobility clubs; and of the investment the Foundation makes in motor sport safety, from cutting edge research to grassroots training delivering policy changes that prevent injuries and protect health for many years to come.

Mr D Richards, CBE. FIA Foundation

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Trustees’ Report: Strategic Report

The Trustees present their report on the activities and results for the year ended 31 December 2024. This report will outline some of the highlights of the year including the progress made against objectives, the new challenges being undertaken, and the goals being set for the future to achieve the aims of the FIA Foundation (the Foundation).

Activities and Impact

Progress on the main activities and projects undertaken by the Foundation during the reporting period are highlighted below. Further details are available in our Annual Review, which is available at www.fiafoundation.org

Addressing motorcycle safety

Motorcycles are a growing mode of transport in many parts of the world. Of the 1.2 billion powered two wheelers on the road, 70% are in Asia. It is estimated that the number of motorcycles in sub-Saharan Africa has increased from 5 million in 2010 to 27 million today and could reach 50 million by the end of the decade. Accompanying this rise is a growing number of motorcycle-related deaths and injuries. According to the 2023 WHO Global Status Report, motorbike riders now account for 30% of global road traffic fatalities, an increase of almost a third since 2013. Lack of rider training, poor or unsuitable infrastructure, and badly maintained bikes are part of the problem. But the absence of safe, standardised motorcycle helmets, lack of awareness about the effectiveness of good helmets in preventing injury, and a consequent lack of legislative or enforcement action are combining to fuel the fire.

The Foundation is responding by supporting helmet coalitions in several countries and engaging in regional and global dialogues to raise motorcycle safety up the policy agenda. In March 2024 the Foundation launched a new coalition in Jamaica, led by local partner JN Foundation with strong support from the government and police. The initial objective of the coalition is to help Jamaica design and adopt a helmet standard. In Kenya, where a coalition has been operating for a few years, its efforts ensured inclusion of a strong motorcycle safety mission in the country’s new national road safety strategy. The coalition also launched a new research report ‘A Fare Price: an investigation into the health costs of motorcycle taxi crashes in Kenya’. This quantified the injury impact through detailed analysis of two Nairobi hospitals, where more than 1,000 people were treated after motorcycle crashes over an 18-month period.

In Rwanda, the Foundation funded Africa’s first motorcycle helmet testing laboratory, housed at the government’s Bureau of Standards. Supporting a wider helmet safety campaign funded by the UN Road Safety Fund, which has included official adoption of the UN’s helmet standard, the lab will enable testing for product compliance. Unusually for sub-Saharan Africa Rwanda has achieved almost universal helmet-wearing. Now the quality of those helmets can be addressed. Helmet quality is also being tackled in Mexico, where the national coalition is working with private sector partners to encourage availability of standardised helmets. At the 2024 Mexican Grand Prix F1 racing driver Sergio Perez joined coalition members, including the Mexican auto club OMDAI, to support the cause.

Improving vehicle safety

Including automatic braking systems (ABS) as standard on motorcycles is estimated to have the potential to reduce motorcycle crashes by a third. While common on high-end bikes, much more effort could be made to require ABS across the fleet, including through retro-fitting. The Foundation is a member of an ABS Partnership advocating for countries in the ASEAN region to adopt ABS as standard. So far, only Malaysia and Thailand have legislated for ABS on larger cc bikes. But all motorbikes capable

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of more than 50 km/h speeds should have ABS fitted. If they did, 8,000 lives a year could be saved across the region. The ABS Partnership is led by the Global NCAP, the Foundation’s main partner for vehicle safety, which primarily focuses on passenger car safety in emerging markets including India, Latin America, South Africa and South East Asia. In April 2024 Global NCAP convened the first NCAP World Congress, hosted by the German auto club ADAC in Munich. The Congress brought together all the government-led and independent NCAPs around the world with representatives of the car industry, technology suppliers and policymakers. The event included a demonstration of active safety systems for HGV trucks at ADAC’s test centre. Global NCAP also launched an ISA Partnership to promote intelligent speed assistance (ISA), a technology with high potential to prevent crashes and reduce injuries.

Reducing urban traffic speed and injuries

ISA operates most effectively when it operates within a speed management framework which adapts to conditions and mix of road user. The Foundation has long advocated for 30km/h speed limits in those urban areas – residential streets, shopping streets, near schools and hospitals – where there are a large number of pedestrians, and particularly young or elderly people, intermingling with vehicle traffic. In May 2024 the Foundation joined its partner AIP Foundation in Vietnam to celebrate the ribbon cutting of new safe crossings and infrastructure adjacent to schools in Ho Chi Minh City, and to encourage the government and city authorities to advance plans for 50 more schools in the city. This is part of a wider effort in Vietnam co-funded by the Foundation which has seen official adoption of Safe School Zones design guidance. This work was piloted in the city of Pleiku, and received one of philanthropist Mike Bloomberg’s inaugural Excellence in Road Safety awards at a ceremony in New York City in June.

On the front line of the global debate around speed limits, New York City secured the right in 2024 to derogate from State speed limits and reduce speed from 25mph to 20mph in specific locations when deemed necessary for safety. The new legislation, signed by Governor Kathy Hochul, was the result of years of campaigning by a pressure group, Families for Safe Streets, founded by Amy Cohen whose son had been killed by a speeding vehicle. The Foundation backed the campaign with supportive engagement over several years and with funding to support the final, successful, legislative push in 20232024, and is also supporting Families for Safe Streets in efforts to promote fitment of ISA for the cars of recidivist speed offenders.

Identifying funding gaps preventing safer roads

A major obstacle to better speed management and safer road design is often the lack of catalytic funding to deliver the evidence and make the case for safety improvements. This has been a constant concern for Foundation partners including the International Road Assessment Programme (iRAP) and Amend, whose Safe Schools Africa initiative is specifically aimed at the nexus where international road funding, national government implementors and local community needs meet or, more typically, don’t quite meet. In preparation for the 4[th] Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety in February 2025 in Morocco, the Foundation advocated during 2024 for a more coordinated approach to infrastructure safety funding. There are two key objectives: first, to improve the circular dialogue between national roads authorities, health ministries, road safety institutions and finance ministries to ensure that demand for road safety measures is generated and communicated to international financing institutions, like the World Bank. Second, to improve on-the-ground coordination to elevate local community needs within road design planning and strengthen advocacy within governments for budget allocations to safety design measures.

The Foundation began this advocacy campaign by launching a discussion note during the Transforming Transportation conference at the World Bank in March 2024. Fact-finding missions and roundtable discussions continued within G20 fora, including during the Urban20 sessions at the G20 summit in Rio,

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at the International Transport Forum summit and at the International Road Federation’s conference. A report setting out recommendations for action was launched at the road safety Ministerial.

Urging a PATH to climate action

One of the areas examined through the Foundation’s financing advocacy is the potential for unlocking climate finance to support road safety objectives. Safe infrastructure is a vital link to climate action, enabling mass walking and cycling as viable options for short distance travel and improving accessibility to public transport. The Partnership for Active Travel and Health (PATH), an initiative funded and coordinated by the Foundation – together with Walk21 and the European Cycling Federation – is advocating for prioritisation of safe active travel for its environmental and health co-benefits. In 2024 PATH published draft walking and cycling policies that countries could adopt as part of their Nationally Determined Contributions, the official and legally binding commitments that each signatory to the UN Climate Treaty makes for carbon reduction. At present only a handful of countries have such climate commitments for walking and cycling.

TRUE transparency

The Foundation’s TRUE real urban emissions initiative has continued to shed light on real-world performance of a range of vehicles in cities across the world. This included a first review of the fleet in Delhi, a city which experiences severe pollution events. Over 110,000 vehicles were tested across 20 sites between December 2022 and April 2023. The tested fleet included two- and three-wheelers, private cars, taxis, light goods vehicles (LGVs), and buses. It also included a mix of petrol, CNG, and diesel vehicles.

The report 'Real-world motor vehicle exhaust emissions in Delhi and Gurugram using remote sensing', found that vehicles produced to the newest emissions standard - Bharat Stage (BS) VI - show significant improvements in tailpipe emissions across all pollutants and vehicle types measured compared to BS IV. For example, real-world NOx emissions from private cars showed a reduction of 81% and buses nearly 95%. Yet for many segments the real-world emissions remain higher than lab limits, particularly for NOx. High-use commercial vehicle emissions are much higher than private vehicles, for example, BS VI taxi and LGVs emit 2.4 and 5.0 times more NOx emissions than their private car counterparts. CNG vehicles also exhibited high NOx emissions with Class II LGVs emitted up to 14 times their NOx type limit and taxis four times. The evidence is being deployed by ICCT India, the Foundation’s technical partner, to inform the lively policy debate on pollution sources and solutions in India.

In the US, meanwhile, TRUE published new analysis which found that Ford F-250 and Ford F-350 trucks of model years 2013–2019 produce the highest real-world nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions among trucks of similar size, including models such as the RAM 2500/3500s, GMC Sierra, and Chevrolet Silverado. Despite being the subject of a $1.6 billion settlement between the engine manufacturer Cummins and the U.S. Department of Justice and California in 2023, RAM 2500/3500 trucks of model year 2013-2019 were not the highest emitting diesel truck model captured by road-side instruments in Colorado and Virginia. In fact, Ford diesel pick-up trucks of model 2017-2019 emitted roughly two times higher NOx emissions than RAM trucks, and nearly four times higher emissions than GMC and Chevrolet. Across the four truck manufacturers, Ford diesel trucks of model year 2016–2019 were the only truck certified to an interim bin of Tier 3 light-duty emission standards under the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, meaning they were not required to certify to the Supplemental Federal Test Procedures. These trucks presented emissions three to four times higher than the limits under real-world conditions. ICCT is in discussions with Ford, and with relevant authorities, to further unpack and investigate the data.

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Safe, sustainable and accessible motor sport

There is increasing awareness and concern about the health impact of particulate pollution from tyre wear on road vehicles, and this is also under investigation in the motor sport sector. In 2024 the Foundation approved funding for a three-year research programme led by the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) Sport’s environmental research team to quantify the pollution issue in motor sport and seek technical solutions to mitigate the impact. This is one of a range of research activities supported by the Foundation to meet our charitable objective of safe and sustainable motor sport. In 2024, for example, an FIA project concluded which aimed to prevent sport competitors from suffering spinal injuries. These are sometimes observed in categories such as cross-country competition, and usually follow a heavy vehicle landing.

Concerned with preventing avoidable injuries, the FIA has been gathering and analysing data from incidents where competitors have been injured. The aim is to find a way to mitigate the consequences of heavy landings that caused compressive loads transferred to the spine. As part of its motor sport safety technical research programme, the FIA undertook a project with a number of technical stakeholders to develop a seat attenuation system. Using the analysis, a representative severe crash pulse was selected, which combined data from several incidents involving a heavy landing, recorded in the FIA’s World Accident Database. This resulted in a 40g peak crash pulse orientated along a direction which gives an angle of 58° with respect to the horizontal axis. This crash pulse was then applied to a simplified multibody model of the driver installation to identify the best force-displacement characteristic, in order to assign this to a reversible damping mechanism connected to the seat. This allowed an oleo-pneumatic damper matching the optimal characteristic to be designed, manufactured and tested to confirm a benefit in terms of decrease in lumbar spine compression by approximately 50%. The research team was able to connect to the roll cage via a linkage driven by a damper reflecting the prescribed characteristic. This system was tested and put into service for the first time in Morocco in 2024.

The FIA’s campaign against online hatred and abuse of sporting competitors and officials stepped up a gear in 2024. Supported by the Foundation, United Against Online Abuse hosted its first international summit in Paris, convening politicians; sportspeople; sporting federations from a number of disciplines including football, rugby union, tennis and athletics; and some of the online platforms where the abuse occurs. Fully funded post-graduate scholarships are now in place supporting research into aspects of the problem, including the potential for AI to assist in identifying abusers and enforcing standards of behaviour. The summit agreed that it is important to protect free speech and valid criticism. But where this crosses the line into personal, often racially motivated, invective, sports federations need the guidelines, tools and capacity to quickly shut it down. Research produced by the campaign shows online abuse is a powerful barrier to participation in sport, particularly for young women. The Foundation’s support for the campaign has enabled the FIA to successfully apply to the European Union for funding, and the activity and network will continue to grow in 2025.

Outreach and communications

The Foundation was present at some of the key transport and injury prevention events through the year. Alongside the World Bank’s Transforming Transportation conference in Washington DC, in March 2024, the Foundation and Johns Hopkins University organised a side meeting combining partners of our Child Health Initiative and private sector companies engaged with the FIA’s Road Safety Index, which the Foundation funds and supports. The main aim of the meeting was to refocus attention on the Marrakesh Ministerial and set agendas for child safety action and fleet operational safety. The Foundation was also active at the 2024 World Injury Prevention Conference, hosted by the Government of India and the World Health Organization in Delhi. This event, held every two years, is the leading gathering of

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academics and practitioners across injury disciplines. The Foundation was involved in a wide range of sessions, including several on motorcycle safety, as well as on infrastructure safety funding, child health, and media.

Our team actively participated in other important events including Velo City, the International Transport Forum summit, the World Urban Forum and Urban 20. The Foundation also organised a session during the annual International Council of Motor Sport Sciences, held in Indianapolis. The charity’s activities secured media attention. The Economist featured the motorcycle safety issues in Africa, drawing from Foundation reports and activities, and our report on motorcycle safety in Kenya also secured significant coverage nationally. The launch of the Jamaica helmet coalition, a kick-off event for a safe schools project with AA South Africa, and the TRUE report on Delhi emissions were amongst activities featured in major national media outlets in the respective countries.

2025 Objectives

The Foundation will work to meet its objectives and support its strategic partners in 2025 and beyond by:

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Financial Review

Summary of results

Summary of results
2024 2023 Percentage
Change
€000’s €000’s
Incoming resources:
Investment Income 11,362 10,911 4.1%
Resources expended:
Grants awarded 16,290 15,702 3.7%
Activities undertaken directly (designated fund expenditure) 1,704 1,658 2.8%
Investment manager fees 1,032 781 32.1%
Support andgovernance costs 3,877 4,073 -4.8%
Total expenditure 22,903 22,214 3.1%
Net expenditure beforegains on investments (11,541) (11,303) 2.1%
Gains on investment assets 47,890 37,609 27.3%
Net Movement in funds 36,349 26,306 38.2%

Incoming Resources

Unrestricted funds

The Foundation’s activities are funded by the returns achieved by the investment portfolio. Investment income has increased by €451,000 during the year (see note 2). Investment returns accounted for 56.8% (2023: 54.6%) of our cash requirement for the year, before exceptional withdrawals.

Returns achieved are due to the asset allocation decisions of our investment managers, with a focus on investment in high quality assets with strong historical performance and good dividend yields.

However, each manager is assessed on a total return basis and fund managers are free to provide their share of the requested annual withdrawal of €19.5 million (before any exceptional withdrawals) from net income, or from capital or from a combination of the two.

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Expenditure and Charitable Activities

Total expenditure for the year was €22,903,000 (2023: €22,214,000). Expenditure covers four main areas: safety, environment and mobility; motor sport safety; memberships and affiliations; and representational activities and external communications. Expenditure is split between charitable activities, investment manager fees and support costs.

The majority of the Foundation’s expenditure is via the grant programme, although it does manage its own advocacy and research programmes to promote safe and sustainable mobility around the world to achieve the objective of safe, clean, fair and green mobility for all.

Grants Awarded

The total allocated to grants and internally managed projects (designated funds) was €18,690,000 (2023: €18,102,000). €16,290,000 (2023: €15,702,000) was allocated to our grant programmes, whilst €2,400,000 (2023: €2,400,000) was transferred to designated funds for internally managed projects.

39 (2023: 38) organisations benefitted from grants awarded during the year. Grants are disclosed, by recipient and project, in note 4.

The split of grants (by numbers of grants and amount) is shown below:

Percent
Grant Net
-age of
No. of Grant adjust- grants
grants
Category grants awarded ments ^ awarded
awarded
€000’s €000’s €000’s
Annual Programme:
Safety,environment and mobility 56 10,832 12 10,844 66.6%
Motor sport safety 8 5,417 (9) 5,408 33.2%
Memberships and affiliations 4 38 - 38 0.2%
Grants Awarded 68 16,287 3 16,290 100.0%

^ Grant adjustments include the write back of underutilised grants and exchange differences for nonEuro denominated grants awarded in prior years.

The withdrawal for 2025 has been set at €20 million to fund our annual grants programme. €19.5 million will be withdrawn from the share portfolio with the remaining €500,000 of the requirement will be provided by rental income from the investment property.

Designated funds

The Foundation continues to manage, support and develop road safety and environmental programmes. Funds are designated by the Trustees for specific purposes to meet the Foundation’s objectives.

Designations, by project, are disclosed in note 17. The balance carried forward on designated funds will be utilised during the forthcoming year.

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Allocations and expenditure on designated funds were as follows:

Grants
Awarded
Balance Funds and Other Balance
Number of brought desig- member- expend- carried
projects forward nated ships iture forward
€000’s €000’s €000’s €000’s €000’s
Safety, environment and 6 1,265 1,450 (1,056) (678) 981
mobility
Representational 3 455 950 (96) (1,103) 206
activities and external
communications
Total 9 1,720 2,400 (1,152) (1,781) 1,187

Other costs and overheads

The Foundation monitors and reviews support and indirect costs on a quarterly basis to ensure they are in line with expectations and budgets. The Foundation utilises a hybrid working model where staff are able to work from home or in the office. Staff recruitment in late 2023 led to an increase in core overhead costs of 12.1% (prior to fixed asset revaluations and other exchange rate gains or losses) compared to the prior year. The increase was in line with the overheads budget.

Grant making and monitoring policy for unrestricted funds

The Foundation has established its grant policy to achieve its objects for public benefit.

Grants are awarded in the following categories: safety, environment and mobility; motor sport safety; and memberships and affiliations. The aim of the Foundation is to promote research, disseminate the results of research and provide information on matters of public interest which may include road safety; automobile technology; the protection and preservation of human life and public health; transport and public mobility; the safety of motor sport and the protection of the environment.

The Foundation invites applications for grants from organisations which it considers to be appropriate strategic partners and whose activities meet the aims stated above. As the result of a Strategic Review conducted in 2011 the Foundation no longer accepts unsolicited applications. Applications are considered by the Programmes Committee which makes recommendations to the Board of Trustees.

All the Foundation's activities must fall within the Foundation's Objects and clearly be undertaken for the public benefit. The Foundation follows the OECD’s DAC Criteria for Evaluating Development Assistance to evaluate the recipient's performance and to guide the Foundation's future funding decisions and priorities. The Foundation wishes to use its grant making activity to be as catalytic as possible and secure positive outcomes that significantly exceed the grant amount provided to the activity. By assessing such leverage effects, the Foundation will determine an overall performance measure of the Activity.

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The Activity Evaluation Criteria are as follows:

The aim of the evaluation is to assist our annual and multi-annual grants beneficiaries to meet their activity goals and our charitable objectives. The Foundation may suspend payment of all or part of any annual grant instalment if the recipient fails to receive a satisfactory evaluation on an annual basis.

2021 was the first year for the majority of the current multi-year grant agreements. During the 2024 evaluation process multi-year recipients received a satisfactory evaluation and hence the next year of funding will be made available in 2025.

Reserves Policy and Management

At 31 December 2024 reserves were as follows:

At 31 December 2024 reserves were as follows:
Reserves
Unrestricted Funds
-
General funds
2024
€000’s
2023
€000’s
Percentage
increase
383,469
384,312
-0.2%
-
Designated Funds
1,187
1,720
-31.0%
384,656
386,032
-0.4%
-
Revaluation reserve
99,495
61,770
61.1%
Total 484,151
447,802
8.1%

The long-term objective of the Trustees is to “preserve the capital base in real terms for as long as is practicable whilst meeting the needs of the beneficiaries at a sustainable level”. To achieve the objective of preserving the capital base the Foundation aims to ensure that the value of the investment share portfolio is equal to the expected growth of the original donation from the FIA once the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for Europe is applied.

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The difference in the two values is shown below:

2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
€000’s €000’s €000’s €000’s €000’s
Value of the listed investment portfolio 461,570 424,246 397,108 479,935 420,695
(shares,accrued income and cash)
Value of the original donation from the 488,863 475,548 462,146 423,210 403,442
FIA after the Consumer Price Index (CPI)
for Europe is applied
Reserves(shortfall)/surplus (27,293) (51,302) (65,038) 56,725 17,253

Positive investment returns and a decrease in the rate of inflation have reduced the shortfall in these two values.

The value of the Foundation’s investment portfolio fell during the March and April in line with markets following the imposition of worldwide trade tariffs by the United States administration. At the end of April the value of the portfolio, after withdrawals of €4.3 million, was €429 million, a decrease of 7.1%.

The Foundation has adopted an expenditure policy to balance the needs of our beneficiaries with our charitable activities. Following the strategic review in 2019 it was recommended the level of expenditure rose to approximately €20 million during the period 2021 - 2023. This would enable the Foundation to extend the grant making capacity in order to try to make a significant impact during these critical years of the SDG Decade of Action. This expenditure level is not excessive in comparison to the level of reserves and will enable the Foundation to continue to meet the needs of beneficiaries for the foreseeable future. This level of funding has been extended to 2024 and 2025.

The investment policy described below has been formulated as a result of the aim of the reserves policy. Therefore, the majority of the reserves have been invested in assets which are used to generate incoming resources to fund grants, internally managed projects and support costs. The expected return is approximately 7.7%, based on the five-year average total return achieved.

The Trustees have agreed to hold cash balances of a minimum of €20 million (approximately one year’s expenditure). The cash can be held by either the Foundation or by the investment managers. This policy facilitates cash flow and helps prevent a forced sale of assets during periods of poor investment returns. At the end of the year unrestricted cash balances held were as follows:

Unrestricted Cash balances 2024
2023
€000’s
€000’s
Cash at Bank 24,905
24,279
Cash held aspart of the investmentportfolio 4,509
1,483
Total 29,414
25,762

Cash balances held at the year end comply with the reserves policy of holding a minimum of €20 million.

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Investment Policy and Performance

The performance of the investment portfolio is critical for the continued success of the Foundation and its ability to continue to fund grants.

Investment policy

The Foundation has the power to deposit or invest funds not immediately required for its purposes in, or upon, such investments, securities or property as the Trustees may think fit. The Trustees have the power to delegate the management of investments to a financial expert but must review the performance of the investments regularly.

The principal objective of the investment policy is to seek a total return to provide sufficient returns to fund the activities of the Foundation in the long term. The funding requirement is reviewed every three to five years. This is to balance the needs of both current and future beneficiaries and therefore the assets are invested for long term returns rather than to maximise short term income.

The Foundation’s policy is that all investments are externally managed by investment managers appointed by the Board of Trustees. The investment managers during 2024 were CCLA Investment Management Limited (CCLA); Rathbones Incorporating Investec Wealth and Investment Limited (Investec); and Sarasin and Partners LLP (Sarasin). Custodial services are provided by all of our managers as part of the management fee already paid. The Trustees have assessed that there is no increased investment risk of allowing each manager to act as custodian.

The investment policy adopted by the Investment Committee and Board of Trustees has been incorporated into the Statement of Investment Principles, which has been distributed to each investment manager, and is reviewed annually by the Investment Committee.

Investments are prohibited directly or indirectly in the following: tobacco companies or related businesses; and fossil fuel industries unless the company has a serious and externally validated carbon reduction plan in place or is “Paris Aligned”.

Investment managers have discretion to make all asset allocation decisions in order to achieve the following investment objective: The aim is to produce a total return from investment (shares and property) to cover annual expenditure of €20 million and the effects of inflation net of fees, charges and any irrecoverable tax. This should allow the Foundation to at least maintain the real value of the assets over the medium term whilst funding annual expenditure. The real value of the assets will be calculated by comparing the value of the investment portfolio to the expected growth of the original donation once the Consumer Price index (CPI) for Europe is applied.

Each manager is assessed on a total return basis and fund managers are free to provide their share of the requested withdrawal from net income, or from capital or from a combination of the two.

Performance of the managers is assessed by comparing the portfolio returns of each manager on a rolling basis. The results are reviewed by the Investment Committee on a quarterly basis.

The Foundation has undertaken a review of investment policy over the past two years and with effect from January 2024, the Foundation notified the managers they would compare the active investment manager returns against a passive index to assess their performance against global markets. This index

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comprises the following: 75% MSCI World Total Return Index (in Euro) and 25% FTSE World Government Bond Index (hedged into Euro). Prior to 2024 the Foundation had internally reviewed performance against this benchmark. The managers are instructed that the benchmark should not constrain asset allocation decisions into asset classes which are not represented in the benchmark.

Over the past two years no manager has outperformed this benchmark and as a result the board has taken the decision to invest approximately one third of the portfolio into passive funds. The change in strategy aims to achieve higher returns at a lower cost. Therefore, on 24 July 2024 the Board decided to remove Sarasin and Partners LLP as an active manager of the Foundation, and appoint State Street Global Advisors as a passive fund manager. The investment mandate was withdrawn from Sarasin on 13 March 2025. Following market turmoil the sale of the Sarasin portfolio completed on 24 April 2025 with investment into State Street Global Advisors completing on the same date.

Investment manager fees are calculated as a fixed percentage of the value of the portfolio. Fee rates range between 0.3 and 0.4 basis points. Fee levels are closely monitored on a quarterly basis by the Investment Committee.

Investment managers are permitted to use derivatives to ameliorate the risk associated with holding shares in different currencies, and as a stop loss on equity positions within agreed limits. The managers have discretion regarding the level of derivatives that can be used but they must comply with HM Revenue and Customs guidelines. Currently derivatives are utilised by one manager, Sarasin, and take the form of options.

Investment performance

The performance of each manager is assessed against the targets laid down in the Statement of Investment Principles, on a total returns basis.

A summary of the performance of investment assets is provided below:

A summary of the performance of investment assets is provided below:
2024
2023
€ 000’s
€ 000’s
Value of investment assets(propertyand shareportfolio) 468,719 430,874
Realisedgains on investment assets 1,467 3,199
Unrealisedgains on investment assets 46,423 34,410
Withdrawals duringtheyear 19,512 20,250
Investment income receivable 11,362 10,911
Accrued income due 1,636 1,591
Investment manager fees (including direct management fees on pooled 1,729 1,538
investment vehicle)
Percentage increase in value of assets(after withdrawals) 8.8%
6.2%
Total return on listed investments 13.5%
12.1%
Passive benchmark return 19.7%
15.6%
European Consumer Price Index(CPI) 2.8%
2.9%
Incomeyield on income received 2.2%
2.0%
Fee levels charged 0.4%
0.4%

The total return achieved during the year was 13.5% (2023: 12.1%) with individual manager returns ranging from 10.1% to 19.0%. The managers are assessed against each other and their ability to produce

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a total return of approximately 5% plus inflation based on the European Consumer Price Index (CPI). The return of the passive fund index was 19.7% (2023: 15.6%) and no manager met this target. Global returns during 2024 continued to be driven by the performance of the “Magnificent 7” group of technology related stocks. Due to strong profit growth and rising valuations these stocks achieved an average total return of 60% in 2024. They also accounted for 33.5% of the S&P 500, 24% of the MSCI World and 21.5% of the MSCI ACWI indices. By contrast the Foundation holds a fully diversified share portfolio, and whilst it holds positions in all but one of these companies, they only represent 13.0% of the total investments value. The Trustees consider portfolio diversification and spreading investment risk to be an important element of their investment policy and hence they are content to be underweight within the technology sector compared to global indices. However, the underweight positioning affected returns during the year when compared to global markets.

All asset allocation decisions are taken by our investment managers. Diversification is by asset class, investment manager and investment style.

At 31 December 2024, the evolution of the asset allocation of investments was:

2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
Listed equityinvestments 72.4% 71.2% 67.0% 73.6% 71.9%
Fixed and variable interest stocks 10.0% 11.9% 11.2% 7.7% 10.3%
Alternative investments 11.0% 10.9% 12.1% 9.6% 9.8%
Propertyfunds 2.6% 3.0% 2.6% 3.5% 4.6%
Investment Properties 1.9% 1.9% 2.2% 2.0% 1.9%
Cash and near cash 2.1% 1.1% 4.9% 3.6% 1.5%
Total 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

A desk top valuation of the Investment Property was undertaken by Montagu Evans, Chartered Surveyors as at 31 December 2024. Investment properties are included in note 12.

The Foundation has significant exposure to foreign currency due to its globally diversified portfolio.

The currency allocation of investments was:

The currency allocation of investments was:
2024
2023
2022 2021 2020
Europe 23.1%
25.4%
28.3% 42.6% 45.8%
UK 21.0%
18.3%
23.1% 9.3% 8.1%
North America 48.3%
44.5%
39.1% 42.9% 38.8%
Asia,Pacific and other countries 7.6%
11.8%
9.5% 5.2% 7.3%
Total 100%
100%
100% 100% 100%

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Internal Control and Risk Management

The Trustees are responsible for the Foundation’s systems of internal control and effectiveness. No system of internal control can provide absolute assurance against material misstatement or loss. However, the Foundation’s system is designed to provide the Board of Trustees with reasonable assurance that there are proper procedures in place, and they are operating effectively.

The key elements of the internal control system are:

The risk management process follows three main requirements or sources of guidance: the Charity Governance Code; and the Charity Commission’s “Charity and Risk Management” (CC26) and the Statement of Recommended Practice “Accounting and Reporting by Charities”; and to fully implement the Foundation’s anti-bribery and corruption policy it is necessary to carry out an anti-bribery and corruption risk assessment. The Foundation developed an anti-fraud policy statement and response plan and continued to carry out its annual risk assessment and partner evaluation process. In 2021 it also developed the following: a sanctions policy; safeguarding policy and privacy policies, the latter in line with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and Data Protection Act 2018; and updated its due diligence processes to ensure the Foundation is taking all possible measures to mitigate against the risk of breaching sanctions anywhere in the world.

The Foundation’s risk management matrix is now divided into four major risks areas: financial; operational; reputational; and bribery and corruption, which are assessed annually and provided with a ‘traffic light’ monitoring system, red indicating a significant risk to the Foundation which should be continually monitored by management; amber a medium level risk which should be monitored by management on a periodic basis e.g. quarterly; and green a low risk which should reassessed on an annual basis.

Under the major risk areas above the major risks comprise:

The Board of Trustees and the Audit Committee review the major risks to which the Foundation is exposed on an annual basis and can confirm that all reasonable measures are being taken and systems

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have been established to control or mitigate the effect of these risks on the achievement of the charity’s objectives. The Foundation also ensures it has comprehensive insurance cover to assist with the management of risks. In 2025 the secretariat is undertaking a full review of the risk assessment process with guidance from Azets to ensure it is in line with current best practice.

Principal risks assessed as medium or higher-level risks are as follows:

Risk Measure inplace to mitigate the risks Measure inplace to mitigate the risks
Financial - investment policy
- financial loss through inappropriate/ - agreed Statement of Investment
speculative investment or lack of Principles reviewed annually.
diversity. - an adequate reserves policy.
- lack of investment advice/strategy. - the use of reputable fund managers.
- market risk and counter party risk. - investment experience within the Board
- lack of Trustees with investment of Trustees.
experience. - regular monitoring of the fund
managers by the Investment
Committee.
- regular review of investment strategy by
the Investment Committee.
Financial - credit risk
- investments and bank balances and - review the level of balances held with
credit risk are primarily attributable to each institution and reviews credit
bank balances. ratings.
Financial - currency risk
- exposure to translation and transaction - management by use of forward
foreign exchange risk from non-Euro exchange contracts to hedge these
denominated assets. exposures.
Financial - market risk
- Investments are subject to market - investment through diversification
movements. across a broad range of asset classes,
geographies, investment managers and
investment strategies.
- the use of derivatives in the form of
forward exchange contracts and options
is permitted with the approval of the
Investment Committee to assist with
managing these risks. Derivatives are
not used for speculativepurposes.
Financial - liquidity risk
- to ensure sufficient liquidity is available - aim to hold cash deposits of
to meet foreseeable needs. approximately €20 million to ensure
volatility in short term income should
not impact on expenditure and to
ensure that the Foundation is able to
continue in its current manner should
unforeseen events arise.

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Risk

Measure in place to mitigate the risks

Operational – loss of staff

Operational – cyber risks

Reputational - beneficiary relationships

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Risk Measure inplace to mitigate the risks Measure inplace to mitigate the risks
Reputational - beneficiary relationships (cont’d)
-
a grant evaluation process including
reporting requirements, annual meeting
with key beneficiaries.
-
an independent audit of a sample of
grant awards.
-
appointment of Compliance Officers for
bribery, fraud and sanctions protection.
-
mentoring and support for partners who
need to build certain skills.
-
close partnership with key beneficiaries
to ensure good collaboration and
outcomes.
Reputational – risk of breach of EU, UN, UK, and USA sanctions
- penalties from relevant country. -
sanctions policy in place.
- impact on Foundation’s reputation. -
thorough due diligence including
sanctions screening, and approval
process for grants.
-
annual sanctions survey for
beneficiaries.
-
in the case of grant activities in high-
risk jurisdictions, enhanced and ongoing
due diligence.
-
regular review of due diligence and
grants in countries where sanctions
exist.
-
bespoke sanctions compliance training
for relevant staff.
Bribery and Corruption - Sector Risk
- widespread corruption in road transport
-

anti-bribery and corruption and anti-
sector. fraud and sanctions policies in place.
-
Foundation only works with known
partners with an interest in protecting
consumers and public safety.
-
Foundation partners are required to
acknowledge our anti-bribery and
corruption, and anti-fraud and sanctions
policies.
-
appointment of Compliance Officers.
-
grant agreements require partners to
certify annually compliance with
applicable anti-bribery/fraud laws.
-
periodic external audit review.
-
appointment of independent evaluator
for motor sport safety projects.

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Bribery and Corruption

Country risk: The Foundation’s main partners are registered in the following countries: United Kingdom; USA; Kenya; France; and Switzerland. The Foundation uses the Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index (TICPI) for an indication of the corruption risk in a particular territory. The higher the score, the “cleaner” the country. A score of below 50 indicates that public institutions in that country need to be more transparent and powerful officials more accountable. The decision to continue operations in a particular territory is one of management. Enhanced procedures and controls must be adopted when undertaking activities in the higher risk jurisdictions. All of the countries listed where our partners work have a score greater than 70, except for: Botswana (59); Brazil (36); Chile (66); Colombia (40); Côte d’Ivoire (40); Dominican Republic (35); India (39); Italy (56); Jamaica (44); Kenya (31); Kyrgyzstan (26); Mozambique (25); Portugal (61); Rwanda (53); Sao Tome and Principe (45); Senegal (43); South Africa (41); Tanzania (40): Thailand (35); Uganda (26); USA (69); Uzbekistan (33); Vietnam (41); and Zambia (37). (2023 scores). Given our robust anti-bribery and corruption and anti-fraud policies and Fraud Response Plan, and our sanctions monitoring and compliance work and the fact that we only work with known partners with an interest in protecting consumers and public safety, the Foundation is comfortable with these scores.

In all of the bribery and corruption risk areas (sector; transaction, activity opportunity; activity partner; and internal), the Foundation has in place policies and procedures to ensure it is as well protected as it can be. Such policies and procedures include a Compliance Officer; the need for all partners to acknowledge our anti-bribery and corruption and anti-fraud and sanctions policies; training for all employees who may face demand for facilitation payments; gifts and hospitality rules.

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Charity Status

The Foundation is registered in England and Wales as a charity, number 1088670, and as a company limited by guarantee, number 4219306. The liability of the Trustees is limited to a sum not exceeding £10. The Foundation is governed by its Articles of Association. The directors of the Foundation are its Trustees for the purposes of charity law. The terms of the charity’s Articles of Association exclude the power to raise funds by the means of taxable trading, where such trading falls outside its charitable objects.

Charity Objects

The objects of the Foundation are the promotion of public safety and public health, the protection and preservation of human life and the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment in particular by:

The Foundation is primarily a grant making organisation although it does manage some projects internally. The grant making policy is included in the Strategic Report.

Grants awarded and activities undertaken directly by the Foundation fall under the following categories:

Safety, environment and mobility

This is the work carried out to fulfil our first object of “promoting research, disseminating the results of research and providing information on matters of public interest which may include road safety, automobile technology, the protection and preservation of human life and public health, transport and public mobility and the protection of the environment”. Our work in representational activities (see below) also fulfils this objective.

Motor sport safety

This is the work carried out to fulfil our second objective of “promoting improvement in the safety of motor sport”. Our research, memberships and affiliations expenditure (see below) also fulfil this objective.

Memberships and affiliations

As described above these are research, memberships and affiliations to achieve our objectives.

Representational activities and external communications

As described above these are activities undertaken directly by the Foundation to achieve our first objective.

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Trustees

The Foundation’s Trustees play a critical role in ensuring that the Foundation meets its objects of promoting road safety, sustainable mobility and motor sport safety. Their duties are set out in the Foundation’s Articles of Association and are reinforced by Internal Regulations and the Trustees’ Code of Conduct. The principal involvement of Trustees is through participation in the Board of Trustees and its subsidiary bodies, namely the Executive; Programmes; Investment; and Audit Committees.

Trustees and Committee membership

Under the Articles of Association, the Board of Trustees must maintain a minimum membership of nine and a maximum membership of 15. This figure includes not less than two directors independent from any member of the charity, the President of the FIA ex officio , and three directors nominated by the FIA. Other than the President of the FIA all the trustees are elected by an ordinary resolution by members at the Annual General Meeting (AGM). One third (or the number nearest one third) of these Trustees must retire at each AGM. Other than the President of the FIA, trustees are elected for a maximum of two terms of three years. The Board of Trustees may permit a trustee to stand for election for a third consecutive term of office if it is satisfied that there is a particular need for that trustee’s skills and experience on the Board of Trustees, or, in the case of the three FIA trustees, if the FIA requests such an extension.

On 27 June 2024, the FIA exercised its entitlement to nominate three individuals to act as FIA Trustees and to remove Mr R Reid. He therefore resigned from the Board on 27 June 2024. Mr J Šťovíček was nominated as an FIA Trustee and was co-opted to the Board on 23 October 2024.

Dr A Abou-Zeid and Mr A Al-Mannai retired from the Board at the AGM on 12 December 2024. Both were eligible for re-election having served one term. They were re-elected for a second term. Mr Jan Šťovíček was elected as a full Trustee at the AGM on 12 December 2024 in accordance with the Articles of Association.

Mr G Braggiotto, Mr W Heping, Mr W Kraus, Mr C Sanz de Barros, Mr G Obando, Chair Mr D Richards, Mr A Sticchi Damiani, Mr B Tay and Mr K Woodier are due to retire at the forthcoming AGM.

Mr W Kraus and Mr K Woodier are ineligible for re-election having served three terms. Mr Braggiotti and Mr W Heping, having both served two terms, are eligible to offer themselves for a third and final term. Mr C Sanz de Barros, Mr G Obando, Mr D Richards, Mr A Sticchi Damani and Mr Tay having all served one term, are eligible to offer themselves for re-election for a second term.

On 27 June 2024, Mr P Basilico retired as a op-opted member of the Investment Committee.

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The Trustees who served throughout the year are shown below:

Year of
Appoint-
ment
Dr A Abou-Zeid ^
2021
Committee
Executive
Progra-
mmes
Invest-
ment
Audit
Mr M Ben Sulayem (ex officio, FIA
President)
2021
Mr G Braggiotti
2019
Mr W Heping
2019
Mr W Kraus
2016


Mr A Al Mannai
2021
Mr G Obando #
2023
Ms A Oliver Venere
2023
Ms E PerryAM
2023
✓
Mr R Reid #
2023
Mr D Richards CBE
2023



Mr C Sanz de Barros #
2023



Mr A Sticchi Damiani
2023
Mr J Šťovíček@#
2024
Mr B Tay
2023
Mr K Woodier(Treasurer)^
2016


^
Independent Trustee

Member
Resigned 27 June 2024

Chair

_Ex officio_member
@
Co-opted 23 October 2024
# FIA Nominee Trustees
Appointed 27 June 2024
and appointed 12 December
2024

Committees and meetings

The Board of Trustees meets three times a year. There are also four additional Trustee sub committees (the Executive Committee; the Programmes Committee; the Investment Committee; and the Audit Committee) which ordinarily meet a minimum of once a year. Since March 2020 the Board of Trustees has held all of its meetings in a hybrid format in accordance with Article 42 (6) of the Foundation’s Articles of Association: “ A board of trustees meeting may be held by suitable electronic means agreed by the trustees in which each participant may communicate with all other participants .” The Programmes, Investment and Audit Committees has also all held its meetings in a hybrid format since March 2020.

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Attendance of Board members and co-opted committee members during the year are shown below:

Board Board Executive Executive Executive Programmes Programmes Investment Investment Audit Audit
meetings Committee Committee Committee Committee
Attendance Attendance
%
Attendance Attendance % Attendance Attendance
%
Attendance Attendance
%
Attendance Attendance %
Dr A Abou-Zeid 3/4 75% 1/2 50%
Mr M Ben Sulayem 0/4 0%
Mr G Braggiotti 4/4 100% 3/3 100%
Mr W Heping 4/4 100% 1/2 50%
Mr W Kraus 4/4 100% 1/2 50% 2/3 66% 1/1 100%
Mr A Al-Mannai 2/4 50%
Mr G Obando 2/4 50%
Ms A Oliver Venere 4/4 100%
Ms E PerryAM 4/4 100%
Mr R Reid 2/2 100%
Mr D Richards CBE 4/4 100%
1/1
100%
2/2
100%
2/3
100%
0/1
0%
Mr C Sanz de Barros 4/4 100% 1/1 100%
2/2
100%
3/3
100%
1/1
100%
Mr A Sticchi Damiani 4/4 100%
Mr B Tay 4/4 100% 1/1 100%
2/2
100%
Mr K Woodier(Treasurer) 4/4 100%
1/1
100% 3/3 100%
1/1
100%
Co-opted members
Mr P Basilico 1/1 100%
Mr A Mitchell 3/3 100%

The terms of reference for each committee are:

Executive Committee:

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Programmes Committee:

The primary Programmes Committee meeting is now held the day before the Spring Board of Trustees meeting, so it is normal practice for most Trustees to attend this meeting if they wish to. Informal Programmes Committee meetings are also often held as necessary.

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Investment Committee:

Audit Committee:

Induction and training of new Trustees

When a new Trustee is appointed, they receive the Foundation Governance handbook – Key Policies and Documents as induction which includes following documents:

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They are also sent a copy of the Trustees’ Liability Insurance. Trustees also receive and are expected to have read the Charity Commission's publications: "CC3: The Essential Trustee: What you need to know", "A Guide to Conflicts of Interests", “A Guide to Corporate Foundations’, its guidance for charities with a connection to non-charities, on decision making as charity trustees, on risk management, and investment matters, as well its Charity Trustee Welcome Pack, plus the Charity Governance Code and Ministry of Justice Guidance on the UK Bribery Act 2010.

All Trustees must sign a Trustee declaration, declaring themselves fit and eligible to serve as a Trustee of the Foundation and complete and update, on an annual basis, a declaration of interests.

As the majority of our Trustees hail from our member organisations, they are generally already aware of the Foundation’s activities and familiar with the Foundation’s senior staff members. They are also all present or past senior executives of major organisations and thus comfortable with what is and is not expected of them in their role as Trustees. Training is therefore handled on an ad hoc basis and will be arranged for any Trustee if they request it.

Conflicts of interest

The Foundation has a policy on conflicts of interest which applies to Trustees, employees and members of the Foundation’s decision-making committees. When a Trustee has a material interest in any grant, investment or other matter being considered by the Foundation, that Trustee does not participate in the decision on that grant or other matter. The same principle applies to staff and members of committees who are able to influence the charity’s funding decisions.

Key management and personnel remuneration

The Trustees consider the Board of Trustees and the Executive Director as the key management personnel of the charity in charge with directing and controlling the charity and running and operating the charity on a day-to-day basis.

All Trustees give their time freely and no Trustee remuneration was paid in the year. Details of Trustee expenses and related party transactions are disclosed in notes 8 and 23 respectively.

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The pay of the charity’s Executive Director is reviewed annually by the Executive Committee and is increased in line with inflation. The remuneration is also benchmarked with charities of a similar size and activity to ensure that the remuneration is not out of line with that paid for similar roles.

Trustees’ responsibilities for the Financial Statements

The Trustees (who are also directors of the Foundation for the purposes of company law) are responsible for preparing the Trustees’ Report (including the Strategic Report) and the Financial Statements in accordance with United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

Company law requires the Trustees to prepare Financial Statements for each financial year. Under company law the Trustees must not approve the Financial Statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company and of the incoming resources and application of resources, including the income and expenditure, of the charitable company for that period.

In preparing these Financial Statements, the Trustees are required to:

The Trustees are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charitable company and enable them to ensure that the Financial Statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charitable company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

As far as each of the Trustees is aware:

The Trustees are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the corporate and financial information included on the charitable company’s website. Legislation in the United Kingdom governing the preparation and dissemination of Financial Statements may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions.

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Other Matters

The Strategic Report

The Trustees confirm that in approving these Financial Statements they are also approving the Strategic Report, which is contained within the Trustees’ Report, in their capacity as Trustees and Directors of the Foundation.

Social Media

The Foundation utilises social media as a core part of its communications activities. X, Instagram, Linkedin, Facebook and YouTube are the primary channels. They have enabled the Foundation to communicate and engage with organisations and individuals in order to meet both advocacy and programmatic objectives. Through social media, the Foundation has been able to target its communications effectively and also connect with a wider audience. Social media has been particularly important in efforts to engage with a wide range of organisations and individuals influential in the global public health community. Communications on social media are managed with appropriate diligence and care. They are controlled by the Executive Director and Deputy Directors to ensure that the Foundation’s objectives are met, and risks managed.

Links to our sites are:

LinkedIn:

linkedin.com/company/fia-foundation linkedin.com/showcase/the-real-urban-emissions-initiative linkedin.com/company/global-fuel-economy-initiative

X: @fiafdn @globalfuelecon @childhealthGI @TRUE_Emissions

Instagram: @FIA_Fdn

Facebook: facebook.com/FIAfdn facebook.com/ChildHealthInitiative

YouTube:

FIA Foundation: https://www.youtube.com/user/FIAFoundation TRUE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCypq6bkx0XD9PYB5XeWU3Gw?view_as=subscriber CHI: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkcWDHXzQCVQhKkSH7hi2DQ

Bluesky:

https://bsky.app/profile/fiafoundation.bsky.social

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Structure, governance & management

Public Benefit Reporting

The Trustees confirm that they have referred to the guidance contained in the Charity Commission’s general guidance on public benefit when reviewing the charity’s aims and objectives and in planning future activities and setting the grant making policy.

Fund-raising

The Foundation is not actively engaged in fund raising activities.

Changes in fixed assets

The movements in fixed assets are set out in notes 11 and 12 to the Financial Statements.

Related party transactions

The charity has designated some of the income generated by the investment portfolio for internally managed projects. These are listed in note 17 . Grants made to organisations which are members of the charity are disclosed in note 4 . All other related party transactions are disclosed in note 23.

Auditor appointment

Azets Audit Services, having expressed their willingness to continue in office, will be deemed to have been reappointed for the next financial year in accordance with section 487 (2) of the Companies Act 2006.

On behalf of the Trustees

Mr D Richards, CBE. Chair 2 July 2025

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Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of FIA Foundation (the ‘charitable company’) for the year ended 31 December 2024 which comprise Statement of Financial Activities, the Balance Sheet, the Statement of Cash Flows and notes to the financial statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102 ‘The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland’ (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

In our opinion, the financial statements:

Basis for opinion

We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the charitable company in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC’s Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

Conclusions relating to going concern

In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the trustees’ use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.

Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the charitable company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.

Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the trustees with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.

Other information

The trustees are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information included in the annual report, other than the financial statements and our auditor’s report thereon. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.

In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be

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materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether there is a material misstatement in the financial statements or a material misstatement of the other information. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact.

We have nothing to report in this regard.

Opinions on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006

In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit:

Matters on which we are required to report by exception

In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the charitable company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the directors’ report included within the trustees’ report.

We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:

Responsibilities of trustees

As explained more fully in the trustees’ responsibilities statement, the trustees (who are also the directors of the charitable company for the purposes of company law) are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the trustees determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

In preparing the financial statements, the trustees are responsible for assessing the charitable company’s ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the trustees either intend to liquidate the charitable company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.

Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a

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guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.

A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial Reporting Council’s website at www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our auditor’s report.

Extent to which the audit was considered capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our responsibilities, outlined above and on the Financial Reporting Council’s website, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud.

We obtain and update our understanding of the entity, its activities, its control environment, and likely future developments, including in relation to the legal and regulatory framework applicable and how the entity is complying with that framework. Based on this understanding, we identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. This includes consideration of the risk of acts by the entity that were contrary to applicable laws and regulations, including fraud.

In response to the risk of irregularities and non-compliance with laws and regulations, including fraud, we designed procedures which included:

Because of the inherent limitations of an audit, there is a risk that we will not detect all irregularities, including those leading to a material misstatement in the financial statements or non-compliance with regulation. This risk increases the more that compliance with a law or regulation is removed from the events and transactions reflected in the financial statements, as we will be less likely to become aware of instances of non-compliance. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement arising from fraud is also higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal control.

Use of our report

This report is made solely to the charitable company's members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to

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the charitable company's members those matters we are required to state to them in an auditor's report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the charitable company and the charitable company's members as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.

Paul Creasey (Senior Statutory Auditor) For and on behalf of Azets Audit Services Statutory Auditor and Chartered Accountants Egham 2 July 2025

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Statement of Financial Activities

For the year ended 31 December 2024 (incorporating an income and expenditure account)

Note
Income
Investment income
2
Total
2024
€000’s
11,362
Total
2023
€000’s
10,911
Total incomingresources 11,362 10,911
Expenditure
Raising funds:
- Costs of managinginvestments
3
1,167 919
Charitable activities:
- Safety,environment and mobility
3
13,324 13,562
- Motor sport safety
3
5,547 5,077
- Memberships and affiliations
3
38 37
- Representational activities and external communications
3
2,827 2,619
Total resources expended
3
22,903 22,214
Net expenditure beforegains on investments (11,541) (11,303)
Gains on investment assets
12
47,890 37,609
Net income for theyear and net movement in funds 36,349 26,306
Reconciliation of funds:
Balance at 1 January2024
16-17
447,802 421,496
Balance at 31 December 2024
16-17
484,151
447,802

The Statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the year. All amounts relate to continuing operations.

The notes to the accounts form an integral part of the Financial Statements.

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Balance Sheet

As at 31 December 2024

Total Total
Total
Note 2024 2024
2023
€000’s €000’s
€000’s
Fixed assets
Tangible assets 11 3,585 3,332
Investments 12 468,719 430,874
472,304 434,206
Current assets
Debtors 13 2,375 2,428
Cash at bank and in hand 24,905 24,279
27,280 26,707
Liabilities
Creditors: amounts fallingdue within oneyear 14 (15,433) (13,111)
Net current assets 11,847 13,596
Total assets less current liabilities 484,151 447,802
Net assets 484,151 447,802
Funds
Unrestricted funds:
-
General funds
16 384,656 386,032
-
Revaluation reserve
16 99,495 61,770
Total charity funds 484,151 447,802

All balances relate to unrestricted funds.

The notes to the accounts form an integral part of the Financial Statements.

The Financial Statements were approved by the Board of Trustees on 2 July 2025 and signed on their behalf by:

Kenneth Woodier

Treasurer Company Number: 4219306

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Statement of Cash Flows

For the year ended 31 December 2024

2024 2023
€000’s €000’s
Net cash outflow from operating activities:
Net cash used in operatingactivities (20,468) (22,932)
Cash flows from investing activities:
Dividends,interest and rents from investments 11,098 9,830
Purchase of tangible fixed assets (49) (35)
Proceeds from sale of investments 92,203 201,570
Purchase of investments (79,169) (194,729)
Net cashprovided by investing activities 24,083 16,636
Change in cash and cash equivalents in theyear 3,615 (6,296)
Cash and cash equivalents on 1 January2024 25,762 32,031
Change in cash and cash equivalents due to exchange rate movements 37 27
Cash and cash equivalents on 31 December 2024 29,414 25,762
Reconciliation of net income to net cash flow from operating activities
2024 2023
€000’s €000’s
Net income for theyear 36,349 26,306
Adjustments for:
Depreciation 21 16
Gains on investments (47,890) (37,609)
(Reversal of)/impairment losses on the revaluation of fixed assets land (225) 227
and buildings
Dividends,interest and rents from investments (11,098) (9,830)
Decrease/(increase)in debtors 53 (1,160)
Increase/(decrease)in creditors 2,322 (882)
Net cash used in operating activities (20,468) (22,932)
Analysis of cash and cash equivalents
2024 2023
€000’s €000’s
Cash at bank and in hand 24,905 24,279
Cash held aspart of the investmentportfolio 4,509 1,483
Total cash and cash equivalents 29,414 25,762
Analysis of changes in net funds
1 January 31 December
2024 Cashflows 2024
€000’s €000’s €000’s
Cash as at 31 December 2024 25,762 3,652 29,414

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Notes to the Accounts

1 Principal accounting policies

Basis of preparation

The Financial Statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention except for our property which has been valued at market (fair) value. They comply with the Statement of Recommended Practice “Accounting and Reporting by Charities” (“the Charities SORP FRS 102”) preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102), effective 1 January 2019, Financial Reporting Standard 102 “The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland” and the Companies Act 2006.

Company Status

The FIA Foundation is registered in England and Wales as a private company limited by guarantee. The liability of the Trustees is limited to a sum not exceeding £10. The registered office is 60 Trafalgar Square, London, WC2N 5DS. The Foundation meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102.

The principal accounting policies for the charitable company are set out below.

Functional and presentational currency

The functional and presentational currency of the Foundation is the Euro. This is the currency of the primary economic environment in which the Foundation operates.

Going concern

The Financial Statements have been prepared on the going concern basis as the Trustees believe that no material uncertainties exist.

The Trustees have considered the level of funds held and the expected level of income and expenditure from the 12 months from authorising the Financial Statements. The budgeted income and expenditure are sufficient with the level of reserves for the charity to be able to continue as a going concern.

Significant judgements and estimates

Preparation of the Financial Statements requires the Trustees to make significant judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying values of assets and liabilities not readily apparent for other sources. The key judgements and sources of estimation that have a significant effect on the amounts recognised in the Financial Statements include:

Property Both fixed assets land and buildings and the investment property are stated at
fair value. The value of this property is affected by general market movements.
See notes 11 and 12 for further information.
Listed The most significant area of uncertainty that effects income and the carrying
Investments value of assets are the level of investment return and the performance of the
investment markets. See the Investment Policy and Performance, and Internal
Control and Risk Management sections of the Strategic report and note 12.

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Incoming resources

All incoming resources are included in the Statement of Financial Activities (SOFA) when the Foundation is legally entitled to the income and the amount can be quantified with reasonable certainty. More specific details relating to each category of income are shown below:

Grants Grant income is recognised when the charity has met the conditions of receipt,
is entitled to the funds, and the amount can be measured reliably.
Donations All monetary donations are included in full when receivable, provided that there
are no donor-imposed restrictions as to the timing of the related expenditure. In
the event that a donation is subject to conditions that require a level of
performance before the charity is entitled to the funds, the income is deferred
until any precondition is met.
Investment income Investment income, including associated tax recoveries, but with the exception
of income receivable in respect of fixed interest securities, is recognised when
receivable. Income receivable in respect of fixed interest securities is recognised
on the effective interest method.
Rental income Rental income is recognised when receivable,on a straight-line basis.

Resources expended

Liabilities are recognised as expenditure as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to that expenditure, it is probable that settlement will be required, and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably.

Expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis. All expenses including support costs and governance costs are allocated or apportioned to the applicable expenditure headings.

Resources expended comprise:

Raising funds: This includes investment manager fees, staff salaries and other costs directly
Cost of managing attributable to the management of the investment portfolio.
investments
Costs of charitable The charitable activities flow from the Charity’s vision and purpose, which are
activities highlighted in the Trustees’ Report. The primary charitable activities as disclosed
in the SOFA are as follows: safety, environment and mobility; motor sport
safety; memberships and affiliations; and representational activities and
external communications.

The costs of charitable activities include grants made to external organisations and direct expenditure. The accounting treatment for these are as follows:

Grants payable Grants payable are recognised in the Financial Statements in the year in which
they are approved and such approval has been communicated to the recipients,
except to the extent that it is subject to conditions that enable the Foundation
to revoke the award.
Direct expenditure This is expenditure made from designated reserves relating to internally
managedprojects. Details of costs can be found in note 5.
Support and These are shared and indirect costs associated with the main activities of the
indirect costs Foundation. Details of costs can be found in note 7.

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Allocation of Costs which relate directly to an employee are allocated against the activities
support costs they undertake. Support and indirect costs are apportioned on the basis of the
number of full-time equivalent staff.
Governance costs Governance costs include external audit and legal advice on governance
matters, directors’ and officers’ insurance, Trustees’ expenses and an
apportionment of shared and indirect costs. Governance costs are apportioned
on the basis of the number of full-time equivalent staff. Details of costs can be
found in note 7.
Irrecoverable VAT The irrecoverable VAT element is included in the expense category to which it
relates.
Fund accounting
The Foundation holds the followingfunds:
General funds Donations and other incoming resources received or generated for expenditure
(unrestricted on the general objectives of the charity.
funds)
Designated funds General funds which have been designated for specific purposes by the
Trustees.

On occasion the Programmes Committee will recommend the transfer of monies between funds where grants have been underutilised by recipients. The transfer of these monies is subsequently approved by the Board of Trustees.

Property

The Foundation owns one property that is in mixed functional and investment use. Areas of the building occupied by the Foundation are classified as fixed assets, whilst areas occupied by third-party tenants are classified as an investment property. All property is valued at the estimated market (fair) value in the native currency at the balance sheet date and translated at the exchange rate ruling at the year end. The valuation is pro-rated according to floor space occupied by the Foundation and third-party tenants.

The property is valued annually either by a full valuation, which is undertaken every five years, or a desktop valuation in the intervening years.

Tangible fixed assets and depreciation

Freehold land and buildings are measured at fair value at the date of revaluation less impairment losses. All gains and losses arising from the revaluation of land and buildings are taken to the Statement of Financial Activities as they arise.

Other fixed assets are capitalised at cost where their acquisition value is greater than €750 and are stated at cost net of depreciation. Depreciation is calculated to write down the cost of other fixed assets by equal annual instalments over their estimated useful economic lives, calculated on an annual basis. The rates applicable are:

Fixtures and fittings 20%
Computer equipment 33 1/3%

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Investments

The Foundation holds both property and listed investments as part of the investment portfolio. The accounting treatment for these are as follows:

Property Investment property includes one property that is mixed functional and
investment use. The accounting policyforproperties is stated above.
Listed Listed investments are valued at their market value in their native currency at
Investments the end of the financial year and are translated at the rate ruling at this date.
Cash held as part of an investment portfolio, as a monetary asset, is translated
at the closingrate.
Derivatives Investment managers are permitted to use derivatives to ameliorate the risk
associated with holding shares in different currencies, and as a stop loss on
equity positions within agreed limits. The managers have discretion regarding
the level of derivatives that can be used but they must comply with HM
Revenue and Customs guidelines. Currently derivatives take the form of forward
currency contracts or options. The accounting treatment for derivatives follows
that of listed investments.
Gains and losses Net gains and losses arising on revaluations and disposals during the period are
on investments included in the SOFA. Realised gains and losses arise on the sale of investments
and represent the difference between the valuation at the beginning of the
financial year and the proceeds from the sale of the investment. Unrealised
gains and losses consist of the movement in the market value of investments on
an annual basis. All gains and losses are taken to the SOFA as they arise.
Realised and unrealised investmentgains and losses are combined in the SOFA.
Revaluation The excess of market valuations over the cost of investments is included within
reserve the revaluation reserve.

Debtors

Trade and other debtors are recognised at the settlement amount due after any trade discount offered. Prepayments are value at the amount prepaid net of any trade discounts. Accrued income represents income receivable in respect of fixed interest securities.

Cash and liquid assets

Cash at bank and cash holdings within the investment portfolio includes cash and short term highly liquid investments with an original maturity date of three months or less.

The Trustees consider both cash held within its own bank accounts and balances held by our Investment Managers when considering the liquidity of the Foundation.

Liabilities

Liabilities are recognised when there is a legal and constructive obligation committing the charity to the expenditure. Creditors and provisions are normally recognised at their settlement amount after allowing for trade discounts due.

Foreign currencies

Transactions in foreign currencies are translated at the exchange rate ruling at the date of the transaction. Monetary assets and liabilities in foreign currencies are translated at the rates of exchange ruling at the balance sheet date. Non-monetary assets and liabilities in foreign currencies are translated at the rates ruling at the date of acquisition, or average rate if not materially different. Exchange

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differences are dealt with in the SOFA. Exchange gains and losses are allocated to the appropriate income or expenditure category. The exchange rates ruling at the balance sheet date were as follows:

Currency 2024 2023
Sterling €1:£ €1:£0.829335 €1:£0.869048
US Dollar €1:$ €1:$1.040843 €1:$1.104925

Taxation

The charity is an exempt charity within the meaning of schedule 3 of the Charities Act 2011 and is considered to pass the tests set out in Paragraph 1, Schedule 6 of the Finance Act 2010 and therefore it meets the definition of a charitable company for UK Corporation tax purposes.

Employee benefits

Short term employee benefits, including holiday pay, are recognised as an expense in the period in which they are incurred.

The Foundation recognises an accrual for accumulated annual leave accrued by employees as a result of services rendered in the current period for which employees can carry forward and use within the next year. The accrual is measured at the salary cost of the respective employee in relation to the period of absence.

Defined contribution scheme

The pension costs charged against the SOFA are the contributions payable to the schemes in respect of the accounting period. The Foundation has no liability beyond making its contribution and paying across deductions for employee contributions.

2 Investment income

Investment income comprises income from:

Investment income comprises income from:
Listed equityinvestments Year ended
31 December
2024
Year ended
31 December
2023
€000’s
€000’s
4,503
4,210
Fixed and variable interest stocks 1,464
1,569
Pooled investment vehicle 4,117
3,966
Interest on cash held at brokers 123
113
Investmentproperties 506
548
Bank deposits and financial markets 649
505
11,362
10,911

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3 Resources expended

Costs of managinginvestments Grants
Activities
under-
taken
directly
Invest-
ment
manager
costs
Support
and
govern-
ance
costs
2024
€’000’s
€’000’s
€’000’s
€’000’s
€’000’s
-
-
1,032
135
1,167
Safety,environment and mobility 10,844
601
-
1,879
13,324
Motor sport safety 5,408
-
-
139
5,547
Memberships and affiliations 38
-
-
-
38
Representational activities and external
communications
-
1,103
-
1,724
2,827
Costs of managinginvestments 16,290
1,704
1,032
3,877
22,903
Grants
Activities
under-
taken
directly
Invest-
ment
manager
costs
Support
and
govern-
ance
costs
2023
€’000’s
€’000’s
€’000’s
€’000’s
€’000’s
-
-
781
138
919
Safety,environment and mobility 10,741
891
-
1,930
13,562
Motor sport safety 4,924
-
-
153
5,077
Memberships and affiliations 37
-
-
-
37
Representational activities and external
communications
-
767
-
1,852
2,619
15,702
1,658
781
4,073
22,214

Resources expended are further analysed in the following notes:

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4 Grants

Grant expenditure during the year was as follows:

Safety,environment and mobility Grants
Grant
adjust-
ments
Year ended
31
December
2024
Year ended
31
December
2023
€’000’s
€’000’s
€’000’s
€’000’s
10,832
12
10,844
10,741
Motor sport safety 5,417
(9)
5,408
4,924
Memberships and affiliations 38
-
38
37
16,287
3
16,290
15,702

Detailed descriptions of each grant are provided below.

Each grant recipient received one grant, although this may have been payable in more than one tranche.

All grants were made to institutions and were restricted to the purpose for which the grant was approved.

Grants awarded (after adjustments):

Amount
Awarded
Recipient and project €’000’s
Safety, environment and mobility
Safe Systems:
Australasian New Car Assessment Programme(ANCAP) 50
A Escobar – LatinNCAP Liaison 50
Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile France (FIA)* + - FIA Road Safety and 1,500
Sustainable MobilityProgramme
Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile France(FIA)* + - FIA Global Advocacy 450
Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile France(FIA)* + - Road SafetyIndex 75
Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile France (FIA)* + - FIA Safe For All and All 390
Lifelong
GlobalNCAP - Global New Car Assessment Programme 900
International Road Assessment Programme (iRAP)* + - International Road Assessment 1,400
Programme
International Road Assessment Programme(iRAP)* + - Safer Journeys for Africa 100
Stichting Youth for Road Safety (YOURS) - Youth #ClaimingOurSpace in Morocco for 50
Safe,Sustainable and Active Mobility

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Amount
Awarded
Recipient and project €’000’s
Star Rating for Schools:
AMEND.org- Safe and HealthyJourneys in Kenya 60
Automobile Association of South Africa NPC* - Walk Safely to School Project 105
(Mamelodi)
EASST CIO - Advancing30km/h School Speed Zones in Uzbekistan 21
EASST CIO - SR4S Helpingto Upgrade a High-risk School in Bishkek 42
Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile France (FIA)* + - Delft Road Safety 30
Course/SR4S for ACTA Clubs
Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile France (FIA)* + - ACTA Star Rating for 50
Schools(Pilot)
Child Safety and Urban - Motorcycle and Micro-mobility Initiative:
AIP Foundation - Safe Guard - Helmet AdvocacyInitiative 142
Global NCAP - UN Road SafetyAnti-lock BrakingSystem(ABS)AdvocacyCampaign 20
The Institute for Transport and Development Policy (ITDP) - Helmet Coalition in 130
Mexico,Phase III
JN Foundation - National Helmet WearingCoalition Project,Jamaica 250
Transaid Worldwide Services Limited – National Helmet Wearing Coalition in Kenya 130
Phase III
Child Safety and Urban - Manifesto 2030 Advocacy:
AIP Foundation(AIPF)- Safe Schools Zone 200
AMEND.org- Safe and HealthyJourneys to School in Africa 500
Association pour le Développement de la Recherche sur le Cerveau et la Moelle 325
Epinière(ADREC)- Institute for Brain and Spinal Cord Disorders
EASST CIO - Advancing30km/h School Speed Zones in Eastern Europe & Central Asia 220
Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile France(FIA)* + - COP28 Sumit Activity 200
Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile France(FIA)* + - COP29 Sumit Activity 100
Fundatia Crucea Alba - 15-Minute Cityand Schools as Capitals of Neighbourhoods 72
Global Alliance of NGOs for Road Safety - Alliance Accountability Toolkit: A Framework 80
to Promote 30 km/h
Global Designing Cities Initiative (GDCI) (a project of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors) 260
- Streets for Kids
The Institute for Transport and Development Policy (ITDP) - Vision Zero for Youth: 10
Consolidatinga National Road SafetyMovement
International Centre for Journalists - Richard Stanley Memorial: Activity Road Safety 20
ReportingCompetition and Awards
Johns Hopkins University- Committee on Global Road Safety 50
Les Ambassadeurs de la Sécurité Routière - Safer Roads for Children and Young People 60
in Tunisia

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Amount
Awarded
Recipient and project €’000’s
Child Safety and Urban - Manifesto 2030 Advocacy (cont’d):
Makerere University - Generating Evidence for Road Safety Around Schools in LMIC (2)
settings: A CapacityBuildingProposal(Phase 2)
StichtingDelft Road SafetyCourses - Delft Road SafetyCourses 110
Stichting Youth for Road Safety (YOURS) - Youth Leaders Advocating for Multi-sectoral 145
Collaboration and Investment for Active Mobility
Transportation Alternatives - Families for Safe Streets Intelligent Speed Assistance 95
(ISA)and Sammy's Law Campaigns
UNC Highway Safety Research Centre - 2024-2025 Vision Zero for Youth: Amplifying 75
Good Practices and Supportingan Expanded National Agenda
Walk21 Foundation - Partnershipfor Active Travel and Health 150
Climate and Clean Air:
The Clean Air Fund - AirQuality 490
Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile France(FIA)* + - FIA Region I Green NCAP 100
The International Council on Clean Transport (ICCT) - TRUE Initiative and GFEI 200
PartnershipDevelopment and Expansion
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) – Programme for Transforming 325
Mobilityfor the Environment,AirQualityand Road Safety
Safety, environment and mobility: Grants awarded 9,730
Designated funds - Other Road Safety and Environment Programmes (Cont’d):
Child Safety and Urban – Manifesto 2030 Advocacy:
Capita Social Inc - European Mayors Alliance for Children 20
Active LearningSolutions Pvt Ltd. - Youth and Gender Inclusive Mobilityin Indian Cities 57
EASST CIO - Supporting Regional Safer Schools Zone Work and Ongoing Work to 26
Support Ukrainian EmergencyServices
Fire Aid and International Development - Awareness of First Responders in Ukraine 24
Global Designing Cities Initiative (GDCI) (a project of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors) 9
- Streets for Kids - DesigningStreets for Kids
The Institute for Transport and Development Policy (ITDP) - Improving Financing for 30
Sustainable,Safe and Inclusive Transport
Dr L Laski - Global Advocacyfor Adolescent Health and Wellbeing (10)
Stichting Youth for Road Safety (YOURS) - Youth Storytelling in Road Safety and 9
Sustainable Mobility
Climate and Clean Air:
European Federation for Transport and Environment - Tackling the Rising SUV Trend in 121
Europe
Global Action Plan - The School Run Scandal 2024 85
The Institute for Transport and Development Policy (ITDP) - Compact City Electrified: 130
Vehicle Size Matters
The International Council on Clean Transport (ICCT) - Developing a Proposal for UNECE 18
Commitments Aligned with GFEI Target
The International Council on Clean Transport (ICCT) - Regional Outreach on Global 25
Health Study

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Recipient and project
Climate and Clean Air (cont’d):
The International Council on Clean Transport (ICCT) - TRUE Initiative and GFEI
PartnershipDevelopment and Expansion
Amount
Awarded
€’000’s
500
Regents of the University of California - Small and Electric – The International Case to
Move AwayFrom Combustion SUVs
70
Safety, environment and mobility: Grants awarded from designated funds 1,114
Total safety, environment and mobility -grants awarded 10,844
Motor sport safety:
Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile France (FIA)* + - FIA Motor Sport Safety
Programme - SafetyDevelopment Initiatives
1,000
Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile France (FIA)* + - FIA Motorsport Safety
Programme - Sport Club Development and Training
210
Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile France (FIA)* + - FIA Motor Sport Safety
Programme - Women in Motorsport and SustainabilityInitiative
290
Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile France (FIA)* + - FIA ASN Motor Sport
SafetyGrant Programme
1,000
Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile France (FIA)* + - FIA United Against Online
Abuse
500
Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile Switzerland(FIA)* + - Motor Sport Safety 2,000
Track to Road :
Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile Switzerland (FIA)* + - FIA R&D Particles
Emission Project
300
Hugvita UG - Functional Requirements of a Child Restraint System (CRS) for Low-and-
Middle-Income countries
(9)
University of Strathclyde - PCAD: Prosthetic CAD Shape Capture in a Weight Bearing
Environment
117
Total motor sport safety –grants awarded 5,408
Designated funds - Memberships and affiliations:
BOND - NGOs Workingin Overseas Development
7
Global Road SafetyPartnership (GRSP) 16
International Road Traffic and Accident Database(IRTAD) 4
SLoCAT - Partnershipon Sustainable Low Carbon Transport 11
Total memberships and affiliations expenditure 38
Totalgrants awarded
16,290

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5 Activities undertaken directly (direct costs from designated funds)

Expenditure was as follows:

Safety, environment and mobility
Designated funds
Ambassadors
Year ended
31 December
2024
Year ended
31 December
2023
€000’s
58
211
Advocacy 466
650
Environmental Research Programme 18
-
Global Fuel EconomyInitiative 11
30
TRUE,the Real Urban Emissions Initiative 39
-
Women in Transport 9
-
Safety, environment and mobility 601
891
Representational activities and external communications
Designated funds
External Representation
417
216
Evaluation 358
243
Publicity 328
308
Total direct expenditure 1,103
767
1,704
1,658

6 Costs of managing investments

Investment management costs during the year were as follows:

Investment fund manager fees Year ended
31 December
2024
Year ended
31 December
2023
€000’s
€000’s
734
629
Other investmentportfolio costs 140
9
Investmentpropertycosts 158
143
1,032
781

In addition to the direct transaction costs disclosed above, indirect costs are incurred through the bidoffer spread on pooled investment vehicles and charges made within those vehicles. The management fee incurred on the pooled investment was €995,000 (2023: €900,000). If the fees had been charged directly the total investment fund manager fees would have been €1,729,000 (2023: €1,529,000).

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7 Support and governance costs

Support and governance costs are allocated to charitable activities as follows:

Costs of managinginvestments Other support
costs
Governance
costs
2024
€000’s
€000’s
€000’s
127
8
135
Safety,environment and mobility 1,586
293
1,879
Motor sport safety 109
30
139
Representational activities and external
communications
1,456
268
1,724
3,278
599
3,877
Other support Governance
costs costs 2023
€000’s €000’s €000’s
Costs of managinginvestments 131 7 138
Safety,environment and mobility 1,665 265 1,930
Motor sport safety 126 27 153
Representational activities and external 1,609 243 1,852
communications
3,531 542 4,073

Governance costs include:

Governance costs include:
Trustees’ expenses Year ended
31 December
2024
Year ended
31 December
2023
€000’s
€000’s
209
134
Annual General Meetingcosts 92
89
Trustees’ IndemnityInsurance 27
27
Auditor’s remuneration 44
38
Allocated support costs(see below) 227
254
599
542

Costs that relate directly to an employee are allocated against the activities they undertake. Other support and governance costs are apportioned on the basis of the number of full-time equivalent staff.

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The breakdown of support costs and how they are allocated between governance costs and other costs is shown below:

is shown below:
Staff costs Other
support costs
Governance
related
Total support
costs
2024
€000’s
€000’s
€000’s
2,978
214
3,192
Premises costs 222
6
228
Office costs 54
4
58
IT costs 242
9
251
Legal andprofessional 296
11
307
Other exchangegains (296)
(10)
(306)
Reversal of impairment losses on revaluation of fixed
assets land and buildings
(63)
(2)
(65)
Reversal of impairment losses of fixed assets land and
buildings due to exchange rate fluctuations
(155)
(5)
(160)
3,278
227
3,505
Total support
Other support Governance costs
costs related 2023
€000’s €000’s €000’s
Staff costs 2,567 184 2,751
Premises costs 207 5 212
Office costs 54 3 57
IT costs 199 8 207
Legal andprofessional 368 49 417
Other exchangegains (83) (3) (86)
Impairment losses on revaluation of fixed assets land 280 10 290
and buildings
Impairment losses of fixed assets land and buildings (61) (2) (63)
due to exchange rate fluctuations
3,531 254 3,785

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8 Employees

The majority of staff are based in the UK and are paid in Sterling (GBP). Therefore, foreign exchange movements between GBP and the Euro will impact comparisons between financial years.

Staff costs during the year were as follows:

Salaries Year ended
31 December
2024
Year ended
31 December
2023
€000’s
€000’s
2,286
1,964
Social securitycosts 262
221
Pension costs 434
372
2,982
2,557

The average number of employees during the year analysed by activity on a full-time basis was:

Safety,environment and mobility Number
2024
Number
2023
8
8
Motor sport safety 1
1
Representational activities and external communications 8
8
17
17

The average number of employees during the year calculated on a headcount basis was 21 (2023: 23).

The emoluments of employees during the year, whose gross pay and benefits (excluding employer pension contributions) fell within the following bands:

€ 0 - € 70,000 Number
2024
Number
2023
4
8
€ 70,000 - € 80,000 3
5
€ 80,000 - € 90,000 3
1
€ 90,000 - €100,000 -
2
€100,000 - €110,000 2
1
€110,000 - €120,000 2
1
€120,000 - €130,000 2
-
€130,000 - €140,000 -
1
€140,000 - €150,000 -
2
€150,000 - €160,000 1
-
€160,000 - €170,000 -
1
€170,000 - €180,000 3
-
€210,000 - €220,000 -
1
€230,000 - €240,000 1
-
21
23

The Foundation contributed to a Defined Contribution Scheme for all UK based staff operated on a salary sacrifice basis. Employer pension contributions for the 13 UK based employees participating in the

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scheme (2023: 12) whose emoluments are in excess of €70,000 were €403,000 (2023: €339,000). There were no outstanding contributions at the year end.

The Trustees consider its key management personnel comprise the Trustees and the Executive Director. The Executive Director’s emoluments for the year were €237,392 (2023: €213,513) with a pension contribution of €23,739 (2023: €21,351), and Employers National Insurance Contributions of €31,275 (2023: €28,023). The Executive Director did not receive any additional benefits during the year (2023: €nil).

9 Trustees’ costs

Expense reimbursements payable to 12 Trustees and co-opted Committee members (2023: 11) for the period amounted to €195,000 (2023: €124,000) and can be analysed as follows:

Year ended
Year ended
31 December
31 December
2024
2023
€000’s
€000’s
Travel costs 149
91
Accommodation and subsistence 46
33
Expense reimbursementspayable 195
124
Other costs: interpreters fees 14
10
Total 209
134

No other Trustee or person with a family or business connection with a Trustee received any remuneration directly or indirectly from the charity in the year or the prior year.

10 Net income for the year

This is stated after:

Year ended Year ended
31 December 31 December
2024 2023
€000’s €000’s
Auditor’s remuneration:
Statutoryaudit services - Azets Audit Services 41 35
Corporate taxation services - Azets 3 3
Other services – Azets 4 8
Depreciation: owned tangible fixed assets 21 16
Irrecoverable VAT 119 258
Exchangegains on monetaryassets 306 86
Rents receivable under operatingleases 403 418

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11 Tangible fixed assets

Freehold land, Fixtures,
buildings and fittings, and Computer
improvements equipment equipment Total
€000’s €000’s €000’s €000’s
Cost or valuation
At 1 January2024 3,288 171 70 3,529
Additions - 29 20 49
Disposals - - (17) (17)
Gain on revaluation 225 - - 225
At 31 December 2024 3,513 200 73 3,786
Depreciation
At 1 January2024 - 156 41 197
Charge for theyear - 7 14 21
Eliminated on disposal - - (17) (17)
At 31 December 2024 - 163 38 201
Net book amount as at
31 December 2024 3,513 37 35 3,585
Net book amount as at
31 December 2023 3,288 15 29 3,332

The freehold land, buildings and improvements are valued at open market value. On 31 December 2024 a desktop valuation was undertaken by Montagu Evans, Chartered Surveyors. The basis of the valuation is existing use subject to the existing and proposed leases.

The Sterling valuation at this date was £2,914,000 (2023: £2,857,000). The resulting unrealised gain following this valuation was €225,000, comprising a valuation gain of €65,000 and an exchange rate gain of €160,000 (2023: loss €227,000, comprising a valuation loss of €290,000 and an exchange rate gain of €63,000). The deficit has been transferred to impairment losses in the Statement of Financial Activities (see note 7).

If freehold land, buildings and improvements had not been revalued, they would have been included on the historical cost basis at €4,830,000 (2023: €4,830,000). At the year-end accumulated impairment losses of €1,317,000 (2023: €1,542,000) have been recognised in the Financial Statements.

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12 Fixed assets investments

Cash held as
part of the
Investment Listed investment
properties investments portfolio Total
€000’s €000’s €000’s €000’s
At 1 January2024 8,219 421,172 1,483 430,874
Net transfers to cash - - (19,512) (19,512)
Sharespurchased - 79,169 (79,169) -
Dividends received - - 9,962 9,962
Movement in accrued income - - 109 109
Other income - - 87 87
Interest and chargespaid - - (691) (691)
Realisedgains - 1,436 31 1,467
Unrealised investmentgains 164 45,851 - 46,015
Unrealised exchangegains 402 - 6 408
Proceeds from disposals - (92,203) 92,203 -
At 31 December 2024 8,785 455,425 4,509 468,719

The Investment Property is valued at open market value. On 31 December 2024 a desktop valuation was undertaken by Montagu Evans, Chartered Surveyors. The Sterling valuation at this date was £7,286,000 (2023: £7,143,000). The basis of the valuation is existing use subject to the existing and proposed leases. The loss, arising from revaluation and fluctuations in the exchange rate, has been transferred to unrealised losses in the Statement of Financial Activities.

Listed investments are stated at their mid-market values as at the balance sheet date.

13 Debtors

Prepayments 2024
2023
€000’s
€000’s
292
226
Accrued income 1,636
1,591
Other debtors 447
611
2,375
2,428

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14 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year

Grants committed but notpaid over 2024
2023
€000’s
€000’s
14,399
11,860
Trade creditors 61
144
Accruals 703
388
Deferred income 220
218
Social securityand other taxes 50
501
15,433
13,111

The Foundation is primarily a grant making organisation. All grants awarded are subject to performance conditions. For more information about the way grants are managed please to refer to the Grant Making and Monitoring section of the Strategic Report. The Foundation anticipates that all grants committed but not paid over at the year-end will be settled during the next year.

Movements in the grants commitments during the year were as follows:

Total
€000’s
At 1 January2024 11,860
Grants awarded inyear 16,287
Prioryeargrant adjustments 3
Grantspaid duringtheyear (13,751)
At 31 December 2024 14,399

Movements in deferred income were as follows:

Rental
income Rent Deposit Total
€000’s €000’s €000’s
At 1 January2024 118 100 218
Amounts released duringtheyear (118) - (118)
Amounts deferred duringtheyear 113 2 115
Exchange rategain - 5 5
At 31 December 2024 113 107 220

Rental income is deferred and released to the SOFA over the period to which the income relates.

A rent deposit is payable by tenants prior to the commencement of their lease. The sterling amount of the deposit is translated at the exchange rate prevailing at the year end, resulting in an exchange gain or loss. The deposit is repayable at the end of the lease term.

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15 Financial Instruments

The carrying amount of the Foundation’s financial instruments are as follows:

Note
Financial assets measured at amortised cost:
Other debtors
13
2024
2023
€000’s
€000’s
2,083
2,202
Cash at bank and in hand 24,905
24,279
Financial assets measured at fair value through net
income/(expenditure):
Investments
12
26,988
26,481
468,719
430,874
Freehold land and buildings
11
3,513
3,288
Financial liabilities measured at amortised cost:
Trade creditors
14
472,232
434,162
61
144
Other creditor balances
14
15,322
12,466
15,383
12,610

The income, expenses, net gains and net losses attributable to the Foundation’s financial instruments are summarised as follows:

Note
Recognised in net expenditure before gains on investments:
Realised exchangegains on financial assets and liabilities
7
2024
2023
€000’s
€000’s
292
163
Unrealised exchange gains/(losses) on financial assets and
liabilities
7
14
(77)
Reversal of/(impairment) losses on the revaluation of fixed
asset land and buildings
11
225
(227)
Total gains/(losses) on net expenditure before gains on
investments
531
(141)
Gains on investment assets:
Realisedgains on investments
12
1,467
3,199
Unrealisedgains on investments
12
46,423
34,410
Totalgains on investment assets 47,890
37,609
Totalgains attributable to financial instruments
48,421
37,468

The total interest received for financial assets and financial liabilities that are not measured at fair value was €649,000 (2023: €505,000).

Sarasin used derivative financial instruments in the form of options during the period to protect the portfolio. They invested in two (2023: eight) positions at a net cost of €40,000 (2023: 250,000) during the year. All holdings were realised during the year (2023: two holdings with a valuation of €21,000, representing a loss of €35,000). All positions are listed investments and are stated at their mid-market values as at the balance sheet date.

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The financial risks faced by the Foundation and the steps taken to mitigate the risks are disclosed in the Strategic Report, under Internal Control and Risk Management.

16 Unrestricted funds

Unrestricted funds can be analysed as follows:

Total At 31
Designated General General Revaluation December
Project Name funds funds funds reserve 2024
€000’s €000’s €000’s €000’s €000’s
At 1 January2024 1,720 384,312 386,032 61,770 447,802
Incomingresources - 11,362 11,362 - 11,362
Costs of managinginvestments - (1,167) (1,167) - (1,167)
Safety, environment and -
mobilityexpenditure (77) (12,857) (12,934) (12,934)
Motor sport safetyexpenditure - (5,937) (5,937) - (5,937)
Memberships and affiliations -
expenditure - (38) (38) (38)
Representational activities and -
external communications
expenditure - (2,827) (2,827) (2,827)
Designation of funds 2,400 (2,400) - - -
Grants/memberships awarded -
from designated funds (1,152) 1,152 - -
Activities undertaken directly -
expenditure (1,704) 1,704 - -
Gains on investments - 10,165 10,165 37,725 47,890
At 31 December 2024 1,187 383,469 384,656 99,495 484,151

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17 Designated funds

Activities undertaken by the Foundation are listed below:

Activity Name
Safety, environment and mobility
Ambassadors
At 1
January
2024
Design-
ations in
the year
Grants
awarded
and
Member-
ships
Funds
commit-
ted in the
year
At 31
December
2024
€000’s
€000’s
€000’s
€000’s
€000’s
270
-
-
(58)
212
Advocacy 86
600
(50)
(543)
93
Environmental Research
Programme
261
150
(85)
(18)
308
Global Fuel EconomyInitiative 416
300
(564)
(11)
141
TRUE, The Real Urban Emissions
Initiative
50
300
(300)
(39)
11
Women in Transport 182
100
(57)
(9)
216
1,265
1,450
(1,056)
(678)
981
Representational activities and external communications
External representation
207
350
-
(417)
140
1,265
1,450
(1,056)
(678)
981
Evaluation, Research and
Programme Support
125
350
(96)
(358)
21
Publicity 123
250
-
(328)
45
Total 455
950
(96)
(1,103)
206
1,720
2,400
(1,152)
(1,781)
1,187

The above designated funds were established in the prior period and during the year. Grants are made in accordance with the grant making policy as described within the Trustees’ Report. Applications must meet at least one of the general or specific objectives of the charity. The funds are represented by cash and short-term deposits.

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18 Rental income leases

The Foundation owns one property that is in mixed functional and investment use. Areas of the building occupied by the Foundation are classified as fixed assets, whilst areas occupied by third-party tenants are classified as an investment property. The property is commercially let on full repair and insurance leases, with five yearly rent reviews. Break terms are not included in the lease agreements unless specifically requested.

The Foundation is due to receive the following future minimum lease rental receipts under noncancellable rental leases for each of the following periods:

cancellable rental leases for each of the following periods:
2024 2023
€000’s €000’s
Within oneyear 466 352
Between two and fiveyears 1,198 690
After fiveyears 211 374
Total 1,875 1,416

19 Future commitments – multi-annual grants payable

The Foundation has awarded multi-annual grants to a number of beneficiaries. Future grant payments have not been recognised as a liability as they are conditional on the beneficiary meeting their activity goals and our charitable objectives. As noted within the in Strategic Report - Grant Making and Monitoring Policy, the Foundation may suspend payment of all or part of the annual grant instalment if the grant conditions are not met.

For grants with a potential extension the initial confirmed grant period has been recognised in future commitments.

All future grant payments will be funded from future returns from the investment portfolio.

The movement in future commitments was as follows:

The movement in future commitments was as follows:
Total
€000’s
At 1 January2024 2,534
Grants awarded 24,230
Grants charged to the Statement of Financial Activities(note 4) (16,287)
At 31 December 2024 10,477
Payable within oneyear 9,702
Payable after more than oneyear 775
Total 10,477

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Multi-annual grants have been awarded to the following organisations:

2025 2026 Total
€000’s €000’s €000’s
Recipient and project
Safety, environment and mobility
Safe Systems:
Automobile Association of South Africa NPC 105 - 105
A Escobar ^ 50 - 50
Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile France(FIA)^ 1,950 - 1,950
International Road Assessment Programme(iRAP)^ 1,500 - 1,500
Towards Zero Foundation ^ 900 - 900
Child Safety and Urban – Motorcycle and Micro-mobility
Initiative:
AIP Foundation 142 - 142
JN Foundation 250 - 250
Transaid Worldwide Services 43 - 43
Child Safety and Urban – Manifesto 2030 Advocacy:
AMEND.org 500 - 500
Fundatia Crucea Alba 72 - 72
Les Ambassadeurs de la Sécurité Routière 60 - 60
StichtingDelft Road SafetyCourses 110 - 110
StichtingYouth for Road Safety (YOURS) 145 - 145
Climate and Clean Air:
The Clean Air Fund 475 475 950
Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile France(FIA) 100 - 100
Motor Sport Safety
Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile France(FIA)^ 1,000 - 1,000
Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile Switzerland(FIA)^ 2,000 - 600
Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile Switzerland(FIA) 300 300 2,000
As at 31 December 2024 9,702 775 10,477

^ Grant awarded for an initial period of three years with a potential extension for one or two years conditional upon the approval by the Trustees of a satisfactory evaluation of performance and a positive assessment of the Foundation’s funding capacity. The commitment is the final year of these grants.

20 Capital commitments

The Foundation did not have any capital commitments at 31 December 2024 or 31 December 2023.

21 Contingent assets/liabilities

There were no other contingent assets or liabilities at 31 December 2024 or 31 December 2023.

22 Controlling related party

The Trustees consider that there is no controlling related party.

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23 Related party transactions

Expense reimbursements of €195,000 (2023: €124,000) were due to Trustees, of which €29,000 was outstanding at the year end (2023: €3,000).

Grants have been made for the benefit of projects run by the Foundation member organisations as disclosed in the note 4.

Grants and other payments have also been made to organisations related to the Trustees and Foundation staff, as follows:

Grants of €5,895,000 (2023: €4,435,000) were awarded to the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile France (FIA) during the year. €10,433,000 of current year and prior year grants (2023: €8,952,000) were outstanding at the year end. In addition, grants of €2,300,000 (2023: €2,000,000) were awarded to the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile Switzerland (FIA), during the year. €700,000 of current year grants (2023: €400,000) were outstanding at the year end.

In 2024 the Foundation paid €77,000 to the FIA (2023: €74,000) to cover member organisations’ travel and accommodation costs together with staging costs of the Foundation’s Annual General Meeting. The amount due to the FIA at the year-end was €77,000 (2023: €74,000).

Trustees are connected to the FIA as described below:

Mr M Ben Sulayem is the President of the FIA. Mr R Reid (Deputy President for Sport) and Mr C Sanz de Barros (President of the Senate) are officers of the FIA.

The FIA has four governing bodies: General Assembly; Senate; World Motor Sport Council (WMSC) and World Council for Automobile Mobility and Tourism (WCAMT). The following Trustees serve as members of these bodies: Mr G Obando is a titular member of Region IV of WCAMT; Ms E Perry is a member of the Senate; Mr D Richards CBE is a titular member of the WMSC; Mr J Šťovíček is a titular member of the WMSC; and Mr B Tay is a member of the Audit Committee, Vice President of Region II and a titular member of Region II of WCAMT.

The FIA also has a number of Committees and Commissions. The following trustees serve on these Committees as follows: Mr A Al-Mannai is a member of the International Karting Commission; Mr W Kraus is a member of the FIA Founding Members Club; Mr A Sticchi Damiani is a member of the FIA Founding Members Club.

All Trustees apart from Dr A Abou-Zeid and Mr K Woodier (Independent Trustees) are also connected to the FIA by virtue of the position they hold or held in their own national club, or positions held by family members. All of the national clubs are members of the FIA and the Foundation.

Grants of €1,500,000 (2023: €1,500,000) were awarded to International Road Assessment Programme (iRAP) during the year. €nil (2023: €nil) were outstanding at the year end. Mr S Billingsley (Foundation representative) is a non-remunerated member of the Board. Mr S Billingsley retired from the Board of Trustees on 1 January 2024. On 29 January 2024, Mr A Silverman (FIA Foundation Deputy Director) was appointed as the Foundation representative to the Board.

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Five Year Financial Summary

Summary of Income and Expenditure:

2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
€000’s €000’s €000’s €000’s €000’s
Incomingresources 11,362 10,911 6,026 5,612 6,077
Expenditure:
Costs of managinginvestments 1,167 919 902 1,069 950
Charitable Activities:
Safety,environment and mobility 12,934 13,562 15,043 13,905 15,510
Motor Sport Safety 5,937 5,077 4,661 4,572 4,362
Memberships and Affiliations 38 37 38 80 86
Representational Activities and external
communications 2,827 2,619 2,132 1,315 1,947
Total resources expended 22,903 22,214 22,776 20,941 22,855
Net expenditure before gains on
investments (11,541) (11,303) (16,750) (15,329) (16,778)
Recognisedgains/(losses) 47,890 37,609 (66,087) 78,840 16,497
Net movement in funds 36,349 26,306 (82,837) 63,511 (281)

Summary of assets and liabilities:

2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
€000’s €000’s €000’s €000’s €000’s
Fixed assets 472,304 434,206 409,129 493,522 432,049
Current assets 27,280 26,707 26,360 24,381 16,973
Current liabilities (15,433) (13,111) (13,993) (13,570) (8,200)
Net Assets 484,151 447,802 421,496 504,333 440,822

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Five Year Financial Summary

Evolution of the grant programme:

Unrestricted funds – annual programme:
Safety,environment and mobility
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
€000’s
€000’s
€000’s
€000’s
€000’s
10,844
9,575
9,288
7,552
7,138
Motor sport safety 5,408
4,924
4,480
4,500
4,020
Memberships and affiliations 38
37
38
80
86
Total annualprogrammegrants awarded 16,290
14,536
13,806
12,132
11,244
Unrestricted funds - Exceptional funding:
Safety,environment and mobility
-
1,166
2,882
4,907
5,821
Motor sport safety -
-
-
-
163
Total exceptionalgrants awarded -
1,166
2,882
4,907
5,984
Unrestricted fund grants awarded
Safety,environment and mobility
10,844
10,741
12,170
12,459
12,959
Motor sport safety 5,408
4,924
4,480
4,500
4,183
Memberships and affiliations 38
37
38
80
86
Total unrestricted fundgrants awarded 16,290
15,702
16,688
17,039
17,228
Total grants awarded
Safety,environment and mobility
10,844
10,741
12,170
12,459
12,959
Motor sport safety 5,408
4,924
4,480
4,500
4,183
Memberships and affiliations 38
37
38
80
86
Grants awarded 16,290
15,702
16,688
17,039
17,228
Percentage of awards by category
Safety,environment and mobility
66.6%
68.4%
72.9%
73.1%
75.2%
Motor sport safety 33.2%
31.4%
26.8%
26.4%
24.3%
Memberships and affiliations 0.2%
0.2%
0.3%
0.5%
0.5%
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%

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