Chotlty rngl•htk)n rMMib•r 1180718 (England and Walè•l
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LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Tru¥toè
Sir C Plssarld•s IPr8vkAJs C& Chsir)
DrA knafidon IA8E
M E Dalton
S Khareghg
{App￿nIed 14 Decen*er
20231
G J Nuttall 08E
D B¥ron• Soar•8
Dr S Bjack
(4Dwnt•d 14 DeC￿￿r
20231
NW Cwmer CBE FREng Chair)
Prof G Neff
(Arpoinled 14 0e¢ernber
20231
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1180718
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CONTENTS
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Independent exanlnerfs report
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Statemerf offmndRI 8th￿11•s
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BalBnc4 8lwet
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Statemth ofca8h lknv
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Nole8 tothe f￿￿cIal $tstmnl8
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The Tru#l895 wosentlhelr annual roptyt and ftnanc481 slalw?￿ts forthe yoai ended 31 Augus¢ 21Xk4.
The fm8n¢ial ¥talements have bfren prepar¢d In arLOrdan￿ the actovnthg pollde8 sel out kn nots I to tha
financi81 st•tsments and Goiiw wl¢h the c*ariVs memor8ndum and art￿kn$ of assodgtson I￿OrpCrted 19 March
2018 83 S￿￿nded by ¢ertffic•te of inc0T*ra1b￿ on change ol nArNJ dat•d 30 W 2018. tm Companie5 Act 2CpJ6
and'Acrx*unting and Ropo￿ng ty Chariles.. state￿￿1 of Re￿mmanded Prac11￿ 8ppllc&skn to chorfUès prapaAng
tholr a¢￿￿nts In 8CCOTdance wAlh the Fina￿181 Repoi*ng appScab* In the UK aThJ Repthlc of Iffland
IFRS 1021 lets￿￿e 1 January 20191".
QbJ•cllvoB and a¢tlvltles
The Instth f¢w th¢ Fulure ol Kbrk IIFOW is an kndep8nd•nl thail￿t4* Irust ¥￿th a mlsslon lo shw a fokr
fulure through belier wort. goal is a good Bodety in whic* everyo￿ flourfsh through tNs te¢hookgic41
revolution, an¢J c￿[ belief 18 that ¢reatifig and sustainirtg work is the best way to aehleve thls. 80 that
Innovalhjn 8nd SC￿#1 good 8dvaw logetr*r.
The thrftabk obied8 ofthe o￿nIs￿tiOn, 8$ *t oui In the artkles ol irwhxatlon. am as folh)ws:
. To promots the educaibn of the around thanges to th¢ wrtd of ￿￿t￿lar bth ncl exdusNt
r¢9ard to the hrg8cI oftechrjology on work and 60•.
. To pTrvenl QT ye￿e¥e poverty kn tho ¢ontèxiolthe lryact oftechnology or* and so¢bty. th Par￿lar Lmjt
exdu8ive ￿gard to those In nued by rea80Tr ofyouth. 8g8. I1￿•￿th. dsability, ffft8nd91 hardsh￿ or othEr
disadvantagè.
To advanc* any $u¢h ¢>ther ¢h8ritable purpo8e5 as the truslees In thelr absolute dISt7e￿On detemlne ty. In
p8rt¢cular, but Th)t ￿Kd￿1Ve￿.. il Resè8rth and poty development lil Ihe deveWnRTht and lesong of new aTh
improved vmys ofworklng and SUF4)Ortfrf th IMI r￿[r￿￿￿tio￿5 cffl knwovlng all aspects of*￿[￿, and iv}
In addition, Ihe Df Trustees re80fved that Ihe orJMtb$ of th• Charfty ￿￿de". hvrk lo wryrKle tho
dvanC*￿nI of hur(*n rights. c*JnfiiLS rexlulbjn w reconCl￿￿On or the of ￿￿1¢￿$ ff rncial hamitjy
equBIty and dNersty.
Not&bte Developrnents
FollovAng th•AI Safety Sumrnll In November 2023. there have been skJnlficant dev¢k)pments in the UK di5D)ur5e
about Al - especialty generaiwe Al - and rt5 Irrya(as upon work. ThL8 also saw the establ5h￿￿Trt of the Al Safety
Insthui& (now, al lh¢ tlme of vthdng. th$ A S8oJrity Instttut¢l. whk4h IFOW ho8 been devebping CODr￿￿On$ wlth.
Thè ¢onlnuiNJ energy 4tt0s9 govÉmft*n( lThJLtslry and thè média around Al h8s requlred u$ to foc¥5 much ofour
research on labcmjr mathet impacts, 'good ￿tI[￿, and ￿￿llbe￿g ¢)n thi5 new technobgy Is w)tBra(aing w#h
1hese dJTh*nsloTrs. Th13 has been wtkularfy rnarked In the reseor¢h dlreclfiDft of t1￿ Pi588rtdes Reviw. whlch
)nlinued to de¥Elop strongtythls year saw major and narrknth8prt wblKathin$ aLYoss *s
our TrPOfL Ihwtr hxs bg8n a GèMr81 E￿etIt￿ mgrkad f*8ffje In the UK pofitsol L8ndsca￿.
Although ctsmni# towwds the end of Ihls rep￿￿r￿ perlod Iwth the new go¥rnnl conlng in and Ihen the
sumrngr ￿￿1•M￿ntary follthslng soon after> Ihe run up to th* elo¢th￿ reshaped our IntwaLlkns wmh
È8tnMn8tsr 88 extsttng wiqik*nshlps - whether Ih06e In pMr in the yewous *dnuNStrat￿n, OT
opposit￿n - louk oft new fac4ts. Inyortanlly. thL8 ho8 coinraded Mih NI8s •Tound Ihe of Pa
Parfk?mentsry Groups IAPPGsl, %thlch led - followlng e very busy over Ihls 2023124 - to a need to
nsider howwe WOLld re81(gn IFOW8 WO￿ kn thi5 area as we headed to t￿ ofthis reF<>rting perfc•J.
Our Sirotegy- ouulned kn great8r detail in the last has helped us lo focus ow woth across governan￿,
sod¢ty oftd industry as we segkto fulm our mls81on of hel￿n9 to bulkj a f81reT￿t￿re of better ￿%?￿.

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A¢J0¥8 ihls woth, we cOn￿￿e to have ¥x grthJp¥ of key 8taktrhc4der5 th* w• Imeiaci with across our the￿￿$ of
'Changlng IAI)rt'. Ehrfllng P(￿r., and 'Prtorf14slnB PeO￿e,.
Government Iprpjriiising and creallr*J good work
Regul8torn l¥leering and inte￿enIng to wolecl good wort)
Induwry Idevebping 8TrJ modelling good workl
Inv8Stty3 Ipriorilislng and requirfng ggod workl
A¢8demi8 (￿Se8T￿ln9 the irnpacts of tec*nolow on good wrykl
Civrf sO￿ty l¢NJaging and infornyng good work)
Ifows wort be grouped under each ol I￿68 three th$rns. and actlvfties •f• règulaty iov*wed to ertsure
Ihpt they furthew the alm$ ¥nd oty"ectives of Ihè org#nis#Don. The IFOW èxetutiye learn meÈt$ regu18rty to rellect
on, refine and rÈfCKM￿dIÈ challenges that we seek to address. The IFOW Board poys due rvgarij to g￿￿an
Issued by Chaflty Comisskjn in deciding what Klivibes Ihe c*arily shoukl undertake, and regulaty rewthvs
IFOWS WO￿ to ensu￿ it fetsc*$ Ihe Chaity comm$$￿￿.3 9uidar(e QD pubFc benèffil.
A¢hlevem•nts and perft)mwnce
Summ
Running f¥om Septenkn 2023 to Augusl 2024. 2023r2024 FinanGial Year was a perf￿j of cons01ida1￿ and
developm•nt for IFOW. wllh sign￿rant new staff posts added and th6 reOrgan￿aikn of rc4es within the tearn thai
these requlfed. NDtsbly, we emptyed Oknr Nash IDSIT l Googl•l gs He8¢6 of Othlopmènt, and Jo ma￿￿j11
IUKRII as Head of Partr)erSh￿s. We al¥0 br￿￿t tyi Mia Leslie from Ihe Publie Pro￿￿ lo our work ￿Al
Govemance an¢J workphce Irryjacts olAI. g1s0 added mNe copadty In Commun￿￿ti￿ Zants Nkutr¢ne
)InlThJ as C¢Jmms A680date.
Sr9nifKant develcymwts a¢ross ¢M Wofk Induded..
Major ￿bI￿￿onI from the Pi¥¥8rides Review into the FU￿re and V4*tlWng, funded by a ei.8m
grant from th8 Nuffield Foundalon. whkh an￿yèil coverage In the r￿t￿?￿l Pres$ aThJ us to
deepen er$ageN￿n¢ and wlentiol for IrY¥)8¢18cw¥8 our atskeholdw groups
Hosting and ojrating ol the UK'S Al Fthgè Summm lull-* confererKe on the FLrhwè of WNk. buirt
wound the Ihenx of pood *t)rk. wllch ¢onbitr￿1ed towanls putting W wllhln tt* Responsble Al
•fida acrojs gmrnment deparfrnents.
Our porbarn*rtarywork. four sessions of Ihe All Paty P8rflon￿18ry Gmvp on the Fulure of Worl of
which IFOW g¢As 8$ Se¢r*ri8l •rKI Strategi¢ R￿arCh Partner. Packed Inio 4 year Iruneated by the
Ekdk)n (where APPG6 are dknsofved Immedlatsty thal lh¢ eleclknn 18 annountsd. and crmjkl onty be
reujnstituted onc• partlanwnt had been recoTrvenedl, Ihe5e wer• extre￿ety ¥vell allgnded. and Saw
rooms 118ten to delalkd deb8le8 by major exFerts on wort and wd1bv￿g. the UK'S
oducbvity puzzle. and fthiTrkvel engagement ofwuker's vokes. We suec¢¥sfvlly drafted suppcthd
labkng ofa nunthr ofwobkng amendments in key area$wlth crosswty $UPFryI
The launch of our ReS￿n$5b￿ Al Sandbox and Regulator Plus Forum. vthlth fonn pat of delIV￿Ing our
9tr8tegy io 0p8r8tkjna￿8e *JUT research to help both and wulaiors wlh the de￿0Yr￿ent of Al and
lgortthmte techne40g￿8 in ways that SUFPOrt good lobs. This has allowed us to èxlend our WDrk to
$upportlhg rogulators and related partnershlp$, as YRII as Surf￿ r￿4 insighls.
Tho dtrvelopmènt and sharirwJ ol practkal resources aTrd twls, frjr èxarrpk, ￿lOn 9uhJes on a$$essin9AI
lryact8.
Partnershlp on a mar)T BRAID 18rklgin9 Responslbl• Al D￿desI project on Iho imp&1 of Al on the UK
Crealive Indusfrfe¥, wothSng the Turkng Institthe. Oueen Mary University Lond¢)n, and the LlnN¢rsity
of the Awls, London. This saw ¥Ycrtshops and prfmary reg8arch Its better how generalvg
tools are Snyactin9 Worters in thi8 very $gnrftant $edorfu UK PLC.

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Fdbjwng the annountxrrth ofthe Inaugural Al S•lsty at Blet¢hhy Pgth to run In Nmrnhr 2023.
IFOWvdS conc•med at Ihe lack offo¢LAS on worwace Impacts. Tbks prompted u¥ to organlse- at pace- A major
plllar of the Al FriNJ• Sum￿*1, Meling th8 FuluTr ￿, at WaNlck 8uskness scho￿.5 ¢oThference suite in The
Shard. Thls wa$ a huge surxes6, wlth èxpert panèl$ of a¢ademlcs and Inthstry18ads being jowied by those who
were on the frmt Ilne of experknong imparls to discus8 how Ai 18 eurmtty changlng worf(. v4hat r*gulation Is
needed to 'mak8 the fulure and sector focus sesdons dolrKJ de6p dl¥es Into heallh and Ihe ¢realNe
kndustrte$. Th1$ fed Intrj a makn se55ion at Ihe hJ Fnnge Sumryit at thtt Brib$h Lil*ary, ond $I￿g media attenuon
aTtyJnd th¢ WOTkthal IFOWwas dokng.
In Scu￿anCe IFOWS tharftablè obj•clTrMs, al ￿arch reports and events (%there Fossibl8} 8re rn8de
publlcty avAdable vla ihe IFOW webglte. IFOW undertake$ poky engagemèni and advow wtyk Ihat fvrther its
charit4bb object8. StrlGIty ad￿riNd lo ￿le￿An1 regu￿tOry guld8nce from the Ch8rfty Comml8slon on the aetfvi1Ses
of chaiiteble Ihink IAnkB, and on c4nyaLqnlng and pofiiul ¥dAiity. IFOW 1$ ￿d￿￿￿OnI of any po￿1C01 porty. and
Ihe organisatim rs carefirf to en8w* Ihal engagemeni with polillc81 aL*Jrs remains bala(￿d au088 Fdtical
The k)IIov4ing d•tall8 the of Ihe IFOW th• l?51 finjncknl Y￿r. wrfhin the slnpaur¢ of the three co
IFOWthemes'.
Therne: ch￿ ni
IFOW has t>)nlknuad wts￿ wlh MP¥ and olher key slakthkjers to ensure thai VANk (In parttojlar,
access to good qU*￿ty lobs) Is a central Part ol d15cowse, especaalty In the fftng context olAI and autOrn8tioD
thelrlmp8cts cffl Vért and exp•￿￿¢# ofiL
r Al-Pa
Pa
APPG
on the F
ct¥rtinued to build h6 repuiab.on a8 a key
parfiamentsry hub. The Futurt of Kbrk Rev￿ that Ctrchair Matt MP had infumed Piime Minislef
Sunak he would undert•k8 through Ihe APPG coukl not be vhfjiten up or fom• coffrf)lètod duè to th? General
EI¢ciwJn. However, four very strong se8skni8. wllh key pollw weas Identmed Bnd frarwd. wete ctmpleted through
. Frc*p) the Summit to the RoBdAh&ad, looked at the Implcalksns ofth8 Al Sofoty &trmrnit and saw our C
Chalr, Lor(l thKJhl, ioinad by Tennlson <Conn8rtsd ty Dalal, Chlo8 Smth MP (Fowmer Sei¥etary
ol State, Department for Sclence. Innovallon oThJ Ter*ndwl. Nimn¥ Patel (techUKI. Matt D4¥￿S (Ma
Lovelace In8tibJtel and Rath81 CoklirJJtt C*E (Pron*sN￿T1oub1&l
. Lrstènfftg to th• vcvt¥s d wort•rn. look8d to ?xpkn• what the re9￿￿tory, govemance aTrJ besl
fr8rne*rJrks coukl lts)k Nke to make sur8 that the vol￿9 of wortern art heard, based on the survey of
50CQ UK workers ¢￿dUCted as W ththe Hssarldes Review.
. Tedpndo9y wortprs. welthKw saw Nancy <W)at Wt¢k5 1AèU Centre for We1kn￿gI, Proftssor
Jolene Skordis {Di•¢tor of UCLS C￿* for Global Health Econornksl. Prolessoi Francks Gre
IProf¢5wr of and Educ8tion Econo￿e$ 8t UCL'S Instrtute of Educationl. Professor Helen Bevan.
(Professor of Praclice for Heatth and Sc¢ial ca￿ se￿￿e knprovement at ￿Try1ck Busln6$5 s¢￿101) and
8￿￿￿8￿ Burchell (Professor In the Soctal Sckgnces. University of ¢8mbridgel debate the wdlb&Tha
Irryatts of new th)5*4*Jae* lechnologle4 ffiformed ty *￿rk publtshBd from the Ptss8Yidgs Re￿I8w.
. Addre￿n9 the UK$ prC*JU￿ptsZzlÈ. Conside￿ the Com￿¢¥ que8tioTr of UK PTrxtiKtMty. what
should ￿ done to inwove it. Anno Th)mas, Fs)uTrJing Co-Thrector of IFOW was Ic4ned by IFOWS
er￿n0M￿S l￿d, Dr Bertha Rohenkohl, Anna Leach ID8wty Chlef Econom1￿ at Ihe CBII. Profew
SSmon Deakin IPrthssor of Law at C8mbri&3è UnNÉrsityl, Profe880r Phlllp m¢c￿n (Chair of Urban and
Re￿o￿al EcononKs 8t ￿1￿￿¢¢ Manchestgr Busi1￿% and Dr Daniel sus5￿[￿1 ISènEor Re8•)r¢h
Associate 91 the Inslilute Ethlcs In Al at Oxford Unlverslly.)
IFOW has akno &Ylaborated on events BrKI ¢￿[￿nCeS led by partner$ others. indudlng the Al and
conference hosted by thè Ox&)rd Intemel lThstitthe In Septemi*r 2023. thp first UK￿&$& MIT Tech ￿nIef￿r¢0.
Speaking •¢ panels during paty conferences through the autumn 012023, Ihp major H¢alth and Wellb*n9
Conferen¢e In March 2024, workshops held in ￿lIat￿rath0n wth DIGIT Digital Fulures of WO￿ Resoart* Centrg.
presenthy ot London Teth Week, C(4nwBII Chambar of ComThvc• and lortechUK al￿r￿j olhers.

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7h8 Good W IAonl
In Apftl 2024, IFOWwbllshed the Ihiid annual u dale of the Go¢JJ Kbrk Montlor
, the Irst hotTs*¢ ￿￿?￿Vre
of the avallabllty of g¢*)d In tach Ixal aulhcrity area ol Enghnd outstde London. Tht& 2024 blreaticffi bui
on prior edit￿ft$. ttsing an anaty$i$ of Irends In access to good work o¥¢r a Ihtsteen￿ar Ferlod. Thls m6asure
1$ across six dIMer*￿S- unemrloyment rate. fotee pathI￿on. pgrc•n18ge of peoplts in 'fwtine' w￿rk.
pwt*ntsge of peopkn in pmfesxhinal or ￿n￿rfal or%upgtkJns. medlan ￿Y aTrJ perc•n¢age ol people worknng
8atnfafAory ~ an(1 Is belng used by rngk)ng1 bad8r8. In c4n$ultslbn vrtth IFOW. lo local fiAvre ol
work polloes. For exan4>kn, a detailed local •n8tyst8 provlded kn Essex C(Wnty Coundl and Cornwall
Chanknrol Commerce a$ they 80ught to uThJ•tsland the I￿1 prforftie6 ihai need8d to ￿ pul In place lo Ir￿r$￿Se
the anMni of Good In area. The of w1b1￿￿￿Ort ha$ been hlghlh3hled by ￿AdIng
regknnal é￿rK)M1$ts lkn Profe5scrf Phrfip Mccann ofAlliance Manche3ter 8uslness School.
This new edllon of the Thne Series highlyms thai IA￿u￿11ty ift att8$8 10 g)od wth btheen Local AulhorfJes- @s
well bet%%ten naffions, regions and Wnhin LwJon- wklening. The poor mot41ty betsveen goc*l work ￿thnets,
and 'stragg*' is compounded by wldeftlNJ gaps Ij￿￿en these gTC4lPS. Thty wdenjng fv)hls lor regional
Ibnal levels, 8nLI across Londons boroughs.
li ako showad that ￿n￿OyM￿r￿'s l•rade.kng po$llN• ¢offdaion vrith pay ha¥lTrJ de￿upIed durlng
thè pander￿& De$Me infiattenory pre88ures baginnlng to hll reaktomi Wa￿ ri685 In 2022, th15 ethuon ofthe Tmes
series shows thst the ￿up1119 betr￿en errwoymnt levels 8TrJ rnedian pay ha8 been restored. Thos offered
assurance for poowmaktts that the Iradltional, ¢Mnomlc wsdom that pay in¢r¢/￿ adveTsety affecl
In¢ffjase$ In ernpknyry*nt is nol surwrted by these dats.
Our over Ume our beJl8f thal Good Shoukl become a ond oveTarthlng WIGY
obl8CtNo. It also poinls tuw*d8 L￿91 authM1kn8, maYC￿ end COn￿kned 811th￿t*S tsung sirnilar chel￿Nge$ b*n9
enyjwered to develop gnd iwyl￿t local Fulure ol WO￿ strategies coveriro the dirnen8bn5 ofthe Good Monilor.
This has been a focus for IFOW through thls rèwung ped(#J as we have made the case for good and the
bnp)rtanc4 ofgoodjobs. We were en0X￿3@•4 lo see e￿dent£ th•t ourwowk atto88 Ihbstrninster OD Ihis rosutted in
spauk Labour manlf85tg commilment to go)d lots, u$ln9 language that hod wt in a pre*leclk)n
submisslon.
The PIss8rfd•s R8view
Hafftg s￿re￿ fvnthg from the Nuffiekl Ftyjndation in April 2021 to rKfflduca this thls pe￿d fmm
S8pt8mbor 2023 toAygusl 2024 ha6 seen sustain8d. maiorpulputs o¢rDs¥ ¥llwortstrg8Thts.
Thè flrst of these •￿￿ored th8 UKwvJe ￿l*j[e o*teChn￿￿￿tcaI transknnavon, anatys1s of
anglng ￿118 dem•)ds the geogr•phlc dlffwenttaL In cfder to vnderstand how new techr￿[0￿1eS are
d￿n90n9 and socw. rt Is ￿tal to und&%tand where thL8 techr￿109￿4l trBn81om)aiitin Is
8ppening. H￿ver, the eV￿enCe on how iechc4ogl8s are b8ing ￿e￿loped and adoplid in and across
nlry has been spa￿. To t￿99 Ihls ￿p, Ihe Dlsnrytlon Index IDI) was pUb￿Shed In Apdl 2024. 8 1001
des19r￿d to measure the cwctty of regton¥ to In new tethndogle8 and Ihe fa¢*orn thot •ftable to
dopt and inte9rats new t8thnobg￿S.
Led ty IFOW Prncip81 E¢Momkit Dr Bertha Rohenkohl, •J¥J •mgokng dale from a knidè TaTrye of publlc and
prNate sources, the DI p￿￿•$ 8 deep dfv8 into Ihe prlmary compJn?nts of ted)nologiral transfomwoon, our
adinw for K 8nd thè vhdè4anging sodal and wellbeing consequencth of tL 11 provides an overyiew of the scale
aTrJ trojeiaoriè$ of tèthftologhxl b¥nslom1atic￿ 8c¥oss the counlry, I￿n9 inrficators across Ihe lerhnol)gy
fewth- fri)m I￿￿tr￿￿t. irfftaslwetfft and Ihe innOvatic￿ e￿SYsteM to odur4tioTr.
Support¢ng this was • accompanylrrfj Technlcal Report and Dashboard - alNing policyrn?kers lo •¥plore the
dataset and trerKts al Itse￿ IBvels. and acmss different dlmenslons of th• Indgx. tt was atso followed up an
Inter8Ctfve. pol1ry-fo￿￿d 8rtatysls of the implKaMs of tM"s work. hIgh1￿h1￿0 the urgenl need for a
rer*wal of our regitinal iMOV*tb)n ecosystem. 6cffj*thln9 that has wovided a wtsl foundabtsn for th8 re8t of the
work of the Re*Tpw. Thg olsw￿ lThJ•x InleTacttve Report ￿￿Ched as part th LOnth￿ Tech ￿tek in rrld-
June at Imperi&l College's kHub c*ntre Irs I￿rte Cty. Th55 W86 otteNJed by a htyahsuallty •udknco of
acaderrlcs, flrm I*￿•r6 and pc41cyThkers. whh a ths¢u￿0n hosted by P¥of*ssor Slr Chr&topher Pissarfd•& Or
Jonathan Clarke and Phl Smllh. lea(Is the D]glfal Sk11￿ co￿￿1.

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Tlls work sow IFOW b&ng irtvled to Comwall In June lor an exlend&d (llscJJsslon wilh their Chamter of
CoM￿￿r¢￿ and Ftrtures of Work group •trfftJul the ImpWc4lton$ of the DI dalg for Comwall and Ihe l$le$ of Solty.
and I￿1 dats Vhot &)￿n't bè irl8gr8ted into the nalbnal datsset as tt wasnl eenslstenty avail8tr4e acrnss
all regh)nsl att¥r¢d Iho pKiIKg on t¢chnolo9lcal translomwbon.
AIBO put4lshed In thls tAth¥tre¥rn durkng Ihi$ ryrting perfo(1 were major new analysgs of ¢haryJkn9 sktls
demand$ •cross th8 UK. This began wtth Leanlng to Grtw. HI￿* to Situate a SklL8 Strategy In an Et4Jnomlc
Strategy. wa8 publlshed with Ihe Cen*T• lor Etonornk Perf(¥mance. Then, uslng onllne ¢Jots
from Adzuna 8boul ol nlllknrf6 of job ads. the Olj Skills New s￿￿$ repM w8s pu￿Ished In Febwary. A8
Prof98s0r Stettsn Machln, Dlredor of the Certfe for Econorrlc Perforrnan¢o. noled, 'Ihis anatysts is uudal lor
oryone Invow in shaping tho educallon and trnlnlng prow9￿￿5 Ihat be t￿nI•l to ￿￿15, llnr$
atxl the UK ben&ffl and ihrlve i) Ilmes of c4mtlnuts￿ kamln9 and skllls deVekJp￿*￿t.' Thi8 novel an8ly$l8 8urfaeed
rtch ffindlngs eround the chafi￿.ng skilts WJr8 acmss the UK. It shw￿d how IT skrfls ore ra￿dty emergfflg and
then bÈ(x)nNno obsolele, IheTE Is a huge d6ffwenc* In p¥￿ and Trdx of ski15 ¢harvJe acr08S CWJP8t1￿S. oTrJ
htx¥ the lrnponancè of InterPe￿Onal skills cknnllnLES to endwe, wilh skits mrie¥ on the iwease.
In Jurw. fhl$ woth wa8 further enrthed ty t￿ pubficolon of a brand clusterin9 anatysls in Pattem$ of
OcrJJr•nt Sk(Ils in UK Job AdY￿s. ThIB work 81I)wed fo¥ On￿y￿S of the cTror#xJThenrA of sldlls that go
beyond ¢yp8rt categorfsation alone. hkJNighlir¥J ranges of skills thal arn bèing d¢manded ov•r tim#, 8nd the
ways In vthic* in(JvAdual skais arxl caustets of $kilb are connectsd across the gkills n¢fv4Vk.
In Septembw 2023, publleation kn the 8erKgnd wortstr￿M of thè Revlew - IopJ8*3 on fflnns - began a
king P9p8r Brlefsng by Protss6￿ James Hèyton on thg Adoption of Al and Aulon7atlon In UK Flrrr6 and
the Conseqy9nre¥ for Jobs- ba88d OD a surffj of 1000 UK fim￿. Th1# d¢lNered n￿lor fwHfing3 on howfwrn4￿P
dopllon of lethnolr*aies can lead to bèit8r ￿b6 al￿ sklL8. and ga¥• a sdK1 r¥58ar¢h basi$ to 5UPPJrt htgh-
Involven￿nI HR philosopNes, *Athich supwrt dIMen￿On$ ofour GO[￿ IAINk Charter. Th1518uneh was supportèd by
mgdLq coverage from The Guardlan, whk* vKote a fidl coveisng Ihe rep)Ifs findings and InteNewed
Prfes8or James Hayton for it. The eThY of Ihls rgFrfJrtJ'no saw the second major oulput from llFis
wcrktham, wilh thè put41cal￿n of Ihe Case SbJdl65 r•wL Th15 ftyjnd that worker6 are onty rarety loslng th811
$ to automaikn - but Ihat nattjre of Ihelr wuk ts Chan￿ng sign￿tanty, wth dfv8rgtnt impacts on dmferenl
)ple in dthrent roles. Moreovw. one worker beglns using a new techrW. the impgc15 on adjacent
w0￿er$ ￿ t* profound- bth ar8 nQt aw$ constdered. Through Irfrdepth intèNitr*s vith thtts• vthin9 awss
surgery, polidry, manufataurkig. markgting. charitse8. and agricutture. it added to k1￿￿￿ge on how to prtrafftss
adt*tiort In ways that supwt inn*)¥a￿0Th. vthile 5UStaining hi9hquaAty job8. shi115, and worters,
Y￿rIb91n9.
Tlws ¢oTe theme of wellbeiTrJ i¥ al kn he￿ of Ihe IIN'Td w0￿8trearn of the Rev18w, and Ihfs r8portkng perlod saw
gnlficant PLblcations. basad on anètyses of a suNèy of Sc￿0 UK èrnpW. 6erle6 01 focus gmups. The
flrsl publlcalon - led ty IFOW8 Prfnewl sodolog￿t. Dr fvtsgdalena Soffla, èxarnined the extent to vkn
erathns wrth w*placo tethnoljgles were ImpaclÈr#J ¥wrk8rs' quallty of life. Thls was a groundbre￿￿9 new
8tudy, 6mptylng lorthe Ikst the rnost wldety accepted. l￿tt￿lmen$10naI mwure of heaMh4elat8d qualty ol
fe and wellbeing, Euroaol EQ-SD4L. In the past, can￿￿ts of wellbeing had lended to be p)orty ￿ncePtUar190(l.
sumng In. for examp￿. gBn•ral findings about 'strés8' 'bunpJut bul kn$¥aht knto thg ¢gUStr8 Qf
consequerres of Ihal 81ffjsg. h￿d￿l0￿911y, rrnst past Btudles had tAken a Very narr¢W vl&¥ of leKhnolw types.
maknng it ¢Jiffwll to d￿ent￿ngle these Ilnks. ThL8 work addressed boih of those w•aknp88es. Findlngs wgre
slgnikant. artd ineludod Ihal slgnSfKanl variaucffl In enytye88' qualty of was cvThelated ¢0 inpna¥ed le¥o19 of
exFQ5ure to dIffe￿nI tschnolow.. of Ib w86 ¢orTslated wth frequ￿ry ol iTrtera¢tlon
wlth n￿•r w￿p1aCe lechnokng188 suth a5 wearnNas. rethtlcs, ￿ and ML 501tswe and - Importantty, and
supporlkvJ *47rk ¢kJne In the $uNey- that pe￿￿ed ￿9h1$ at work. and HR phlloBoph*s had a poSit￿e
ts)rrela￿n Mth qu81ty ol Ime. This was follu•n¢J by lurther anatyslB that extended Ihls to ¢>)ver ideas ofjob 9uala¥.
These Olltputs werè eoverwj sl￿fiC￿nt￿ in the press, vilh a main arbde in The I)Jarthan Ihen belng up by
other oullets. and genoraltng sl9nlfkant aiientK)n onllne, Includ￿9 Inlbjentlat ¢onvnentato
Thg T¢pulatloTr ofthe grwi over thli lrnè, wNh mJotir¥Js to d18CUU t1￿ work requested by the Oyrtmènl
for Educadon. the Department for Wuk and Perflons and Ihe C&Wnel Offi￿. These precipitated fruithjl
dts¢JJsslons around thè Inv1￿tr"On8 of the work for ptt¢llc ￿11¢y. Media iThtervith¥s wère also g8neTated. with Dr
Magdo￿n8 Soffia wakmg a￿ul ts Revlvw on ABC in Australia in M¥y 2024. and Kesl•r on rtN
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Th•m•: Shlftlng p￿T
IFOW8 strateg1¢ ￿mmitmen1 to shllbn9 power centres on wort lo strengt￿n acu)UAtsbllity and safeguard gcthj
Ihrough transition. We look to deveh)p slandardg and regul8llJn th81 proled good wc4k. work for n
kntherety good automatton Is pronJ)led thmugh govemarKe of re$pLm$￿kn Al. and to increas•
parti¢JpatSon among ow stakelKilders lo help u8 del￿rIhIl.
In•th bTieltn95 on good wjrk *Ere dr¢￿ole(l to 811 parllam8nl8ry ￿Tr￿IdateS In the sun￿1 2024
edon8
Letters b) 811 naw ministers, othllnlr¥J Ihek ¢ro$s<uttng reM￿￿￿h Ihe ful￿ ol ￿)rk
hekj a Cfeatwo Indusbles event - 'what do ihe UK crealfvt Indu81rfes noed from the next
gtsvem￿nf. in Somersèt HI￿￿*
te fo and v&fjou$ key Inte¥est gro￿$ h Ihe PLP- Ihe Coaffiefds CoBlltlon, repre8enlatlves
from the Trea8ury Sdeel Cornmiltee-about relevant upcomhg leglslation
Hekj a rwndtatle on the •¢onomic Impacts of lat¥Jur ￿￿th Juslon Madders MP
Anwnber of arr*nthents and c>)nts&Jution8 to parli￿ent￿ debates. In¢Yuthng.'
Dat8 IU8e andknc•s81 Bll, clau￿ 80
Lords debate on Al wula1k
Cre•th Industr￿9 rwndl4tle
. Amanth￿l$ to the DlOtal Mgrk6ts •TrJ Coryelkn BN
Goc¥l ￿Al9￿1Th ImpadAsse3&nent &ndR•swJ*lkleAI Sandbox
Central to Ihis w￿k of shHllr¥J power by promotlng gngo9pTh*nt of workers ￿ the deslgn. development an
d¢rAoyment of Ihèie sybtems has been the cLffitinued impact ol Ihe put4icallon ol our G¢)c¥J Work Agorlthrn
Impact As$•$¥r￿an1 {GWAIAI. Deslgned to help Émploy8f3 and englneers SnwJl¥e workers and their
representatives In thè de51gn. development 8nd depk1ym￿* of akJoritth¥c systerTh8 so that risks are anttlpaled
and m8naged.'good we4k' is promo*d, Ihe law Is CoM￿led with, Innovalhe 8pprDB¢hes are unls>thl and uust in
tethn¢)b)9y 55 IXJIL In this psthl ￿ hwe Iwked to howlhls nxtho(kJlogy can ￿ applie(l in prnctice.
In FebNgry 8nd March 2024, Kester Brewin arwl DrhbwJail Gilbert de[Ner￿ kn4V days ol traknlng on the use oftht
GWA￿t0 6UPPOrt advisors and then bU￿TreSS leaders 8eross Surrty and H8mpshire. Thls required the
rrndularl8atiM of the mateTial a practul ¥￿rkshoP, ￿ Ihat began ￿th the rè¥earth basis the wowk-
based on the ￿m￿ye1 ms••rth froffl c￿1 Pissai*Je¥ R9￿ew- 8nd foroood WO￿ in 8n age ofAI. The
wo(kBhops ￿re ethmaty reca￿d. 8Tha havè lad kn furttler 8ngagemeThl wfjlh nmi$ partwtsng in the
S8n(tJoK, a6 well 86 wovldlig lfty)rtont feedback into oui Regulator P￿$ Foyum.
In W of 2024, ￿ offlc*lly launL**d our SandL*)x at g pa(aed event at The S￿rd. Thls featured a hi9h.level
paneb wilh represent8lNe$ frtsm DSIT. the and the Rtspon&t4t Te¢hnoh)ay Adoption Unit. 89 well as
presentskn at<•ul th? oJrKept ty OrA)by Gilbert andAnna Thoma5.
San(1￿x?$ ar• wiwiY*nlal •nvironments thal thne a ￿3h1 on govern￿E0, regulation and ts wtyk that
firms (kl ￿th tèthnologlgs dl Inieract to gNe the best outeorr*6. IFOW has developed a
Re3￿<￿￿ble Al Sandbox In order to hdp both Govemrnenl and industy n8￿gate thk8 new terraln of AJ adopt'on.
vhh a prTrlnTrJvatien approach thal ￿s0 supporf8 Good Kbrk- 8nd Ihus budds a larnrfuture for all. Vniqudy, thls
IFOWS cuttKig4dge research Into the developrwt and rogulauon ofA and tethnologw.
Thls was launthed in paraFlel io the 5tren9thenlng of our Regulator Plus Forum, whith gathers actorn from
regulators ond Dther todSe5 tooether frorn across lh¥ A eiy)system io hety) shape Al adoption. The
fonjffl has w0￿ed aCtsVe￿ wrth repre¥erTbt¢￿s from DSIT. the ICO. Ihe EHRC. CDEI the Offto Al. as
well As tha CIPD, IOSH. techUK BCS.
Vk hav¥ bunt cfi thos launth Ihrcts3h tho perkjd rbthtuRd rola￿1)nShi￿ wlth busine88es lo F4)l our
Sandbox work wkh them. Le$lte. from the Publ￿ Law Pr0￿Cl, wa8 wnpkjyod lo work ￿ this. and key
progress on thls has been xen. vthith falls Inio the next reporting perfod.

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Crealed wlth fvndlng fr(*n th* Alex Feny Fwnd8tlDn. the GWAIA mefvdolbtyy was tr8Dsfgted Inlo hyo fvrther
outpul& Good ￿￿￿A[gO￿￿M1C Imp8dAssessrntnl.' g Partnersthp ApprooGh ¢)ffers comwehènsive guidance that
l&ys out the legal underpknnkng for and how it can ￿ utsd In edlect￿e t*8fgalnkng. This was written
fdltyvlng a workshop aThJ Co￿uMation wtth Ihe Al Wothing GffJUP and torn￿e1￿n of the TUC Task FoTce on Al
Bln. The guk1grbct h￿h1￿)hts the GW￿A can be Integraied Into ¢wll8dve barga￿1n9, technology
agretmenls. aT%I *lth other type8 cl rf8k 8SBwM￿I to help untona gel Invo￿*d, onllclpate. act and monitoT Ihe
n>)¥t slgntfic4n¢ effects of W 81 *¥Jrk. In parallel to this. a slnylified Guide for Ropm￿n1alfv•s was
odwed y￿1h fvndln9 fromthe TUC, •nd offered a 51gpby-step gulde lo UNdert8￿n9 8 GWAIA.
Thome: Prforftlslng ￿0p
Central lo IFOW$ ￿rk is a c4)rrrfnAmenl lo ￿ten￿O lo the ￿ewS of those ebjsest to thg ty(As that we are
exploring and tr*kkng swg that thelr experfenca 55 understood. The Good M3orrthmie Impaet Assessment
process Is now ￿Ing tterated 8cr08s drff8rnnt sectors, and ihl$ can be flone wilh <¥nr￿en¢# as th& basls
has been estgblished kn Ihfjs reportlno perlc*J with puMea￿an$ acros$ woth5treams three Irom the
Pl6sarpJes Rev*.
A6 noted in the last r•p)rt, th• Cap8bliksApprooth has become a ￿0w￿l9 1olthstc￿# ofwork In Ihe PI$sorfth5
Revlvw. Th* offers a tens Ihough a Iwjs on hurrffjn-centrgd automabon can be uftdorstood. Th• ana￿S[S
of the Survey of so￿ UK y￿ke[S. and 8ssoeWèd locus gmups, ho$ reinfoTced Ihis sinc* the pubthtstion of
Reframlrt9 Skills Explainera￿l Capa￿1￿5 Llerature Revlw end ofthe last reporilng perfod.
Orfglnalty 08 a trarn￿rk ts) a66ess howwell are +JeNeJoF4ng, IFOWha$ focused on applylng
It to il* questlon ol engagh)g a rTr)dem workforc* in transltbn. one Ythe￿ autcffiation has Ihe potential to erther
augTr*nt or dtrrtlnlsh peoplè's and ol ￿tk. Recent nsearckn from drtle￿nI di$cipfiThes -
*C￿mI¢S, Mor￿90m8nt. P8ychob)gy, heollh 8NJ ojryutvr - h83 begun to alwJn around the lrnportan
of shap¢ng auiomation to augmenl hurnan ￿pab￿l￿•S 8nd affimi humBn agenw. Importanvy for ¢wr emphas& on
priorlllsing peopl&'6 gxFerience in the ccfitBXt of sc¢Nechfft41 naturt of aut0rrtat￿n. the CapabiltyAppro81*
hWJNKJhts the vasl pemiut0lk)￿ offered ty autornaibn. and Our agenLy to choose whith of th&s& oro worlh
pursulng. In more than one stsn5e, It remlnds us that ￿ Ihouhl be ?ble to 8hape Dtsr own fvtures. Thts In
fresh perspedve on hty¥ we Val￿ humyn skNL8. 8N161tes Ènd è4>etsnce. RefoeusiThJ on F•oF4e's potsnlial.
thThces, and v8lu•s is one way ofoFening nvwcgnvernaions ab￿1v￿*t we Yo￿ and reward kn hwr•n acuvty.
Th18 haB tégn ewnd8d re8•arth wtyk in Ihi8 repoitiro period, wrfh no￿[ aptslkjns of
eopobifities to and sysfeTh￿eyeI thinklng d•v•leyod. wthlch VAI sb3nlllcanty Influenc8 the shape of the
Final R¢￿￿ of Ih? Plssaths Reww- s￿11￿ agenda n*)re vldely- tn the n6xt repor¥ro perfod.
The CREAATIFPrqort
In September 2￿. IFOW (¥e8ted and hosted An event at Somernet Htyjse to l)etter uTrJerstan¢J the UK
¢￿￿tI¥0 hjustry was ￿fig Inwded by generallve Al, and tho i86ue8 arwjnd Al govemance that We￿ perbnent
Thls allentsd ty mony from the Somer$et House uealve CDMml￿Hy. and helped Sw1a￿ tha need lor spe(1
Itention to Ih65 parUgJJaT8eclor.
TN8 1&1 lo our 0￿e•jerS￿p ol lh8 CREAATIF ICreaOrvJ RE8porriNe Al knd TethrH)109y-Iw•d Fuiuw)
project. Ihe Injtlute, UAL, and Ou8•n Mary Universty Loft6)n. Thr6 convened an expert group-
induding Professor Dawd Le$¢￿ from Turfng, Dr Aoffe K*)nk8 It1￿ QMUL, Dr Peaks Krnfft from UAL, Alex brovm.
Manager of lh8 QM Centre lor croat￿ Cdlaboratbn and Dr Kthk¢ from Turirg. ￿ are keen to noie In th15
report the out5t8nding 0)ntr￿utiOn thal Mike rnade lo thls proJed. and to ￿ th91d of Al govemance and
pwath¥. Mike - an IFOW Rgsearth Fellow - died vw sudderdy In thts svmmr of 2024. He was an
exCe￿onal ac8derrt M￿￿l￿n 4nd prathtioner, and ￿ ir$8pir8ts"onal friènd of IFOWwho Temain¥ much rr155ed.

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To galher researc* for the project. Ihe CREMTIF learn convened threè ￿￿rkshOpS, whh pawticipants gath*rnd from
acf05s ￿ing, translaloTh, V￿Ce acling. tl*atre, rnu￿c, ￿de0 and fdm pro(kMAlon, dest9Th and anlmatron. ckne of
Ihese was on*ne, and thg other ￿ were In-por80n. The wo* ￿trE s4)pc¥l¢d by the Soc* ofAuthors, I
Mu8K*ns Unton, Equty. BECTU and the Creative DiversSty Neiwoth. Th8 proi8cI akn Vod￿ed • survey that wa
di8tntArted nationaly. Tr* workshop5 ￿re l*hl lust tcwarts the end of thL8 fèporfw pè￿￿, but have 9ener¥ted-
along with the survey and researth rewew- output¥ hbduthng a ￿rte Paperthal will be L8unched In 2025 8t high-
profi￿ evants. The pr*d atso host￿. Fn ec4lab)ralion wllh Som¢rsel Hou$e. Ihe onty Ge￿ra1 El8c15on husting8
aimed specifitalty at ad<Wo5sirvJ Issu&5 around support for the UK ¢rè8tfve Inthjstrw. The 0￿PU1 of this work
p￿￿hed kn our next ¥•FQrtlw pethjd.
Ext•mal wofile And ¢ommunietitk￿A
IF0W￿rtInve5 to enl)y 8 8trong profilÈ èx*rnJlty and looks lo Share Its wort strategkaly acr0$6 ¢Ofe •udl¢n
of pOl￿.cS. a￿dtha through g varlety ol chanr￿￿.
k)￿d rr*eting5 lo sh9r• ourwork wilh leads h govunmnt departJrMIs, 9ovemment ond Éhadow
kjnal 18ader5, C•SUrt¥ b￿l￿esS leadert, academ113 and ￿￿1 s￿￿ty rePre￿￿tIveS remaln a c•re w8y lor vs
lo communlcale our m5sslon and buld suprA>rt for
Sod81 rrnJLa Impacl ha$ ￿)ntInU9d to over yeor. our ￿'nkedkn folh)vRrn grew by 1.78Q and sittsng
at 3699 followeT8 In tothl. acNeved 44765 <wganlc iny#•%ions wnlinue See￿￿j to b8 the gtrlo Jwb on
the fuiure tsfw￿.
akn our preSe￿e on YoyTth, with regular W 0f￿dI0$ fr(¢nAPPG sesslorffj and othor ￿ents
altracting rrnre than 2COJ ¥knvs overthl$ porh)d, doubl1￿ our8th¢riber*
V*lts 10 Ihe IFOW website have grown SIgn￿￿ndy, ¥￿1h ￿￿que vlsttors £￿Ir￿J from 28.gk to 50.3k comp8rthl 10
the perfod th6 provlous reporung year, iot81 growing fmm 32.7k to s5￿k a￿1 p•gt ¥*W8 from 66.Sk to
sub$¢￿pIlOTrS lo our rnontNy rthyslottw have conlnued to wi. gAlftin9 129 $ybs¢hbern. end￿￿ the perlod wilh
a lots12576 Su￿¢￿￿*￿. and 'open' rates hav¢ tttn pbaslTrJly sustalned wfth tIMs gro%th aTrJ stand al aNnd
S0%- substarttial￿ mor? ihan the,10p4￿1. score of 30% expe¢#ed natiorolty and mean for Maifchimp of Iu51 over
2W4. The fomMI wè havè betrn uslrfj ¢))ntlnues to drnw in audien¢¢¥ lor a thgest of Ythat is in
the Futu￿ of Work spvice. ond covers an inlrodudory ovwvkw P￿C•. a d*8kW Into som8 ￿ffent research
aThJ Ihen a 151 of Jnl•rgSting read$ forth¢cffjlryJ gvenls.

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Fin1￿￿1 r•vl•w
At the end of the reporting perfiod on 31" August 2024. IFOW rwnains ￿ a slable fi￿n¢￿1 po5rtlor￿ rgfècllTrJ
wi*Jonl rnanage￿￿nI of fvnds ond a c*)mmKmenilo ¢Je1￿6￿Trg Its ¢h8rtt8blè obl8ctive6 effidenlty.
TDtal Income foi the year •mount¢d to £977.733 12023.. £880.Cfj11, on hK¥ea6e of £97,672 compared to the
prevK)u8 year. Ino)me wa5 derw from gran15 and donations. Total expenditure for the year was
£￿1.C¢712o23.. £929.711), a decr•w 01£121.844 tr)rya￿d to th• yethus year.
Al yeai-eTrd. the thArity he￿ totsl reseNes of £419,937. Tlw arè unraS1￿ rèserves, providing lIe￿tillfy for
opbrational and $tiatsgi¢ needs.
The th•dty's tolal •$$￿8 siood at £587,849 Indudkng cash. inve51ments, an6 tsnglbl& fl￿d assets.
Liobaiffje5. sI￿l- and lor￿-￿Mi obllg8llon8, totalled £174,613 resulling wi a r•t asset posrtl￿ of
£413,23e.
IFOW has ¢y)nUnued w0th1￿ towards dev8kJplng a dlveTre ar¥J r4JStaln8bfe fundlng base. Thls has been
$1gnhlcantty l)oosted ty the £1.3m Nuffjdd Foundation strat4ic gran( although a trfoad donor pool rwnalns an
Imperafvè to ensure IFOWran fvnd the *fiole strategy.
Th? orgarrisalt¢n i¥ alw grntelul lor the $upM of Ofant funding from fru$t for l￿On, open Sodety FourKlalkn.
Joseph Rowntrée Charltable Tw8t and ICO. Further detsil on Ihe purpose of these ￿$bfjCled funds can bè fr￿lld in
nDte 13 to the s￿)￿nts.
I r8sts5ct•d fvnding L8 used sO￿ty for 13 intended purpose. IFOW researth pmgfarnk$ ore IrKIoFendenl from all
unreslrithed fvndthg th8 organlsalton face￿08. and c*osen solety on thdrrelevance to IFOWS ￿￿￿[on.
The trustees salsW wth fin8n¢¥o1 heatth of the chan* at the end ol the reportlng pertod. Stratsgic
plannlng conllnues to ensurg sustainabS111 y. and efforts to diver5ty incornè streams a￿ ￿)gOing. Thè thartty
rerrnins Wel￿o$￿10ntrd to rne8t It8 oblectbves and reSp￿d to emerging chaI￿nge$ In the ctxTrng yegr. The
truslees conffirrn tw Ihey have conslderod the c*adty'8 financJal poswon. r¢stsNg8, and rfsks ar￿ boll•¥e thè
(*arty rem81ns g golng cthitsm for thè forè59&obie future.
Pollty
r8king knto conslderation the 9u1dance IBBued ty Chaflty Comths$h?n, th* FK)Iy ofthe IFOWlrustees is to hDld
suffirient funds in reseNe kn cover three nwith6 of IFOWS foteeasted total OFwo1ing expendilure. or 25% 01 toial
annual planned op•rallng 0xpor￿ttyre.
Thls dwsen lev81 of reserves wlll alkjw IFOW to meet lis Ilabglties in lh$ e¥enl of a reduclon In irKome, whlst
erffjurlng th81 the majority of fvnds are dlrected lowards 8dv8nclng the charitable purp)ses of the trganlsation. Th1¥
reserves target wll r8m8in vnder review tythe Iw8lees throughout the yearand 7MII ￿ re￿eWed amually.
IFOW ckJ58d lh• 202&24 fina￿la1 ￿ hohjing r•8•￿$ of £420K 411 of IB uN•strkted. Trustees
snsiderlhesé T￿r¥e I￿e1$ to be 8dequ8t8 to tynd the act1￿￿$ of the ¢hJrlty forthe knrèseÈ8ble futur•.
Prfndpal rlsk4 and uncertalntlu and Jummiry ol plan¥ and gtrat•glg$ for maniglng th• rl8
IFOW k8 constsnly ¥irivin9 lo pttain a sat of diverst and long-tem incom• strearrn. Tho finance sutpcommfttee
I￿¥￿e up of ￿PresentativeS from both the 8Dard and $laff team) mee16 oncè every tsvo nvilhs to discuss this
do$1￿, ty dJ$¢ty Inspeeung the fundlng pipeline, always belng aw8re ol the three mnlhs reserves Wky. IFOW
ns bgth a risk rn9Ost8r and business eontinulty plan, both of which are revlewed ai Board Iwel FRr year-
these document th¢ maSn ￿Sk5 and planned rn(1198Jons tor several potentlal scenar￿5 Such •$ ftnantyal
8uJtsinAbilty. g0vem•n￿. keyyr80n rlsk and IT 8ecurity.

INSTITUTE FOR THE FUTURE OF WORK
(IFOW)
TRUSTEES, REPORT (INCLUDING DIRECTORS, REPORT) (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST2024
Struthrnl gov•mafl¢e and m8nagoment
IFOW Is a rx¥np8ry Ilnlted by guaraniee. Incorporaled on 19 Mar(* 2018 and relstered as a chaty on
18 Novamber 2018.
IFOW w?$ eslabllsheil under a merTr)Tandum ol as50dalion vthkh established I￿ obj8cts and powers of the
•rlt¥ble ccryany and Is govemed under Its artictes of 88sociation. IFOW$ thanged from The Fulure of
brk on 30 May 2018, vthen IFOWw8s grnntod in5b.lute stolug.
Al tnJ8tees give th￿rti￿￿ vduntafily and welve no b•nefrts from th8 tharty.
ThB Trust8es. tAIK> tre also the for IhB pwpose ofojmpwy I￿. ar￿ %tho seNed duiwig the y￿rand up lo
the dat• of81gn8ture ofthg finan￿1 state￿Trts wwe..
Sw C Pbsarfd85 IPre¥ious Ctr Chatr)
DrA Imamon MBE
M T c￿hvry
MEDAtt
S Khar¢ghanl
G J Nuttall OBE
D Bar0￿ Soares
Or S Bla(*
NWCnmerCBE FREn9 (Acting Cl4lrl
Prof G Neff
IR•signed 6 Marth 20241
{￿inied 14 Oecwrt)er20231
IApOnbd 14 O¢c4rnber 20231
pwyntsd 14 Deeember20231
Appolntm•nt, R•moval and *•Wno of Thot•
Candi1ot¢$ for trustee ￿sItiOnS are assessBd by In￿￿￿ent tru$tee$ and meet InfonDalty wth Se￿01 rnnagen*nL
Reojmmènded candhlates are eort1de￿d by all inujnknnt trustees and are aP￿ted by unanimous approv* of
all trustèes. whh no rlwxlmum Iln* on Ihe number of tmstees thal can be apwnt&d. Corièspor¥Jin9ty, a trustee can
be removed by a rescdulion pawd unanirnously by the ot￿r tru5tee& All trustees are membars artd Diredors of
th8 tharlty foi Comp8nles House pu￿￿￿5.
IFOWs affair3 are nonnalty conducled underthe super¥islon and leadershwJ ol Its ¢o-D￿LI0[￿. Anna Thcinas and
Dr Abl98il Gilbprt. Twstee w*ebng8 ¥¢ hew qu8rtety. pnd 6taff ￿￿mb￿[S are In freq￿lt rthnnwnlcats.on wAlh the
trustses throughout Ihe year and rnainlain 8 ¢b$g rèlAtionshlp tegther.
K¢y ￿M9•M•nt Pern0nn•l
The rnanagemenl of IFOW Is 18d ty CTrtXre¢t￿8 Am8 Thonw5 8ThJ Dr Atdo811 GllberL The Co&Directots ar¢
respon8&51g for da*to• management R¢¥pon*ilrtv are deltyated ty the c￿DIre￿DT5 to Ihe rnawemeni
Arrnngements for ￿ttIng p•y •nd rgrnungratlon of key rnanaqom•nt perBonnel and any benthmarks
rnm•t•r• or ¢ritsria u¥ed
The salèries of 811 IFOW slaff bencthm￿ed against equiv*ent rese8¥ch Organisa￿nS and thinktanks in the
Ihlrd sector. R8eruitm8nt is ¢arefvJlty mènaged tts tdkè benthm#Tklng irrto con￿d￿ration. as well as thg overau
l￿dget to hand. An annual review proL¥55 i& in whi¢h links pethrnanc• and developn*nt to any thaftges kn
¥tsff rÈmunerntion. Finali¥, IFOW has an irrtemal banding 8ysiem to ensure that all peop￿ al the 8aTh* 18v81 are
paij fairty within each band.
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INSTITUTE FOR THE FUTURE OF WORK
(IFOW)
TRUSTEES, REPORT (INCLUDING DIRECTORS. REPORD (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST2024
Thi•lee Inductlon arKI Tralnlng
As when Trustee$ •r¢ rec¥ulled. a fvll lTrauL*lon Inio the c*arfty Is Flanned. Thls includes. bul Is not ￿rnIted
to, promding key pcldes ané procedure8 and trI￿lTrg onthe8e as aF￿￿ale.
Fund* hokl •• custodlan truot•O
IFOW nor oftts INstg8s ore actlny as oJ$t(¥llBn twslees.
The Trusl¢e8' ￿port was approved by Board ofTfusle•s.
NW Cltrmr CBE FREng ch￿r)
Date..
11

INSTITUTE FOR THE FUTURE OF WORK
(IFOWI
INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT
TO THE TRUSTEES OF INSTITUTE FOR THE FUTURE OF WORK
I report to th8 Tnjstses on my of the financial slatemort8 of Ir￿lji￿te for Iha frjlure of ¥h)rk (th8
ehjrityl forthe year ended 31 Augusl 2024.
R•8ponblbllll•• •nd ba•1¥ of t•port
As Ihe Thxtees of the ehority (and 0180 fts dreeicts th• puwposes ofcompany law), you ate respon*)￿ for
ihe pr•par4tson of the ffinanc481 siai¢ment6 In accordanc4 the requnrnents ofthe compon￿ Ac* ZCrf)6.
H8¥lng S￿l$f*d mysewthat the flnandal slatements oflhe cwty ale nol required to be 8vdited under Part 16
oflhg c￿an*S Ad 20Cfj and are dlglble for lrnlependent examinat￿. l tsport ITr rÈ8pect of my examin
of lh¢ c*aW8 fknantial 3laleTh*nts cafrtod out und?r ￿¢tion 145 of thg Charftkn8 Ad 2011. In carrylng ovl
8x8minal￿ I havè follo￿￿ the Direction$ given by the CIHrty com￿45St0n vndw secllon 145{5)(bl of Ihe
Ch4fitiesh£t 2011.
Independ•n¢ •x4mln•fs stst•mnt
Sknco Ihè ¢harltys gross exceeded £250.OW. the Independent exarnlner must be 8 merrkner of a boty
ILsied In secfjon 145 of C￿rI)eS Act 2011. I r4)nfimi Ihat l am qualffi$d lo undertake the ex8minaDon
bec4usfr l ￿ a member of the A8sockgbon gf Chartor•d Cerffi•d A¢*￿[￿nt& ￿1(* Is one ol the IJBled
I h#¥0 ctsmF4otsd my exanwltition. I confirn that no mallows have (x)rre to my allenlth lft ¢onwrAlon knith
¢ywrninai#)n giv￿￿ rng cause to bell•ve Ihat In gry materfal ￿$￿ti
acu)unting records w•rn not kgpl In respe¢l of the tharty ps requlred ty secllon 2B6 of Ihe Cornp8n
A(4 2008.
the ftnandal staten*rts ¢Jo Th)t accord vAth those reg)rds'.
the finandal stslements do nc*l ¢orTyly wlth the accoJTrllng requ*orr*nts of ¥cii(m 396 ofthe Companjes
Ad 2006 olhor than •w requnff￿nI that the Ilnangal sts(ements g4ve a true and fair VIN, which 1$ not
nwlter consh1ered as part of an Indep8ndènt 8xamination,' or
the hn¥nci818latements have not been rmtpared in acMrdarKe wlth lh8 methods and prfnclples of the
Stat8ment of Recornnwded PrncaKe for acv)unting and feporfng ty ehames 8ppltC4bf• lo rhant
prewing tI￿r statements in aL￿￿￿nt* vAlh Flnancial Reporung Slandard 9pp1r￿b1e In the
UK and Rep￿11￿ cl IFRS 1021.
I have no concems and have com& aLYOS6 no othor mthrs In C4)n￿￿10n ￿th the examination to which
attenyon shouk1 b8 drawn I
Is rBport In order to en8￿￿ a proper ur¥JefStan<llng of Ihe financlal stalewerrts to
be r9￿h8O.
8*ley FCCADChA
for aThJ on beh4fof
R￿er5 Sp2nter
Charte￿d Accomtsnts
Nwtead Hous•
Pelham Road
ngham
NG5 1AP
27/s12
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INSTITUTE FOR THE FUTURE OF WORK
(IFOWI
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVlnES
INCLUDING INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST2024
Unresirfcled R•8trleted
fund8
fvnds
2024
2024
Total Unrnslrfct•d Ro¥tsktsd
lun
funds
2023
2023
Totsl
2024
2023
Ine(xnè and ndovfft•nt8 from."
CtJnaUon$ aThJ lagxies
Other inccffle
88.199
37.SC¥)
852,034
940.233
37,SC<I
846.887
.687
33.374
33,374
T¢)141 Incom•
125,899
852.034
977,733
33,374
84e.687
880,081
ndl
Reisiry fitnds
14.3SO
14.350
Chafftthe acthryli88
40,727
752.9
793.717
18,215
910,B96
929,111
Tolol •xpendlts•
$5,077
752.990
808.087
18,61S
910,898
929.711
Net Incomlngl(oulgolngl
70,622
99,044
189.e86
14,$59
184,2091
(40.6￿}
Gro￿ transfer8 t¢b¥egn
frjnds
199,044)
Nèt In¢omo1(•xpendl￿[O) for
theyearf
N•t mov•mwrt In funds
169,666
1eg.e88
14,559
164209)
{49.8801
Fund ￿art•s at 1 September
2023
,271
250271
235.712
64209
299,921
FuThl b#knnce• •t 31 Augu$t
2024
419,937
419￿37
29)271
250.271
The staiement offmaneial acbvth5 In￿d￿ all ga￿5 and108se8 recognlsed In th$ ￿r.
The stsknment offmandal acuvltles Indth all galns 8ThJ losses recogni￿j In Ihe year. Incom8 End expenthiur¢
dprrwo IrDrn conbnuin9 JCIMI￿.
Thts statement crf Mgnejal acllvtiw atso eomWie8 with the reqUir￿ents IOT an and ￿p¢￿a￿U[B accounl
thiderth8 Compani85 2008.
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INSTITUTE FOR THE FUTURE OF WORK
(IFOW)
BALANCE SHEET
ASAT 31 AUGUST 2024
2024
Fix•d a¥¥ets
Tan￿ble assets
12
6,701
5,106
Curnnt ua•ts
13
148,670
439.179
218,343
164,780
Cèsh 8t bank ar￿ in hand
587,849
363,103
Crndtor¥: amounls f•lling due Thlthln
OM year
14
1174.6131
(137,938)
Net ¢umt 8g•ets
413.236
245.165
Total •Mets 1088 current Ilabllltl•8
419.937
250.271
Th• lund8 ofth? ctr•rlty
UnR51rtted funds
418.937
250.271
419.937
250,271
The company 1$ ent￿ed lo thè tr¥ery1￿￿ from tt* audit reqUIre￿nI ¢>)ntained kn sec￿Th 477 of ihe Co￿￿n￿All
20C6. forthe year ondgd 31 August 2024.
The drtdors HckTrJwledge their respomibifrbes for o)nwtylng wllh the W￿ren￿nIS of th• CoN4)ani•s Act 201
wlth rgspoct to a¢counthry records preparalknn of ffin8rKial statsrnenls.
The mefttrr8 have not reqiiT&J the ￿mp￿ry to obtaln an Audrt of it8 flnanclal 6t81¢m￿S foflhe y￿r in quesoon
arxordance wlth se(Ik)n 476.
Thèse 1knan￿1 ststements have been prepared in wJrd8ncA ¥Wh the provllon8 8tvli¢able to r¥)mponio$ 3ublect
to th8 Sm￿1 eornpanies rome.
2s/sJz
The fina￿18[ statsm8nls were approvod by theTn￿ on........................
Nwcliwner C8E FREng (Actkng CNr)
Comparry roglstr8lbn nunknr 11263261 IEnBland and ￿10$)
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INSTITUTE FOR THE FUTURE OF WORK
(IFOW)
STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2024
2024
2023
C4Bh flowB from op•r￿n￿ a¢tS¥lti
Cash g$nornled frorfabsubed by)
277,617
1137,1411
Invuung actlvFt1•8
Purehase otlar¥JUe fix•d ass•ts
13.1981
{1,8241
W•1 ca8h ua•d In Investing •ctNIUe
(3.198}
(1,6241
Net IncroagWld•¢r•a881 In and Cash
•qulvalents
274,419
1138.765)
Co¥h and cash owfvaknts 81 b4iMhB ofyear
164.7PAI
203￿25
Ca•h and cash •quivRlents It •nd of ygar
439,179
164.780
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INSTITUTE FOR THE FUTURE OF WORK
(IFOW)
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2024
Accountkng poll¢l•8
Chlrtty inlormlltlgn
Institute lor the fijlurn Df w￿k IB a prhate cornparry limlled ty gutrnitee 1r￿rportt￿J In Ewdland and ￿es.
Th8 regl8leTed off¢8 Is F￿ldfiSher. Rlverbank House, 2 Swan L￿e, London, ECAR 3Th.
1.1 Accounling ¢onv•ntlon
The finandal slaterr￿ntS have been PTepwed In acxoTd8nck wlth the goveming docJJment. the
Ccryanies Acl 20tN8 and 'Ae¢ounling Rewrthig by Charities.. St8teThEnl of Recomm&nd8d Pract￿8
aFpllcable to C￿rI¢￿ Preparing Ihelr account$ in 8¢u)rdanc¢ with the Fln8ndal Reportlng Standard
appltcawe In th* UK and Repu￿.¢ ol Ireland IFRS 1021 (effective 1 Jan￿ry 20191.. The eh8ty is a Pubr
Benèfft Enttty as d&fined ty FRS 102.
Th8 finandal stslemert8 are prepared in stsrfing. whith 1$ Ihe fiJnctiMal curnncy of th• tharty. Klonetsry
amounts in these *nanciBI 81at•m8nls are rwThJ•d tolh• ne?rest£.
Th? fina￿181 $iaknT£nts have been prepwed under th8 hthrical thst cfjnverf￿. The prmcipal ac£ou
iae8 8¢Jopted are $81 tyjt bebw.
1.2 Golng ￿nCeM
At the Ilme 0f0pp￿n9 fina￿￿71 ¥tptsnRnts. tho TNsts8s tta￿ a wsonabl& exF•Ctation that thg
has adeou*e resour￿ to conilnue In operalonal ex161ench fr>r IP* forasèeabje fvtur6. ThuB fv Trusts
conlrnug lo a¢S)pt the golNJ f))ncem bas15 of 8cciJuntkng In preparfng the fmnckql statemenls.
1.3 Charttabk fundj
Unre3tri(ae¢J lunds are av8llatle for at the dls(¥8tsn of Iho Trustso$ In fjjrtherancè of thelr L*arftabte
objectives.
Re8tritled frJnd$ are subkd to Sp6(i￿ ￿ndI￿OnS by donors or grarstors as to ￿)w Ih¢y MBY be v8¢11. Th9
PUTPO8es an(J uses of the re4rtded funds are setoui in the notes to the finan¢&?1 ststements.
1A Ineorne
Income is recOg￿sed vJh8n thè dwrity Is legal￿ en￿1￿ to ft after any pertonr0n￿ wndilTr?ns have teen m￿.
a￿￿￿ts be measvred rnlothty, and It16 probable that Ino)rn0 Y•lll be recknd.
Cash don81itsn$ 8re recognised on ￿pl O¢her donatlons are ra¢ognlsed c4Ke the (*ar6ty has been notif*d
ol thè dOn￿on, unkn58 perlom)ance ￿nd￿￿On$ rgqulre deleffol of Ihe emunt. I￿rne tax reco¥erabkn
re￿Ilon lo dLMalons reeefved under Grf1￿￿ or deeds of cgvenant is recogni5e(181 the tirr¢ ol donalim.
L?gac￿$ aro rewgnbsfjd on rn¢•iM ry Othe￿*se W Ihe ctsrity has been Mtir￿d of an impending dlstdbulion,
the arnount L8 known, and ￿tt1pt L8 •xr*cted. If the arrKI￿1 is trm¥n, Ihe legw Is troat¢d as
contlngenl ass•L
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INSTITUTE FOR THE FUTURE OF WORK
(IFOW)
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2024
A¢co￿tIng pDllei88
Iconllnuo
1A Expendltsrre
Lknblliles are recognised Bs soon as Iher• Is a 1•901 or constru(aive rtJllgatkJn cwmlting the tharity lo the
èxpendthro. Al eyndllwe Is acLOUt)tod for on a Gosh ba¥ls and has been das81￿ untler he8tlng8 thèt
aogregate all the co8ts ￿lated to the ¢8teg0ry.
Cosf of rof4ng fjjnds ieLqte to Ih08e 8pedlk knujrred In organl$ing and 8t8ging kndraiging events and
seetring voluntarycontr4bulknn$ together*lth aMbLrtablo 6UFWt eosts.
Charllable expenditure CA)mpii8es those ujsts Ir￿U￿ed by Ihe thaiity in Ihe ddfvery of Its a¢tivli*s and
8ep4kè¥ for Sts bgnelc¥arfe5. M Inthdes bolh costs that ¢an be aLk)&gted diredty to such adlvltks ènd th0$8
Costs of 8Tr indlred naturè neGes6ary to 8UPPOrt Itrthi.
Support in¢Jude r2nlral functbn$ 4nd h8v¢ been alocaled lo acaivlty cost eategories on a basil
Con￿￿nI wlih the use ol rosource8. tsr examp￿. allocating pro¥*rty co8t3 ty fioor w•as, or per capfta. slaff
costs ty Ihe Iln* spent¥nd tst￿r o)sis ty tt￿1[ uswae.
GovemBne¢ costs 0)riW• those co* asscK4aied vAth madng th• ox$fftulonal and slraiegK requ*erneTrts
ofthe d￿rity 8nd the audlt 4nd Inked to strateE4c managernentolv￿ thority.
1.6 Tawlbt• fi￿ a••et•
TangIb￿ fixèd a88ets are in6I81ty mèasured al ￿$t and $ubwuenUy moosured al cost or valuatKin. nèt of
depre¢iabon and any knpair￿nt It¥￿¥.
Depredation i$ rnc4ni8ed 80 as tovrril8 off Ihe g)6t or valuaiTh of assets less lh￿r ￿[dUal values over their
Useful li¥85 ￿ Ihe following ba
FLxtures and
Computers
30 % Rgfluixng Bala￿¥
30 % Red￿ar￿ Balarr
Th• gakn or ID8¥ arising on the dlsposal of Dn osset Is detemiln8d 88 the drference beiw*8n ihe sale p[we￿I
and thè e3rryir4J value of the asset, and Is recognlsed In the ststemertof fin8TKAI aLl1¥it￿s.
1.7 Impalm?¢nt of15x•d
At oach rBPDrtkng end dale, th8 ¢harty re¥Jews the c¥rrylng araounts of fa tangIb￿ &88ets to ¢knIe￿in*
there ts atry indKatson that those as8et8 have sUffe￿d an impairment loss. N any sud) IndKation
e￿$ts, ths retsJver?bkn arTrwnt of th¥ 8$sttt Is esurnatsd In crfder to dstermine the extgnl of the lryalm*nt
1088 Of any).
1.8 Taya¢lon
As a regLsteted thwity. the conyrry Is exwnpt Ir(rfn kncom& and ¢(Kpornllon to the extent that It5 IrKom?
and g81ns are aPpl￿d lo th8ri18blè puwpo66
1.9 Employee bgnofit6
Thg cost of any unused hollday enwllerronl IB In thg period th ￿leh Ihe erTWoyèe'$ ser¥ic•s are
Termlnotion benefits are re0)gni￿d inethetety as an expense when the charity 15 demn¥lraL4y cornnllted
to terTh¥naie the employment of an wnployee orki &Yovide lernation bon8fils.
17-

INSTITUTE FOR THE FUTURE OF WORK
(IFOW
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED>
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2024
Crftlc•l W￿￿￿tIng e#flmate• and ludg•m•nts
In the appllrailjn of tha thori￿$ arxounting polK(es, the Tntstees are rwtred to make judgements,
estimates Bnd assumptions bboul the carrying arTr)unt ol ass•is ond *ablilw that arn not readily apparenl
from other sour¢¢i. The ests"matss and 8sSOCAted as$uny¢bJrts ara basèd on hL8torfcal trxperfert? and other
f8ciors that wnsidered to be relevarf. Actual result$ rnay drfferfrom these estir￿.
Th8 gsllmates and underfykn9 assufWkJn5 are r￿eWed on an ¢JwlrrfJ ba6L8. RevlBlons to aco)u
esUmateB are recognlsed in Ihe pertod Sn vthich th8 estimhte is re*iyed Wthe￿ the ￿¥￿ton affecis onty that
perfc•J, or In the PO￿0d of the revI￿on ond firture F¢rfods where ihe ￿￿510n affects t¥)th Qufrenl and ththire
pe￿c￿$.

INSTITUTE FOR THE FUTURE OF WORK
(IFOW)
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (COP￿INUED
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2024
Donatloni •nd leoaei•%
Unre*trfcted R•strfeted
lunds
lund8
Totsl Restricted
funds
2024
2024
2023
D￿1￿jnI and gms
Gr8nts
88,1tr3
88.199
852,034 846.687
852.034
88,199
852,034
940,233
&46.e87
OonatlorA and glfts
Palmns, Clr¢le Mernbers
Other
34,199
34,199
88.109
88,199
Gr•nts r￿1¥9b1e lor ¢otg •￿¥￿0￿$
Twstfor London
OF¢n Sockty Fwnthlion
57.500
57.SCO
8,123
47,614
B7.553
57.320
541.581
47.614
a?￿53
57,320
541.581
Brald
Jos•ph Rowrthe
Nuffidd
47.936
717.702
19.926
FrierKt$ Provident
60,466
852.034
852,034
846.687
19-

INSTITUTE FOR THE FUTURE OF WORK
(IFOW)
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMEKfs (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST2024
Olh•r In¢ome
UN•￿eted unre￿￿1*d
lur￿9
fijnds
2023
APPG Income
Olher GroN Incom
16,SOO
16.874
37,600
37,$00
33.374
Ratslng fvnd•
Unre8trfct•d Unre8trtaed
lund8
2024
F￿d[al$ing consultancy
14a50
14.350
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INSTITUTE FOR THE FUTURE OF WORK
{IFOW)
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEIIIENTS ICONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGusf2024
Char3tsts10 a¢tlvlt
2023
Staff cijsls
D8prnu81ion ￿￿1 impahmert
Rent
Ral¢8
Meeting mom hlrè
Re8earch ¢osts
Stsbonery & ￿nI[￿vd
Travel & Subilsien
SubsrAipthons
Bank charges
GenBral exF¢n$e8
Olher bgal 8 PTofessiting1
Co￿Ulten
In6UTgr
Contgnl prOd￿U¢
437.156
370,355
1.778
11,481
12.807
1.200
7.814
8,287
1.426
6.172
314
5.028
7,718
81.055
18.845
107.071
2.976
2.619
314
1.779
979
104,771
375
294,368
1.995
219,285
1.579
791.137
925.271
Share ofgov8manc8 ￿StB note n
3,840
793.717
929.111
ATraly•ls by fund
Unrestrthd
Resttsted knds
40.727
752.990
18215
910.886
793.717
929.111
Gov•man¢•
2024
2023
)untsn¢y FM6
2.560
3,840
Govemance costs payrwrti to the indepeTrJent exarnIne￿ of£2.58012023.' £2.400} for Ind¢pendent
exattlrtation fees.
21-

INSTITUTE FOR THE FUTURE OF WORK
(IFOW)
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2024
Ngt movement tn funds
2024
2023
Tho net mov*Th￿nI In [￿￿$ is statad after tharg1ngllrJed￿ngl.
F88s payable fe* the independenl ex8rran0ts.￿ olthe charitys finanLial
Itsternents
Depredation of owned t8ngth fixed assets
1,604
1,778
None of the Trust•es lor any persons oMnectEd wAth them) recdved ￿Y rev￿r*r$bon or beneffts from the
charity durfrrfJ the year.
C P1558rides, one ofthe Tnsstees. was appolrted as a consuttant lorthg chwity £20,8W P023:
£20.8001 in expenses for cLJnsu]IAncy seNk86 on the Nufftel& Pr*¢l.
10 Employee¥
Th8 avwage WKJnlNy nwmber ofemptyee$ duthg the year w88..
2024
Number
2023
Numb•r
Employment co8ts
2024
2023
88 and salade8
S￿181 securfty (>)sts
Oth•r panston co&ts
390,155
37,974
9,027
331.372
31,746
7.431
437.156
370,355
Romunerntion •nd kny monymgrht pernonnpl
rwwneTrtlon of key M￿age￿nI PQTsonnel18 8$ Ic4k)￿.
Aggreaalo o)mpen$gtton
128,149
54.520
There we employe￿ wtrK¥se annu81 remunerotion was £60.c￿ or mo￿.
11 Taxatlon
Thè eharty Is exernpt from tsxal•)n on its 8¢tivthes t4¢aU￿ all its incon*15 Sp￿￿d tr charitabk purpostt.

INSTITUTE FOR THE FUTURE OF WORK
(IFOW)
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2024
12 T•ngllJl•flx•d 4¥0ts
FIKIUM •nd Compu*
At I September2023
Adthtions
1.524
11,879
3.198
13A03
3,198
Al 31 August W24
1,524
15.077
16,801
D•preclatlon and Impalrnionl
AI 1 Sewmber 2023
D8predalon Clwged kn the
12
7.060
1.518
At 31 Amgusl 2024
8.578
Carrylng •mount
Al 31 August 2024
202
8.499
6.701
At 31 Aug￿ 2023
4.818
5.106
13 D•btOfS
2024
2023
Amounts f•lliry du•*lthln year.
Trade dpbtors
Prnpoynwnts 8nd Kixued Inttsme
87.671
60.999
218.343
148,670
218.343
14 Cr•dltorn'. amounts fJllkng due thlthln ono y*•r
2024
2023
Othertaxallon and sooal securty
Trnde creditors
CAhercred(tors
ArxNak and delerred
13.507
63.7
32C
94.104
11.378
50,292
2.146
74,122
174.613
137,938
15 Delerred I￿O￿e
2024
XJ23
Other deferred income
52.786
11.867
Defwred 18 [￿lude(l h) the ffinandal Statsmants as follm..

INSTITUTE FOR THE FUTURE OF WORK
(IFOW)
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS {CONTINUED
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST2024
16 DofonBd Incom•
Icontlnuedl
2023
Bal8rKo 8$ 811
Ath>)unl def8nwd in year
An￿￿nt r•k•Èied In y•ar
6.123
11,667
(8.123)
52,786
(11,6671
Balan￿ 8$ at 31 March
52.786
11.867
-24-

INSTITUTE FOR THE FUTURE OF WORK
{IFOW)
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMEKfs (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST2024
18 Re•trlctsd fundo
Th• restfkted funds of the charity ¢cffjpiiw Ihe unexpenthd b*nces of th)nglbJis and grants held on tDJ
subieGI to S￿¢¥fiC cond￿On¥ by dortors as to howthey nw be used.
Mo¥•m&nl In funth
mo¥W￿nI In fund•
15•pt•mbBr
zozz
our¢••
•XPEndÈd I September rn¥ourw wppn¢l•
ZJ
$1 Augu
TNst fr*r
Lond¢)
Open sc￿8ty
Foundatksn
Joseph
155.OC¢I)
67.500
{57.5001
6,123
18.1231
CharIla￿9
Tn￿t
NuTrkl
Bratd
Frfends
57,320
541.S81
87.553
1$7.320}
IS41,581}
187,5531
22XJ
47,936
170.4591
717,71r2
19,926
(717.7￿2}
161,6121
180,4661
147,614)
Dwjit
41ffj86
47.614
642(fd 846.687
(910,8961
852.034
(862.0341
lor
London
Th15 fundkng supports Ihe odv8nCemè￿ and iMpler￿¢￿tIOn of IFOWS S￿01 pow innovatlon framework
thrnugh the ex¢¢uts)n of targeted polKy knitsatives ar￿ progr￿Me$. It 81so ama￿•S th• dtssemthat4)n of
￿￿￿orbs to prDmoig fairer and more equ￿tle ￿n￿RIonS wjthln Lont1on's rètall aThJ
tTall6POrt sectors.
Found*tlon
Thè pl￿ of Ihe grnnf 18 lo SUPiKlrt the Insthuts for thè FIrtU￿ Of Work IIFOWi to devebp four thmli
Oreas of wi its r¢$pon#e lo ftrture olwork chalkt¥Jes.
JoB8ph
Charil4ble
Fundlng b ￿Ing SO￿ io devolop progressive legal and cuporate rèspwsibm￿6s aimed at ensurin9 that
Artlfi(aal Intelligence. Machine Leaming, Bn¢J algorithrrlc systems deployed In the workpla¢e suppofl and
empu•M wcrfkus, ratherthan dninlsh thew orvalue in the 017A￿r￿.
Nulllold
This grBnt SUFP)rt3 a eompr•h8nsi4* Inva￿vdatiCn iti the effeds of rnw knhnol¥le$ on and wellbelng
a¢FfJ55 sys1em￿. organisalional. and indlvidugl dIm￿￿10n¥. conthl>ukng to Ihe broa(ler under8tsnling of the
Éoc1o*L￿onlc lrnpacts.
Brnld
TIMS lftMafve on examwilng eired1￿ resrnns9s to the irylica16ons t)f generntive Al on lh¥ creatNe
industrigs. ￿ the aim of sh&pitvJ infDrmed. fvlutV-¥gady 5trale9ie8 and ￿￿￿[e$.
Frknid8
Provldert
Thls wolect eWoTes the evdvlng r￿(b)nShI1 behveen oThrgho tBchnok)gies and work by idenlifyin9
aulomathcn wthetypes and dev8k)piny Toknt Irameworks tr condu¢t￿l9 algOnlhm￿ irrpact 8isessmpnts
alipned Yrtth the wir*les of goc*J wor
Digit
In cdlaWalw)n the UK ¥c8d*￿¢ $￿tOr. wjhcl 8lm$ to foskr a we114nl¢ytred and ￿￿nC&bo￿l
dlAI
e on the lulurè olwoT*.
rounded In Interdiscwina
restr•rth and reakworfd dats.
.25.

INSTITUTE FOR THE FUTURE OF WORK
(IFOW)
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2024
17 Unr•8trlct•d lund
The unre$trScted funds of the chwty cornprtBe Il* unexpended bakqnces of donatlons and gr8ntsvthlc* or¢
t subject to speofic Omd￿on$ by donors and grantors as lo lThlh8y MAY be used. These indud
d&s￿dn1ted wthlch have been set askle Olrt of unroslrfthd fvTh0s by the tnjstègs lor purpo8e8.
At1
Ineomlng Re80urc•8
Septembpr ro8ourc•s oxp•ndel
2023
Trnn$fvrs At 31 AugU¥t
2Q24
General funds
250,271
125,&J9
418,4SS
250.271
125,699
155,077)
419.937
Pr#vlou8 year.
Incomlng Ro$wrc•s
S•ptembor re8owroes expended
Trnnsl•rs At 31 August
2023
General lund8
235,712
33,374
118.815)
250.271
18 Relat•d p•rty transactlons
C Plssarhjes one of the Tnjstees, was appolnted as a ts)nsuManl for fv charity as Ihe Lead Inve&igator on
the Nuffield profvd that ccfflrnenced in 2021. Durfng thè y•tr. £20.8(￿ 12023.. £20.800) vms sp8nt for h
consumanq $8M¢e$ on the Nuffield ryoiwA.
10 Ca•h w)orat•d from oporntlon•
2024
2023
surp1w1lde￿} forlho yew
169.e
(49.6501
Adlustments fN.'
DopfwwKJn and knpwm8nt oftsnglbl8 fixéd 8SS•t8
1.778
M¢)vements In worklng capNal.'
De¢fèattrllknrth8$el in d¢blors
Inc¥ease in credrtorn
69.872
36.675
1153,3211
64,052
Cash generntod Ir¢I￿abSorbId by) 0￿ratIOnS
277,617
1137,141)