01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC037963
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Cross Border
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- UK and overseas
- Volunteers
- Not supplied
- Staff
- 216
- Postcode
- E1 8AN
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
Beneficiaries
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
The principal objects and purposes for which the Institute is hereby constituted are: (a) to advance the science of public finance and of accountancy and cognate subject as applied to all or any of the duties imposed upon and functions undertaken by public service bodies. (b)to promote public education therein. (c) to promote and to publish the results of studies and research work therein and in related subjects. (d) to advance and promote co-operation between accountancy bodies in any way. to advance and promote any scheme or schemes (howsoever constituted) which, as one or more of their objects, reviews, regulates or supplements in the public interest the establishment of standards by, and the training, regulatory and disciplinary activities and procedures of, any one or more accountancy bodies
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 December 2024 | £30,881,000 | £27,947,000 | 216 | 23 September 2025 |
| 31 December 2023 | £28,181,000 | £28,111,000 | 216 | 19 September 2024 |
| 31 December 2022 | £28,483,000 | £27,341,000 | 216 | 21 September 2023 |
| 31 December 2021 | £26,603,000 | £23,129,000 | 216 | 21 September 2022 |
| 31 December 2020 | £26,417,000 | £23,575,000 | 216 | 10 September 2021 |
Figures are those reported by the charity and supplied in the OSCR bulk download. Blank facts remain distinct from zero.
04 Contact record
Principal office or trustees address
- Address supplied to OSCR
- 77 Mansell Street, London
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.cipfa.org
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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