The Institute for Policy Research

The Institute for Policy Research is a British charity which funds conservative think tanks. Its 2005 Accounts reveal grants to the Centre for Policy Studies (£157,000), the European Policy Forum (£2,500), Eurofacts (£36,500), Open Europe (£70,000) and Politeia (£10,000).

Simon Webley, trustee of the Institute for Policy Research

Eric Koops veteran Conservative movement activist and trustee of the Institute for Policy Research

Nicholas Finney veteran corporate activist and lobbyist and trustee of the Institute for Policy Research a funder of the Conservative movement

There are three trustees, Simon Webley is the Research Director of the Institute for Business Ethics and from 1969-98, he was director of the British-North American Research Association and UK director of the British-North America Committee. Eric Koops a former member of the Territorial Army was a Parliamentary candidate for the Conservatives in Wakefield 1974; had been vice-president of the Political Committee of the Carlton Club 1988- (chairman 1984-88). The third trustee is Nicholas Finney who established The Waterfront Partnership (renamed Waterfront Public Affairs in 2007) and the Waterfront Conference Company in 1990 following a career in the ports industry. Both businesses were sold to Freshwater-UK in 2007. Finney was Director General of The British Ports Federation (BPF) and the National Association of Port Employers (NAPE) and led the campaign for the abolition of the Dock Labour Scheme and for the privatisation of the Public Trust port authorities. He was a member of the UK’s Competition Commission (formerly the Monopolies and Mergers Commission) from 1993 to 1999.

Projects

'Culture of litigation'

In 1999, Global Futures (part of the LM network) 'launched the Litigious Society Project, which resulted in the first estimation of the cost of litigation to the British economy.' Such an estimate was also contained in Frank Furedi's report published by the conservative Centre for Policy Studies, which suggests that this report may have been linked with the Litigious Society Project. Furedi notes in the acknowledgements that 'I am particularly grateful to Tracey C. Brown, co-ordinator of the Litigious Society Project for sharing so much of her knowledge of the subject. Furedi also notes that another LM network associate Bruno Waterfield was the researcher on the CPS pamphlet and that 'support towards research for this study was given by the Institute for Policy Research.'

Funding

Charity Commission overview of Institute for Policy Research financial and filing history, screen capture created 4 May 2011

Income

The Institute for Policy Research has received funding from The Cayo Foundation, The Charles Wolfson Charitable Trust, The David Young Charitable Trust, The Duke of Marlborough Charitable Settlement, The Federated Foundation, The G.R.P. Charitable Trust, The Morgan Charitable Foundation, Nigel Vinson Charitable Trust, The Weinberg Foundation, The W T J Griffin Charitable Settlement and The Wyford Foundation. The income received from the Nigel Vinson Charitable Trust between 2004 and 2010 is displayed in the table below.

Income sources of the Institute for Policy Research in £ sterling
Donor Organisation	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Total 2004-2010
Cayo Foundation	?	4,000	4,000	3,000	2,500	?	?	?
Garfield Weston Foundation	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?|-	Nigel Vinson Charitable Trust	8,100	7,050	23,000	70,800	72,800	29,400	27,850	239,000

Grant recipients

Grant recipients of the Institute for Policy Research in £ sterling
Organisation	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Total 2005-2010
Centre for Policy Studies	157,000	297,000	119,000	241,751	172,167
European Foundation	-	-	-	-	3,000
European Policy Forum	2,500	19,000	-	-	-
Eurofacts	36,500	31,500	25,782	19,250	14,700
Global Britain	-	23,730	19,000	17,850	23,750
Institute of Economic Affairs	-	-	10,000	-	-
MigrationWatch	-	-	5,000	-	4,500
Open Europe	70,000	95,346	127,000	181,500	105,000
Politeia	10,000	10,000	10,500	10,000	12,500
Taxpayers Alliance	-	-	-	10,000	-
Young Britons Foundation	-	-	-	1,000	100

People

2011

Simon Webley | Eric Koops | Nicholas Finney

2005

Simon Webley (chairman) | Eric Koops | Nicholas Finney

Other people

Keith Boyfield an economist, specialising in competition and regulatory issues has worked for a variety of Think Tank and Policy Development clients including the Institute for Policy Research. He has also worked for a number of think tanks that have received grants from the IPR such as the Centre for Policy Studies, European Policy Forum, Institute of Economic Affairs and Open Europe. Boyfield has also worked for the British-North American Research Association an organisation on which one of the three trustees (Simon Webley) of the IPR has served.

Contact

2011

D R MOORE

GOSSMORE

PEAT COMMON

ELSTEAD

GODALMING

GU8 6DX

2005

Institute for Business Ethics

24 Greencoat Place

London

SW1P 1BE