We are delighted to publish the IMA’s Trustees’ Report 2024 which merges our Annual Report, Trustees’ Report and Financial Statements into one reference document.
- Part One focuses on direct impact of the IMA’s activities in support of mathematics and our public benefit objectives.
- Part Two provides Finance, Governance and Risk information, the Financial Review 2024, the 2024 Financial Statements and Notes to the Accounts.
- Part Three summarises our external links and partnerships with other bodies in support of our Mission.
The report highlights the Institute’s achievements over 2024, beginning with our 60th anniversary celebrations. We organised a special Celebration Event on 16 October at Savoy Place in London, themed Mark our past, shape the future. Here, our President, Professor Hannah Fry, welcomed over 150 distinguished guests, including Past Presidents, Honorary Fellows, and senior representatives from the mathematics community. The next generation of mathematicians also joined us to celebrate another notable milestone in our history: the ECMs’ 20th anniversary, organising special panel sessions on career progression and professional development.
Another highlight of the day was a special presentation to the Institute’s second President, Professor Sir Bryan Thwaites Hon FIMA, in honour of his 100th birthday in 2023, who attended in person.
We also took this opportunity to announce our intention to establish a new IMA Foundation which aims to raise funds to provide further to support the mathematics community – such as through new grants and awards and/or widening our education, outreach and careers projects – as a legacy of our 60th year.
The IMA was also delighted to support a special Lighthill100 conference organised by the University of Manchester in September. This event comprised of talks from former friends, students and colleagues of the first IMA President Sir James Lighthill, who was born in 1924, reflecting on his significant contributions to mathematical research and development along with artefacts, personal anecdotes and video footage. This reminded us all of his inimitable teaching style and a pioneer of fields such as Aeroacoustics, Biological Fluid Mechanics, Geophysical Fluid Mechanics, Aerodynamics and Waves.
We also delved into our rich archive of articles published in Mathematics Today, first published as the IMA Bulletin in 1965, to make a selection of interesting articles available online, chosen and introduced by IMA members and MT readers, who explain why they are important to them. The selection is available on our website, and we hope to provide further access to archive materials in the future.
Following the launch of the IMA 2023-2028 Strategy, 2024 also saw the launch of several projects to deliver against our phase 1 objectives. A major development was the launch of a new, peer-peer mentoring platform, IMA Exponential, in early 2024 which has seen fantastic take-up across our membership. We also continued to look for opportunities to increase engagement through our events including filming IMA lectures where possible to include on our YouTube channel. We added another new event to our calendar, a talk from the 2024 David Youdan Medal winner, Professor Alan Champneys CMath FIMA, in November. Meanwhile, we were delighted to establish a new conference on Mathematics, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, held in September in Birmingham.
Our outreach activities continued to reach even greater numbers of young people over the year. Staff and volunteers again returned to the Big Bang at the NEC, and RAF Museums’ ‘Forces in STEM’ events in London and Cosford. For the first time we took part in the Royal International Air Tattoo STEMZone thanks to the generosity of the IET and DSTL, a fitting tribute to our first President, Sir James Lighthill, pioneer of aero-acoustics. The University of Greenwich hosted the IMA Festival of Mathematics on our behalf, with events at their London and Medway campuses reaching many local school children. Meanwhile we helped facilitate an Engineering pathway for the Levelling Up: Mathematics programme, which aims to help provide tuition for Maths A Level students from underserved backgrounds and will be launched later this year.
Another major project has been our office relocation plans, accepting an offer for Catherine Richards House in October and an extensive search to secure brighter, modern and more collaborative workspace for the staff team nearby in Southend, with plans to move in mid 2025.
As always, our efforts are only possible with the tireless dedication and support of our volunteers and hard-working staff. Our thanks and gratitude to all our volunteers and supporters over 2024.
We hope you enjoy reading the report Trustees’ Report 2024
Rosalind Azouzi | Executive Director
Notice of the Sixty First IMA Annual General Meeting: 25 June 2025
The sixty first Annual General Meeting of the Insitute of Mathematics and its Applications will be held on Wednesday 25 June at 16:45 hrs. at The Royal Society, London, SW1Y 5AG. Members have the option of attending the AGM in person, or virtually.
Places at the AGM are limited and allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. IMA members who wish to register for attendance at the AGM please contact Stacie Lang (stacie.lang@ima.org.uk) before the closing time of 16:00, 20 June 2025, who will provide the required details, subject to availability of places.
Further details are avaialble in the AGM NOTICE 2025
Council Election 2025
The closing date for nominations for election to Council, was Wednesday 30 April 2025. Voting opened on Wednesday 14 May 2025 and will close one Wednesday 18th June 2025.
Details of newly elected Councillors will be announced at the AGM.
Special Resolution Proxy Voting – 2026 Membership Fees
Voting for the Special Resolution on 2026 Membership Fees will open on Monday 2nd June, closing on Monday 23rd June. Eligible members will receive their invitation to vote on this from our partners, Mi-Voice elections@mi-voice.com
We encourage all members to ensure that their contact email addresses are current these can be updated online via myIMA.
If you require a further copy of any of the documents listed above or have any questions, please email governance@ima.org.uk.
