The Institute of Money Advisers (IMA) is a charitable company that was formed in June 2006 having previously operated as the Money Advice Association (which was originally formed in 1984). The IMA is the only professional body acting solely for money advisers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. It has over 1650 members drawn from right across the free* money advice sector. Please note that it is not possible to connect to the IMA as an organisation on LinkedIn: only individual people are allowed a LinkedIn network.