Registered charity · Cambridge
The Babraham Institute
The Babraham Institute is a registered charity (number 1053902) based in Cambridge, governed by 10 trustees. Latest income £48m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
Also known as Babraham Institute (Charity Commission)
- 10 trustees
- Income £48m (2025)
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Who leads it
- Alexandra Zoe PygallTrustee · since 2021
- Dr John WellsTrustee · since 2023
- Graham Peter AllenTrustee · since 2017
- John MaceyTrustee · since 2023
- Professor Gordon Brown FRSTrustee · since 2021
- Professor Helen WaldenTrustee · since 2023
- Professor Linda Partridge FRSTrustee · since 2022
- Professor Paul Lehner FRSTrustee · since 2023
- Professor Petra HajkovaTrustee · since 2023
- Timothy LivettTrustee · since 2023
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- Where
- Cambridgeshire
- Website
- www.babraham.ac.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Babraham Institute
- Registered
- 1996
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£48m£55m
- 2024£47m£50m
- 2023£41m£46m
Earlier years
- 2022£41m£42m
- 2021£37m£35m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE WORLD-WIDE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE
Grants received
86 grants · £10,615,848 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £8,161,887 (58 grants)
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · £2,429,279 (26 grants)
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £24,682 (2 grants)
Most recent
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
10 trustees on the board
- Alexandra Zoe Pygall since 2021
- Dr John Wells since 2023
- Graham Peter Allen since 2017
- John Macey since 2023
- Professor Gordon Brown FRS since 2021
- Professor Helen Walden since 2023
- Professor Linda Partridge FRS since 2022
- Professor Paul Lehner FRS since 2023
- Professor Petra Hajkova since 2023
- Timothy Livett since 2023
Trustees past 6 years
- Graham Peter Allen since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (10)
- Alexandra Zoe Pygall since 2021
- Dr John Wells since 2023
- Graham Peter Allen since 2017
- John Macey since 2023
- Professor Gordon Brown FRS since 2021
- Professor Helen Walden since 2023
- Professor Linda Partridge FRS since 2022
- Professor Paul Lehner FRS since 2023
- Professor Petra Hajkova since 2023
- Timothy Livett since 2023
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
4.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 7.8 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1053902
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 19 JANUARY 1995 AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATES UPON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 3 MAY 1995 AND 3 NOVEMBER 1995 AND AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 28 FEBRUARY 1996 AND 16 JUNE 2009AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 24 JUN 2011AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 26 JUL 2011
- Companies House
- Company number 03011737 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01223496207 · comms@babraham.ac.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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