Registered charity · Cambridge
Woolf Institute
Woolf Institute is a registered charity (number 1069589) based in Cambridge, governed by 13 trustees. Latest income £835k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.
Also known as Cjcr (Charity Commission)
- 13 trustees
- Income £835k (2025)
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Who leads it
- Baroness Brenda Marjorie HaleTrustee · since 2021
- Dr Edward David KesslerTrustee
- Dr Stephen Arthur CherryTrustee · since 2024
- Jeremy Richard George WoolfTrustee · since 2020
- Lord Alexander CarlileTrustee · since 2020
- Professor Christopher BickertonTrustee · since 2026
- Rev John TattersallTrustee · since 2026
- Riaz Ismail RavatTrustee · since 2024
- Richard SopherTrustee · since 2026
- Roya IrvaniTrustee · since 2025
- RT Revd Timothy StevensTrustee · since 2017
- Sarah YamaniTrustee · since 2018
- Simon Richard Maurice DangoorTrustee · since 2021
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.woolf.cam.ac.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Woolf Institute
- Registered
- 1998
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£835k£1.3m
- 2024£1.2m£1.3m
- 2023£1.6m£1.6m
Earlier years
- 2022£1.2m£1.1m
- 2021£878k£1.1m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2022: Government contracts under 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
SUCH CHARITABLE OBJECTS AS THE BOARD SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING:- (1) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION BY THE PROMOTION OF: (A) STUDY AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE BELIEFS, PRACTICES AND HISTORIES OF THE JEWISH CHRISTIAN AND MUSLIM FAITHS; AND (B) WAYS OF IMPROVING MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING AND RESPECT AMONG JEWS CHRISTIANS AND MUSLIMS.(2) THE PROMOTION OF GOOD RELATIONS BETWEEN THE JEWISH CHRISTIAN AND MUSLIM COMMUNITIES (IN PARTICULAR BY PROVIDING FACILITIES WHEREBY MEMBERS OF THESE FAITHS CAN WORK TOGETHER IN DISCUSSION AND INVESTIGATE AREAS OF MUTUAL CONCERN).
Grants received
4 grants · £310,000 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
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £250,000 (3 grants)
- Pears Foundation · £60,000
Most recent
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.
13 trustees on the board
- Baroness Brenda Marjorie Hale since 2021
- Dr Edward David Kessler
- Dr Stephen Arthur Cherry since 2024
- Jeremy Richard George Woolf since 2020
- Lord Alexander Carlile since 2020
- Professor Christopher Bickerton since 2026
- Riaz Ismail Ravat since 2024
- RT Revd Timothy Stevens since 2017
- Rev John Tattersall since 2026
- Richard Sopher since 2026
- Roya Irvani since 2025
- Sarah Yamani since 2018
- Simon Richard Maurice Dangoor since 2021
Trustees past 6 years
- Jeremy Richard George Woolf since 2020
- Lord Alexander Carlile since 2020
- RT Revd Timothy Stevens since 2017
- Sarah Yamani since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (11)
- Dr Stephen Arthur Cherry since 2024
- Jeremy Richard George Woolf since 2020
- Lord Alexander Carlile since 2020
- Professor Christopher Bickerton since 2026
- Riaz Ismail Ravat since 2024
- RT Revd Timothy Stevens since 2017
- Rev John Tattersall since 2026
- Richard Sopher since 2026
- Roya Irvani since 2025
- Sarah Yamani since 2018
- Simon Richard Maurice Dangoor since 2021
Portfolio (2)
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.
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
1.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 0.0 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1069589
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 03/04/1998AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 27/04/2004AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 01/03/2007AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 29/06/2010 as amended on 25 Sep 2018 as amended on 10 Jun 2025
- Companies House
- Company number 03540878 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01223761975 · enquiries@woolf.cam.ac.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 18th 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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