The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Woolf Institute

Registered charity 1069589 Registered since 1998

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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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.

3.7y median 3.5y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (11)

Portfolio (2)

13
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 13Arts/culture/heritage/science 2General Charitable Purposes 1Religious Activities 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Education 14Business services 6Other services 6

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.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£835k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

1.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 0.0 in 2021

12 from 13 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

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Contact

Websitewww.woolf.cam.ac.uk
Emailenquiries@woolf.cam.ac.uk
Phone01223761975
AddressThe Woolf Institute, Madingley Road, CAMBRIDGE, CB3 0UB

Finances

£834,919 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£878,203£1,121,542
2022£1,197,139£1,107,289
2023£1,623,914£1,592,601
2024£1,161,195£1,348,655
2025£834,919£1,300,210

What it does

What

Education/training

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Human Resources

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).

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

Trustees (13)

13trustees
65median age
4aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Woolf Institute · 03540878 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 03/04/1998

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

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