Registered charity · Cambridge Court
Institute of Food Science and Technology
- 9 trustees
- Income £1.1m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Alexis James GuestTrustee · since 2026
- Benjamin DodridgeTrustee · since 2023
- Christopher Robin Gilbert-WoodTrustee · since 2025
- David Alberto FrancisTrustee · since 2025
- Dr Edward FoxTrustee · since 2026
- Dr Mitaben Dhirajlal LadTrustee · since 2026
- Dr Selvarani ElahiTrustee · since 2026
- Martin David AustinTrustee · since 2025
- Sterling Mitchell CrewTrustee · since 2022
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, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
- Website
- www.ifst.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Institute of Food Science and Technology
- Registered
- 2007
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£1.1m£1.2m
- 2024£847k£1.1m
- 2023£901k£1.2m
Earlier years
- 2022£780k£907k
- 2021£791k£852k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECT FOR WHICH THE INSTITUTE IS ESTABLISHED IS THE GENERAL ADVANCEMENT AND APPLICATION OF FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, FOR THE BENEFIT, SAFETY AND HEALTH OF THE PUBLIC."
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.
9 trustees on the board
- Alexis James Guest since 2026
- Benjamin Dodridge since 2023
- Christopher Robin Gilbert-Wood since 2025
- David Alberto Francis since 2025
- Dr Edward Fox since 2026
- Dr Mitaben Dhirajlal Lad since 2026
- Dr Selvarani Elahi since 2026
- Martin David Austin since 2025
- Sterling Mitchell Crew since 2022
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (2)
- Benjamin Dodridge since 2023
- Sterling Mitchell Crew since 2022
Portfolio (7)
- Alexis James Guest since 2026
- Christopher Robin Gilbert-Wood since 2025
- David Alberto Francis since 2025
- Dr Edward Fox since 2026
- Dr Mitaben Dhirajlal Lad since 2026
- Dr Selvarani Elahi since 2026
- Martin David Austin since 2025
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
11.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 20.7 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1121681
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 19/04/1968AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 26/04/2011
- Companies House
- Company number 00930776 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02076036316 · info@ifst.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th 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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