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National Institute of Agricultural Botany Trust

Registered charity 1144528 Registered since 2011

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.

4 trustees on the board

3.5y median 3y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure
1
trustees past 6 years
33.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

Portfolio (2)

4
company-linked trustees

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

Arts/culture/heritage/science 4Education/training 4Environment/conservation/heritage 4

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

Agriculture 14Professional services 6Education 4

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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£1.5m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024
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.

120.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 108.6 in 2020

0
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

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.niab.com
Emailtrust@niab.com
Phone01223342304
AddressNiab, Park Farm Campus, Villa Road, Histon, CAMBRIDGE, CB24 9AT

Finances

£2,078,000 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£4,108,000£3,025,000
2022£1,832,433£5,277,408
2023£1,169,000£2,739,000
2024£1,534,000£2,983,000
2025£2,078,000£5,187,000

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/scienceEnvironment/conservation/heritageEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary BodiesOther Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

THE CHARITY IS ESTABLISHED TO:4.1 PROMOTE AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE AND ARBORICULTURE ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD BY SUCH CHARITABLE MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL DETERMINE AND IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING):4.1.1 THE IMPROVEMENT OF CROPS BY MEANS OF THE TESTING OF VARIETIES, PLANTS AND SEEDS THROUGH RESEARCH AND THE DISSEMINATION OF THE USEFUL RESULTS OF ANY SUCH RESEARCH;4.1.2 THE CARRYING OUT OF TRIALS FOR THE IDENTIFICATION AND CLASSIFICATION OF PLANT VARIETIES AND ASSESSMENT OF THEIR PERFORMANCE, THE MULTIPLICATION OF STOCKS OF SEED AND THE MAINTENANCE OF REFERENCE COLLECTIONS;4.1.3 THE TESTING OF SEEDS, PLANTS AND PLANT DERIVED OR RELATED MATERIALS;4.1.4 RESEARCH INTO AND TESTING OF SEEDS AND THE AUTHENTICATION AND CERTIFICATION OF REPRODUCTIVE MATERIAL AND PLANT VARIETIES;4.1.5 THE DISCOVERY AND ASSESSMENT OF THE VALUE OF METHODS OF TREATMENT, PROCESSES AND DESIGNS RELATING TO SEEDS, PLANTS AND CROPS AND OF BENEFIT TO AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, ARBORICULTURE THE SEED INDUSTRY OR ANY RELATED TRADE OR INDUSTRY;4.2 SUPPORT THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL BOTANY (THE INSTITUTE: REGISTERED CHARITY NO 1064230) IN THE PURSUIT OF ITS OBJECTS INCLUDING IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING) THE PROVISION OF LAND, FACILITIES AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO THE INSTITUTE UPON SUCH TERMS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL DETERMINE TO ENABLE IT TO PURSUE ITS OBJECTS; AND4.3 PROMOTE ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 26/10/2011AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 09/10/2013

Trustees (4)

4trustees
72median age
3aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

National Institute of Agricultural Botany Trust · 07823588 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 26/10/2011

2 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (3)

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