Registered charity · Cambridge
The Faraday Institute for Science and Religion
- 14 trustees
- Income £547k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Prof Robert Stephen White FRSChair · since 2013
- Christopher TownsendTrustee · since 2017
- Dr Diane Lorraine ListerTrustee · since 2023
- Dr Harvey Thomas Mcmahon FRSTrustee · since 2019
- Dr Jimmy Suen Yan ChanTrustee · since 2017
- Dr Martin Thomas Barlow FRSTrustee · since 2024
- Dr Norman Macaskill FraserTrustee · since 2023
- Dr Sharon Ann Scovil NeufeldTrustee · since 2025
- Graham Stephen BuddTrustee · since 2018
- Polly StantonTrustee · since 2018
- Professor John Stanley Hill GastonTrustee · since 2013
- Professor Russell Paul CowburnTrustee · since 2017
- Rev David FergussonTrustee · since 2026
- Revd DR Rodney Dennis Holder Fras, FimaTrustee · since 2013
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Religious Activities, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Cambridgeshire
- Website
- www.faraday.cam.ac.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Faraday Institute for Science and Religion
- Registered
- 2013
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£547k£776k
- 2024£994k£865k
- 2023£757k£810k
Earlier years
- 2022£752k£846k
- 2021£496k£842k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN THE FIELD OF SCIENCE AND RELIGION BY CARRYING OUT RESEARCH IN ALL ASPECTS OF THAT SUBJECT, PUBLISHING THE USEFUL RESULTS IN ACADEMIC JOURNALS AND BOOKS AND IMPROVING THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF ISSUES IN THE FIELD OF SCIENCE AND RELIGION BY DISSEMINATING RESEARCH RESULTS MORE WIDELY BEYOND THE ACADEMIC COMMUNITY AND THROUGH LECTURES, COURSES AND THE PUBLICATION OF OTHER EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES, AND TO ADVANCE SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES (ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES) AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME WHICH ARE CONNECTED WITH THE CHARITABLE PURPOSE STATED ABOVE. THE CHARITY HAS A CHRISTIAN ETHOS, AND ACCORDINGLY IN FURTHERING THE ABOVE OBJECTS THE MAIN FOCUS OF ITS RESEARCH WORK IS ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SCIENCE AND THE CHRISTIAN FAITH, AND IT SHALL EMPHASISE THE EDUCATION OF THE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY IN ISSUES OF SCIENCE AND FAITH, BUT SHALL ALSO WELCOME AND SEEK TO ENGAGE WITH A WIDE VARIETY OF OTHER FAITH TRADITIONS, AND WITH THOSE OF ANY FAITH OR NONE.
Grants received
1 grant · £60,000 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
- The Joseph Rank Trust · £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.
14 trustees on the board
- Prof Robert Stephen White FRS Chair since 2013
- Christopher Townsend since 2017
- Dr Diane Lorraine Lister since 2023
- Dr Harvey Thomas Mcmahon FRS since 2019
- Dr Jimmy Suen Yan Chan since 2017
- Dr Martin Thomas Barlow FRS since 2024
- Dr Norman Macaskill Fraser since 2023
- Dr Sharon Ann Scovil Neufeld since 2025
- Graham Stephen Budd since 2018
- Polly Stanton since 2018
- Professor John Stanley Hill Gaston since 2013
- Professor Russell Paul Cowburn since 2017
- Revd DR Rodney Dennis Holder Fras, Fima since 2013
- Rev David Fergusson since 2026
Trustees past 6 years
- Prof Robert Stephen White FRS Chair since 2013
- Christopher Townsend since 2017
- Dr Harvey Thomas Mcmahon FRS since 2019
- Dr Jimmy Suen Yan Chan since 2017
- Graham Stephen Budd since 2018
- Polly Stanton since 2018
- Professor John Stanley Hill Gaston since 2013
- Professor Russell Paul Cowburn since 2017
- Revd DR Rodney Dennis Holder Fras, Fima since 2013
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Dr Diane Lorraine Lister since 2023
- Dr Harvey Thomas Mcmahon FRS since 2019
- Dr Martin Thomas Barlow FRS since 2024
- Dr Norman Macaskill Fraser since 2023
- Dr Sharon Ann Scovil Neufeld since 2025
- Polly Stanton since 2018
- Professor Russell Paul Cowburn since 2017
- Revd DR Rodney Dennis Holder Fras, Fima since 2013
- Rev David Fergusson since 2026
Portfolio (5)
- Prof Robert Stephen White FRS Chair since 2013
- Christopher Townsend since 2017
- Dr Jimmy Suen Yan Chan since 2017
- Graham Stephen Budd since 2018
- Professor John Stanley Hill Gaston since 2013
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
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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
19.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 39.7 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1153702
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 01 MAR 2013AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 06 DEC 2014AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 12 JUN 2017 as amended on 09 Nov 2018 as amended on 12 Dec 2019 as amended on 10 Sep 2020
- Companies House
- Company number 08426223 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01223246696 · dra24@cam.ac.uk
- 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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