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The Rosalind Franklin Institute
- 12 trustees
- Income £21m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Bruce Philip PritchardTrustee · since 2024
- Caroline CarterTrustee · since 2024
- Dr Barbara Maria Gigliola GhinelliTrustee · since 2019
- Dr David ReesTrustee · since 2022
- Dr Gillian BurgessTrustee · since 2018
- Dr Graham Nigel SpittleTrustee · since 2026
- Dr Malcolm SkingleTrustee · since 2024
- Hilary Jane NewissTrustee · since 2024
- Professor Andrew Raymond MountTrustee · since 2025
- Professor Ian CharlesTrustee · since 2025
- Professor John William HollowayTrustee · since 2025
- Professor Paul Mcmahan MatthewsTrustee · since 2024
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.rfi.ac.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Rosalind Franklin Institute
- Registered
- 2018
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£21m£25m
- 2024£21m£23m
- 2023£17m£19m
Earlier years
- 2022£16m£14m
- 2021£28m£7.4m
Charitable objects
THE CHARITABLE OBJECTS OF THE ROSALIND FRANKLIN INSTITUTE (THE "CHARITY") ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:1) THE FURTHERANCE OF EDUCATION, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION IN THE FIELDS OF THE PHYSICAL SCIENCES, ENGINEERING, HEALTH AND LIFE SCIENCES BY MEANS INCLUDING (A) CONDUCTING RESEARCH AND PUBLISHING THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH; (B) COLLABORATING AND EXCHANGING KNOWLEDGE WITH UNIVERSITIES, INDUSTRY, CHARITIES AND OTHER NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANISATIONS, THE STATE AND OTHER RELEVANT BODIES; AND (C) PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT THROUGH EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH ACTIVITIES, IN EACH CASE WITH A VIEW TO ADVANCING THE STATE OF OUR COLLECTIVE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF SUCH FIELDS OF STUDY; AND2) THE PROMOTION AND PRESERVATION OF HUMAN HEALTH, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION BY FURTHERING THE PROGRESS OF SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERIES AND NEW TECHNOLOGIES ARISING FROM RESEARCH INTO THERAPEUTIC TREATMENTS, DRUGS, DIAGNOSTICS, OTHER TECHNOLOGIES AND/OR INFORMATION RESOURCES BY CONDUCTING ITS OWN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES AND BY MEANS OF COLLABORATION WITH UNIVERSITIES, INDUSTRY, CHARITIES, THE STATE AND OTHER RELEVANT BODIES.
Board analysis for researchers
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.
12 trustees on the board
- Bruce Philip Pritchard since 2024
- Caroline Carter since 2024
- Dr Barbara Maria Gigliola Ghinelli since 2019
- Dr David Rees since 2022
- Dr Gillian Burgess since 2018
- Dr Graham Nigel Spittle since 2026
- Dr Malcolm Skingle since 2024
- Hilary Jane Newiss since 2024
- Professor Andrew Raymond Mount since 2025
- Professor Ian Charles since 2025
- Professor John William Holloway since 2025
- Professor Paul Mcmahan Matthews since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- Dr Barbara Maria Gigliola Ghinelli since 2019
- Dr Gillian Burgess since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (11)
- Bruce Philip Pritchard since 2024
- Dr Barbara Maria Gigliola Ghinelli since 2019
- Dr David Rees since 2022
- Dr Gillian Burgess since 2018
- Dr Graham Nigel Spittle since 2026
- Dr Malcolm Skingle since 2024
- Hilary Jane Newiss since 2024
- Professor Andrew Raymond Mount since 2025
- Professor Ian Charles since 2025
- Professor John William Holloway since 2025
- Professor Paul Mcmahan Matthews since 2024
Portfolio (1)
- Caroline Carter since 2024
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
2.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 66.7 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1179810
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 20 MAR 2018
- Companies House
- Company number 11266143 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01235445000 · info@rfi.ac.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th September 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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