Registered charity · London
The Rank Prize Funds
- 10 trustees
- Income £425k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Colonel Stuart Huxley CowenChair · since 2018
- Andrew Edward CowenTrustee · since 2022
- Carol Susan TaylorTrustee · since 2018
- Dr Claire Madden-SmithTrustee · since 2024
- Professor Charanjit BountraTrustee · since 2025
- Professor Donal BradleyTrustee · since 2018
- Professor John Cummings MathersTrustee · since 2018
- Professor Julia Stretton HigginsTrustee · since 2020
- Professor Keith BurnettTrustee · since 2025
- Professor William Arnot WakehamTrustee · since 2018
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, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Scotland
- Website
- www.rankprize.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Rank Prize Funds
- Registered
- 2019
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£425k£918k
- 2024£486k£952k
- 2023£408k£862k
Earlier years
- 2022£353k£869k
- 2021£288k£869k
Charitable objects
THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ('OBJECTS') ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:1. FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO ADVANCE THE KNOWLEDGE AND EDUCATION IN ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING SCIENCES:A. NUTRITION, NAMELY THE SCIENCE OF (I) CROP HUSBANDRY (II) HUMAN NUTRITION AND (III) ANIMAL NUTRITION AS DISTINCT FROM ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANDB. THE INTERFACE BETWEEN THE SCIENCE OF OPTICS AND THE SCIENCE OF ELECTRONICS (KNOWN AS "OPTO-ELECTRONICS") AND IN CLOSELY RELATED PHENOMENA,IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF SYMPOSIUMS, AND THROUGH THE PROVISION OF GRANTS TO FUND RESEARCH IN THE ABOVE SCIENCES, LEADING TO THE EVENTUAL DISSEMINATION OF THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH BY THOSE CONDUCTING THE RESEARCH.2. SUCH OTHER PURPOSES WHICH MAY BE CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES.
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.
10 trustees on the board
- Colonel Stuart Huxley Cowen Chair since 2018
- Andrew Edward Cowen since 2022
- Carol Susan Taylor since 2018
- Dr Claire Madden-Smith since 2024
- Professor William Arnot Wakeham since 2018
- Professor Charanjit Bountra since 2025
- Professor Donal Bradley since 2018
- Professor John Cummings Mathers since 2018
- Professor Julia Stretton Higgins since 2020
- Professor Keith Burnett since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Colonel Stuart Huxley Cowen Chair since 2018
- Carol Susan Taylor since 2018
- Professor William Arnot Wakeham since 2018
- Professor Donal Bradley since 2018
- Professor John Cummings Mathers since 2018
- Professor Julia Stretton Higgins since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Colonel Stuart Huxley Cowen Chair since 2018
- Andrew Edward Cowen since 2022
- Carol Susan Taylor since 2018
- Dr Claire Madden-Smith since 2024
- Professor William Arnot Wakeham since 2018
- Professor Charanjit Bountra since 2025
- Professor Donal Bradley since 2018
- Professor John Cummings Mathers since 2018
- Professor Julia Stretton Higgins since 2020
Portfolio (1)
- Professor Keith Burnett 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.
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.
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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1183866
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 13 NOV 2018AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 11 JUN 2019
- Companies House
- Company number 11675628 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02078347731 · enquiries@rankprize.org
- 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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