Registered charity · Cambridge
The Isaac Newton Trust
The Isaac Newton Trust is a registered charity (number 1209261) based in Cambridge, governed by 10 trustees and chaired by Professor Dame Ann Dowling since 2026. Latest income £2.8m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
- 10 trustees
- Income £2.8m (2025)
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Who leads it
- Professor Dame Ann DowlingChair · since 2026
- Professor Ashit - Ash AminTrustee · since 2022
- Professor Ben SimonsTrustee · since 2022
- Professor Christine HoltTrustee · since 2026
- Professor John Marenbon FBATrustee · since 2019
- Professor John Pyle FRSTrustee · since 2022
- Professor Loraine GelsthorpeTrustee · since 2019
- Professor Nicholas ThomasTrustee · since 2024
- Professor Rae LangtonTrustee · since 2018
- Professor Sharon PeacockTrustee · since 2026
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training
- Where
- Cambridgeshire
- Website
- www.newtontrust.cam.ac.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2024
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£2.8m£2.8m
Charitable objects
THE TRUSTEES SHALL HOLD THE FUND UPON TRUST TO PROVIDE GRANTS LOANS AND OTHER ASSISTANCE TO INDIVIDUALS FACULTIES DEPARTMENTS OR OTHER INSTITUTIONS IN THE UNIVERSITY WITH THE OBJECT OF PROMOTING ASSISTING AND FURTHERING EDUCATION LEARNING AND RESEARCH IN THE UNIVERSITY. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS CLAUSE, 'THE UNIVERSITY' MEANS THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE.
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.
10 trustees on the board
- Professor Dame Ann Dowling Chair since 2026
- Professor John Pyle FRS since 2022
- Professor Ashit - Ash Amin since 2022
- Professor Ben Simons since 2022
- Professor Christine Holt since 2026
- Professor John Marenbon FBA since 2019
- Professor Loraine Gelsthorpe since 2019
- Professor Nicholas Thomas since 2024
- Professor Rae Langton since 2018
- Professor Sharon Peacock since 2026
Trustees past 6 years
- Professor John Marenbon FBA since 2019
- Professor Loraine Gelsthorpe since 2019
- Professor Rae Langton since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Professor John Pyle FRS since 2022
- Professor Ashit - Ash Amin since 2022
- Professor Ben Simons since 2022
- Professor Christine Holt since 2026
- Professor John Marenbon FBA since 2019
- Professor Nicholas Thomas since 2024
- Professor Rae Langton since 2018
Portfolio (3)
- Professor Dame Ann Dowling Chair since 2026
- Professor Loraine Gelsthorpe since 2019
- Professor Sharon Peacock since 2026
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.
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1209261
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- TRUST DEED DATED 22 NOV 1988
- Contact on the register
- 01223339933 · administrator@newtontrust.cam.ac.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th 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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