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The Nuffield Foundation
The Nuffield Foundation is a registered charity (number 206601) based in London, governed by 7 trustees and chaired by Professor Keith Burnett since 2017. Latest income £14m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.
- 7 trustees
- Income £14m (2025)
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Who leads it
- Professor Keith BurnettChair · since 2017
- Dame Clare TickellTrustee · since 2022
- John James Pullinger CBTrustee · since 2020
- Professor Ann Alison PhoenixTrustee · since 2020
- Professor Ash Amin CBETrustee · since 2020
- Professor Brian David BellTrustee · since 2023
- Professor Lorraine Margaret DeardenTrustee · since 2021
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 Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
- Website
- www.nuffieldfoundation.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1966
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£14m£34m
- 2024£12m£30m
- 2023£8.5m£23m
Earlier years
- 2022£5.4m£25m
- 2021£12m£30m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 24%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
1. ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH AND PREVENTION AND RELIEF OF SICKNESS. 2. ADVANCEMENT OF SOCIAL WELL BEING. 3. ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION. 4. CARE AND COMFORT OF THE AGED POOR. 5. THE RELIEF OF THE BLIND; THE RELIEF OF THE PROFOUNDLY DEAF; THE RELIEF OF THOSE WHO ARE BOTH DEAF AND DUMB; THE RELIEF OF CHILDREN SUFFERING FROM PHYSICAL MENTAL OR OTHER HANDICAP. 6. ANY SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS DECLARED BY LORD NUFFIELD IN HIS LIFE TIME OR AFTER HIS DEATH, BY ALL THE ORDINARY AND MANAGING TRUSTEES.
Grants given
151 grants · £27,131,982 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 recipients
- Institute for Fiscal Studies · £3,932,322 (9 grants)
- Lancaster University - Department of Sociology · £2,882,585 (5 grants)
- London School of Economics and Political Science - Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion · £1,000,500
- University of Essex - Institute for Social and Economic Research · £948,953 (5 grants)
- University of Oxford - Department of Education · £743,501 (3 grants)
Most recent
- University College London - Department of Economics
- University College London - UCL Institute of Education
- University of Lincoln - School of Psychology
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.
7 trustees on the board
- Professor Keith Burnett Chair since 2017
- Dame Clare Tickell since 2022
- John James Pullinger CB since 2020
- Professor Ann Alison Phoenix since 2020
- Professor Ash Amin CBE since 2020
- Professor Brian David Bell since 2023
- Professor Lorraine Margaret Dearden since 2021
Trustees past 6 years
- Professor Keith Burnett Chair since 2017
- John James Pullinger CB since 2020
- Professor Ann Alison Phoenix since 2020
- Professor Ash Amin CBE since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Dame Clare Tickell since 2022
- John James Pullinger CB since 2020
- Professor Ann Alison Phoenix since 2020
- Professor Ash Amin CBE since 2020
- Professor Brian David Bell since 2023
- Professor Lorraine Margaret Dearden since 2021
Portfolio (1)
- Professor Keith Burnett Chair since 2017
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
6.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 2.1 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 206601
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- DEEDS OF 9 JUNE 1943, 8 NOVEMBER 1946 AND 27 JULY 1951, SCHEMES DATED 5 JULY 1955, AND 3 OCTOBER 1978, DEED DATED 20 JUNE 1988, ORDER OF 4 FEBRUARY 2003, RESOLUTION OF THE TRUSTEES OF 14/11/ 2003 AND DEED OF ADDITION OF 26/03/2004AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 04 NOV 2016
- Contact on the register
- 0207 631 0566 · info@nuffieldfoundation.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 18th 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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