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The Pirbright Institute

Registered charity 228824 Registered since 1977

Operates: Surrey

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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.

11
trustees on the board
2.9y median 3y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure
1
trustees past 6 years
7.7y
average years in governance
11 vs 0 portfolio
first-time trustees
4
company-linked trustees

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Professional services 3Construction 2Tech and media 2

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Contact

Websitehttp://www.pirbright.ac.uk
Emailhelen.watts@pirbright.ac.uk
Phone01483232441
AddressThe Pirbright Institute, Ash Road, Pirbright, WOKING, Surrey, GU24 0NF

Finances

£52,700,000 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£80,683,000£48,000,000
2022£59,110,000£46,518,000
2023£46,862,000£50,602,000
2024£44,669,000£54,986,000
2025£52,700,000£59,519,000

What it does

What

Education/training

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Sponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

TO CONDUCT AND PROMOTE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH ON DISEASES OF ANIMALS, INCLUDING EXOTIC DISEASES AND TO DEVELOP APPROPRIATE METHODS FOR THEIR CONTROL, AND ON ALL MATTERS CONCERNED WITH ANIMAL HEALTH AND ANCILLARY THERETO AND TO PUBLISH THE RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH; ANDTO PREPARE, EDIT, PRINT, PUBLISH, ISSUE, ACQUIRE AND CIRCULATE ANY LITERARY WORKS OR MATTERS TREATING OF OR BEARING ON THE SAID RESEARCH WORK, ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN COLLECTIONS OF MATERIAL, LITERATURE AND SCIENTIFIC DATA RELATING THERETO, DISSEMINATE INFORMATION OBTAINED THEREFROM, AND CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS THE PROVISION OF A LIBRARY OR LIBRARIES DESIGNED TO ASSIST SUCH WORK.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 07/01/1956NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 04/07/1978AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 20/10/1987AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 15/07/1988NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 24/03/1995NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 21/03/1997AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 27/03/2009AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 15/09/2009AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 04/10/2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 19/03/2013NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 21/11/2013AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 22/12/2014 as amended on 19 Sept 2019

Trustees (11)

11trustees
58median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Pirbright Institute · 00559784 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 07/01/1956

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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