Registered charity (CIO) · London
Foundation for Science and Technology
- 10 trustees
- Income £278k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Daniel ShahTrustee · since 2024
- Dr Horia Alexandru MaiorTrustee · since 2022
- Dr Julia Katherine MaxtonTrustee · since 2019
- Dr Sarah MainTrustee · since 2019
- Jonathan NealeTrustee · since 2022
- Karlien PorreTrustee · since 2026
- Lord Ajay Kumar KakkarTrustee · since 2021
- Professor Tariq AliTrustee · since 2026
- Stephen Michael Wedgwood BennTrustee · since 2022
- The Rt Hon the Lord David Willetts FRSTrustee · since 2018
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Other Charitable Purposes
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
- Website
- www.foundation.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1977
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£278k£333k
- 2024£328k£346k
- 2023£294k£301k
Earlier years
- 2022£302k£331k
- 2021£304k£281k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2024: Government contracts 24%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE PROMOTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND TO BRING ABOUT THE GREATER EFFICIENCY OF THE INDUSTRY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM. THE PROMOTION OF RESEARCH IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS AND THE PUBLICATION OF THE USEFUL RESULTS OF ANY SUCH RESEARCH.
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
- Daniel Shah since 2024
- Dr Horia Alexandru Maior since 2022
- Dr Julia Katherine Maxton since 2019
- Dr Sarah Main since 2019
- Jonathan Neale since 2022
- Karlien Porre since 2026
- Lord Ajay Kumar Kakkar since 2021
- Professor Tariq Ali since 2026
- Stephen Michael Wedgwood Benn since 2022
- The Rt Hon the Lord David Willetts FRS since 2018
Trustees past 6 years
- Dr Julia Katherine Maxton since 2019
- Dr Sarah Main since 2019
- The Rt Hon the Lord David Willetts FRS since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Daniel Shah since 2024
- Dr Horia Alexandru Maior since 2022
- Dr Julia Katherine Maxton since 2019
- Jonathan Neale since 2022
- Karlien Porre since 2026
- Professor Tariq Ali since 2026
- Stephen Michael Wedgwood Benn since 2022
- The Rt Hon the Lord David Willetts FRS since 2018
Portfolio (2)
- Dr Sarah Main since 2019
- Lord Ajay Kumar Kakkar since 2021
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
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 274727
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION CONVERSIONDATED 30 DEC 2022
- Contact on the register
- 02073212220 · office@foundation.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th 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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