The Needham Research Institute
Registered charity 311459 Registered since 1968
Operates: Throughout England And Wales
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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.
9 trustees on the board
- Professor Martin Kenneth Jones PHD Chair
- Andrew Seaton since 2026
- Dr Charles Harpum QC Hon LLD since 2019
- Dr Yan HE since 2026
- Elizabeth ANN Wright
- Katie Lee since 2019
- Professor Mary Augusta Brazelton since 2019
- Professor Roel Sterckx since 2025
- Professor Ying Jin since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- Dr Charles Harpum QC Hon LLD since 2019
- Katie Lee since 2019
- Professor Mary Augusta Brazelton since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Professor Martin Kenneth Jones PHD Chair
- Andrew Seaton since 2026
- Dr Charles Harpum QC Hon LLD since 2019
- Dr Yan HE since 2026
- Elizabeth ANN Wright
- Katie Lee since 2019
- Professor Mary Augusta Brazelton since 2019
- Professor Ying Jin since 2024
Portfolio (1)
- Professor Roel Sterckx since 2025
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
- Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity
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
67.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 62.0 in 2021
Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.
Connected through a shared trustee
- Clare College Cambridge 1 shared trustee
Also active in the same field
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- London GAY Mens Chorus (Lgmc) Similar size; both Arts and culture
Deterministic, from public records.
Contact
| Website | www.nri.cam.ac.uk |
| sjb58@cam.ac.uk | |
| Phone | 01223311545 |
| Address | Needham Research Institute, 8 Sylvester Road, Cambridge, CB3 9AF |
Finances
£583,435 latest income
| Year | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | £800,921 | £515,366 |
| 2022 | £550,851 | £627,863 |
| 2023 | £666,002 | £712,476 |
| 2024 | £633,273 | £729,715 |
| 2025 | £583,435 | £723,083 |
What it does
What
Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/scienceWho
The General Public/mankindHow
Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchCharitable objects
THE PROMOTION OF THE STUDY AND GENERAL KNOWLEDGE OF THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF THE COUNTRIES OF EASTERN ASIA. TO MAINTAIN THE NEEDHAM LIBRARY.
Governing document: TRUST DEED DATED 14 AUGUST 1968 AND SCHEME OF 29 MARCH 1988 AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 17TH MARCH 1992, AMENDED BY SCHEME 27 NOVEMBER 2000.
Trustees (9)
- Professor Martin Kenneth Jones PHD Chair
- Andrew Seaton since 2026
- Dr Charles Harpum QC Hon LLD since 2019
- Dr Yan HE since 2026
- Elizabeth ANN Wright
- Katie Lee since 2019
- Professor Mary Augusta Brazelton since 2019
- Professor Roel Sterckx since 2025
- Professor Ying Jin since 2024
Connected charities (1)
- Clare College Cambridge 1 shared trustee
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