THE BABRAHAM INSTITUTE

Registered charity 1053902 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BABRAHAM INSTITUTE

The Babraham Institute undertakes world-leading innovative research into the molecular mechanisms that underlie normal cellular processes and functions throughout development and the ageing process. Much of the Institute's research involves collaborations with other research institutions and organisations worldwide. The Institute also offers first class PhD and postdoctoral training programmes.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the group's total reserves decreased from £159m to £156m, with free reserves standing at £19.8m against a policy target of £19m. Per the trustees' report, the current funding model is insufficient to meet costs, leading to expected net cash outflows, though the trustees believe confirmed grant funding and commercial income provide assurance for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Grant Thornton UK LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

• Model of womb lining enables Babraham Institute researchers to ‘listen in’ as embryo implants cambridgeindependent.co.uk · 09/01/2026
• PlaqueTec and the Babraham Institute collaborate on early phase target discovery and development - News-Medical news-medical.net · 14/05/2024
• Babraham Institute receives £48M strategic investment from BBSRC for a four-year programme of work to promote lifelong health eurekalert.org · 07/05/2024
• Babraham Institute collaboration reveals reason for cell fate decision in human embryonic development cambridgeindependent.co.uk · 29/03/2024
• The projects that earned Pioneer awards for four group leaders at the Babraham Institute cambridgeindependent.co.uk · 08/12/2023
• Babraham Institute to partner with New Zealand’s Malaghan Institute to improve mRNA vaccines in older age cambridgeindependent.co.uk · 02/06/2023
• Stemnovate partners with Babraham Institute on Alzheimer’s disease project cambridgeindependent.co.uk · 02/02/2023
• Babraham Institute researchers turn the clock back on human skin cells by 30 years cambridgeindependent.co.uk · 14/04/2022

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Professor Sir Jim Smith — Interim Director (source)
• James Smith — Institute Director (source)
• Simon Jones — Chief Operating Officer (source)
• Martin Turner — Associate Director (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• European Horizon2020 programme — “Funded by the European Horizon2020 programme, LIBRA brings together ten research institutes in life sciences from ten European countries to …” (source page)
• European Science with and for Society H2020 programme — “Funded by the European Science with and for Society H2020 programme, ORION was launched in 2017. It is a collaboration of nine research-perf…” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook (1,507 followers)

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~4.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (61% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 36.4% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 3.8%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alexandra Zoe Pygall
• Dr John Wells
• Graham Peter Allen
• John Macey
• Professor Gordon Brown FRS
• Professor Helen Walden
• Professor Linda Partridge FRS
• Professor Paul Lehner FRS
• Professor Petra Hajkova
• TIMOTHY LIVETT

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Cambridgeshire

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Side by side with its peers

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