QUADRAM INSTITUTE BIOSCIENCE

Registered charity 1058499 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH, THE INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH

The world-wide advancement of education in food sciences and food related matters by undertaking research and disseminating for public benefit the useful results of such research

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income decreased to £20.4m from £21.6m in the prior year, while total expenditure increased to £20.9m, resulting in a net decrease in unrestricted reserves of £0.9m. The charity maintains a strong liquidity position with £24.6m in cash and unrestricted reserves of £28.0m, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet liabilities as they fall due for at least 12 months.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Larking Gowen LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

In the news

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

• SKAN research trust and Quadram Institute Bioscience to develop gut health therapies through gene-sequencing health.economictimes.indiatimes.com · 14/06/2024
• SKAN Research Trust and Quadram Institute Bioscience to collaborate in Gut Microbiome Research theprint.in · 22/05/2023

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold); recorded price paid £14.1m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Reported reserves equal ~9.8 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (91% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Celia Ann Caulcottchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Ian James Puddephat
• Dr Paul Quinlan
• Gillian Fine
• Professor Gary Steven Frost
• Professor John Julian Blow
• Professor Margaret Jane Dallman · trustee of 1 other charity
• TIMOTHY PETER WARREN EDWARDS · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Norfolk

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with INSTITUTE FOR FOOD, BRAIN AND BEHAVIOUR.

• INSTITUTE FOR FOOD, BRAIN AND BEHAVIOUR income £269k
• QI PARTNERS income £3.1m
• THE LISTER INSTITUTE OF PREVENTIVE MEDICINE income £694k
• THE INSTITUTE OF QUARRYING income £1.2m
• QUEEN MARY, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON FOUNDATION income £1.9m
• ANATOMICAL SOCIETY income £1.7m

Side by side with its peers

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