EARLHAM INSTITUTE

Registered charity 1136213 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE GENOME ANALYSIS CENTRE

The advancement of biological & biotechnological science by undertaking & promoting research in biology at the molecular level & the genomic functions of organisms by: generating, analysing & sharing genome sequences; facilitating other researchers by providing access to our data analysis resources & tools; & educating others through comprehensive training programmes, publications & outreach work.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Animals · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total reserves decreased by £0.6m to £24.5m, with unrestricted reserves remaining static at £11.9m. Per the trustees' report, general unrestricted reserves of £2.7m were £0.2m above the minimum general reserves target set by the Board of £2.5m. The Institute recorded a net movement in reserves of -£0.6m due to a decrease in restricted reserves, while cash at year-end was £13.4m.

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).

• New deep tech startup by Natural History Museum and Earlham Institute launches cutting-edge rapid DNA air sequencing technology, AirSeq™, transforming biological threat detection nhm.ac.uk · 27/01/2026
• Earlham Institute and WorldFish: Changing the World with NovaSeq™ X Plus illumina.com · 25/03/2024

Corporate structure

• Trading subsidiary: EARLHAM ENTERPRISES LIMITED Companies House 06812113
• Registered company of the charity Companies House 06855533

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Neil Hall — 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.

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• LETTICE, Fiona Elaine, Professor — director, appointed 02/12/2025on trustee list
• THOMSON, Nicholas Robert, Professor — director, appointed 18/03/2025on trustee list
• FAIRFIELD, Gillian Amanda — director, appointed 03/12/2024on trustee list
• BARTER, Laura Mary Claire, Professor — director, appointed 21/03/2024on trustee list
• CSUKAI, Michael, Dr — director, appointed 19/09/2023on trustee list
• KAMOMBO, Timothy — director, appointed 19/06/2023on trustee list
• PILKINGTON, Stephanie Joan — director, appointed 21/06/2022on trustee list
• RATTRAY, Lars Magnus, Dr — director, appointed 21/06/2022on trustee list
• SMITH, Deborah Frances, Professor — director, appointed 07/12/2021on trustee list
• COSSEY, Sarah Jane — secretary, appointed 16/09/2025

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

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

Reported reserves equal ~9.7 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (94% 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 Michael Csukai
• Dr Stephanie Joan Pilkington
• Gillian Amanda Fairfield
• Professor Deborah Frances Smith
• Professor Fiona Elaine Lettice
• Professor Lars Magnus Rattray
• Professor Laura Mary Claire Barter
• Professor Nicolas Robert Thomson
• Timothy Kamombo

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

Operates in: Colombia · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Funders of similar charities

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Side by side with its peers

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