The Faraday Institute for Science and Religion

Registered charity 1153702 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q5434701 · Wikipedia · also known as FARADAY TRUST, FARADAY TRUST FOR SCIENCE AND RELIGION

The Charity's objects are to advance education in the field of science and religion by carrying out research in all aspects of that subject, publishing the useful results in academic journals and books and improving the public understanding of issues in the field of science and religion by disseminating research results.

Objects

THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN THE FIELD OF SCIENCE AND RELIGION BY CARRYING OUT RESEARCH IN ALL ASPECTS OF THAT SUBJECT, PUBLISHING THE USEFUL RESULTS IN ACADEMIC JOURNALS AND BOOKS AND IMPROVING THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF ISSUES IN THE FIELD OF SCIENCE AND RELIGION BY DISSEMINATING RESEARCH RESULTS MORE WIDELY BEYOND THE ACADEMIC COMMUNITY AND THROUGH LECTURES, COURSES AND THE PUBLICATION OF OTHER EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES, AND TO ADVANCE SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES (ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES) AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME WHICH ARE CONNECTED WITH THE CHARITABLE PURPOSE STATED ABOVE. THE CHARITY HAS A CHRISTIAN ETHOS, AND ACCORDINGLY IN FURTHERING THE ABOVE OBJECTS THE MAIN FOCUS OF ITS RESEARCH WORK IS ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SCIENCE AND THE CHRISTIAN FAITH, AND IT SHALL EMPHASISE THE EDUCATION OF THE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY IN ISSUES OF SCIENCE AND FAITH, BUT SHALL ALSO WELCOME AND SEEK TO ENGAGE WITH A WIDE VARIETY OF OTHER FAITH TRADITIONS, AND WITH THOSE OF ANY FAITH OR NONE.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Cambridge, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £147,519 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a decrease in free reserves to £1,244,715. The trustees consider the going concern basis appropriate, citing sufficient reserves and expected investment income to meet obligations for the next 12 to 18 months. Total funds held at year-end were £3,412,633, including £1,248,246 in investments.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Chater Allan LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £1.0m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Reported reserves equal ~19.3 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (53% 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: 1.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• PROF ROBERT STEPHEN WHITE FRSchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• CHRISTOPHER TOWNSEND · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Diane Lorraine Lister
• Dr Harvey Thomas McMahon FRS
• Dr Jimmy Suen Yan Chan · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Martin Thomas Barlow FRS
• Dr Norman MacAskill Fraser
• Dr Sharon Ann Scovil Neufeld
• GRAHAM STEPHEN BUDD · trustee of 3 other charities
• POLLY STANTON
• PROFESSOR JOHN STANLEY HILL GASTON · trustee of 2 other charities
• Professor Russell Paul Cowburn
• REVD DR RODNEY DENNIS HOLDER FRAS, FIMA
• Rev David Fergusson

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire

Income and spending

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Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

• GRAHAM STEPHEN BUDD — trustee here and at THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITY, CAMBRIDGE

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SCIENCE PROJECTS.

• SCIENCE PROJECTS income £1.2m
• FOUNDATION MATTERS income £366k
• SOCIETY FOR APPLIED PHILOSOPHY income £175k
• THE FARADAY INSTITUTION income £33.3m
• AL-FALAH EDUCATIONAL TRUST income £277k
• FAROS FOUNDATION income £34k

Side by side with its peers

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