THE ALAN TURING INSTITUTE

Registered charity 1162533 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE INSTITUTE

THE ALAN TURING INSTITUTE IS INTERESTED IN RESEARCH WHICH TACKLES THE BIG CHALLENGES IN DATA SCIENCE WITH LASTING EFFECTS FOR SCIENCE, THE ECONOMY AND THE WORLD WE LIVE IN. CORE AREAS OF OUR RESEARCH RANGE FROM DATA-CENTRIC ENGINEERING, HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING AND CYBER-SECURITY, TO SMART CITIES, HEALTH, THE ECONOMY AND DATA ETHICS

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Latest income
£49.0m
Latest spending
£58.1m
Registered
2015
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Charity and Group made a deficit of £9.2m for the year ended 31 March 2025, funded by drawing on reserves. The Trustees confirm that there is a reasonable expectation that the Charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence, adopting the going concern basis for the financial statements.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £300,000 - £309,999 — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median £130k)
“£300,000 - £309,999 1”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: six months of anticipated operating costs (held: £11.1m)
“a minimum reserves threshold is set at £9.2m as at 31 March 2025, which is equivalent to six months of anticipated operating costs.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Payments to trustees: Dr Douglas Gurr received remuneration totalling £45,000 during the year for his role as Chairman of the Charity.
“Douglas Gurr received remuneration totalling £45,000 during the year for his role as Chairman of the Charity. (2023/24: £45,000).”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Crowe UK LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

TURING INNOVATIONS LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
  • Turnover: £14.4m
  • Profit before tax: £298k
  • Donated/gift-aided to the charity: £980k
  • Staff and overhead cost recharges from parent charity
“A Gift Aid distribution of £980,109 was made to the parent charity in December 2024.”

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.

Official officers record.

Public-sector contracts awarded

From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.

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

Total income
£49.0m
Total spending
£58.1m
Cost of raising funds
£822k
Reserves (reported)
£28.3m
Employees
433

Reported reserves equal ~5.9 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (66% 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: 1.7% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£49.0m£58.1m
31/03/2024£45.0m£53.0m
31/03/2023£52.5m£47.3m
31/03/2022£51.1m£39.3m
31/03/2021£37.3m£31.7m

Common questions

Is THE ALAN TURING INSTITUTE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the Charity and Group made a deficit of £9.2m for the year ended 31 March 2025, funded by drawing on reserves. The Trustees confirm that there is a reasonable expectation that the Charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence, adopting the going concern basis for the financial statements. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Crowe UK LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of THE ALAN TURING INSTITUTE earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £300,000 - £309,999 band.

Who funds THE ALAN TURING INSTITUTE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE ALAN TURING INSTITUTE as a grant recipient include LLOYD'S REGISTER FOUNDATION, ALZHEIMER'S RESEARCH UK, THE BRITFORD BRIDGE TRUST, COOPERATIVE AI FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
LLOYD'S REGISTER FOUNDATIONFY2023£3.0mFollow-on funding for Data-Centric Engineering Programme
ALZHEIMER'S RESEARCH UKFY2023£260kResearch
THE BRITFORD BRIDGE TRUSTFY2022£135kSecondary - The advancement of environmental protection or improvement
ALZHEIMER'S RESEARCH UKFY2022£48k
LLOYD'S REGISTER FOUNDATIONFY2024£47kHeritage And Education Centre
COOPERATIVE AI FOUNDATIONFY2025£5k

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government20/02/2024£117kUnderstanding malicious uses of generative AI during elections through a live demonstration platform
UK government01/04/2022£100kThe Alan Turing Institute
UK government01/04/2022£55kDEFIANT: Drivers and Effects of Fluctuations in sea Ice in the ANTarctic
UK government01/04/2022£61kMachines Reading Maps: Finding and Understanding Text on Maps
UK government01/04/2022£72kDefragmenting the fragmented urban landscape (DEFRAG)
UK government01/04/2022£70kPATH-AI: Mapping an Intercultural Path to Privacy, Agency, and Trust in Human-AI Ecosystems
UK government01/04/2022£697kAdvancing Probabilistic Machine Learning to Deliver Safer, More Efficient, and Predictable Air Traffic Control
UK government01/04/2022£772kFAIR: Framework for responsible adoption of Artificial Intelligence in the financial seRvices industry
UK government01/04/2022£5.0mThe Alan Turing Institute 21/22 - Additional Funding
UK government01/04/2022£14.3mThe Alan Turing Institute 22/23 - Core and Additional Funding
UK government01/04/2022£1.7mLiving with Machines
UK government01/04/2022£-5The Alan Turing Institute 20/21 - 21/22
UK government01/04/2020£70kExecutive Education in Data Science Portal
UK government01/04/2019£394kPATH-AI: Mapping an Intercultural Path to Privacy, Agency, and Trust in Human-AI Ecosystems
UK government01/04/2019£5kData Science SME project
UK government01/04/2018£9.0mALB - UKRI - Living with Machines

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CENTER ON LONG-TERM RISK.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE ALAN TURING INSTITUTE£49.0m£300,000 - £309,999—unclear—no doubt
CENTER ON LONG-TERM RISK FY2024£2.3m——above—no doubt
THE TURING TRUST FY2025£783k—0within—no doubt
INSTITUTE OF IMAGINATION FY2025£512k£80,001 - £90,0000below—no doubt
THE ROYAL INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS FY2025£20.2m——unclear—no doubt
New Model Institute for Technology and Engineering FY2025£5.6m——below—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.