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THE FARADAY INSTITUTION

Registered charity 1176500 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Research, training and policy advice in the fields of energy capture, conversion and storage.

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£33.3m
Latest spending
£32.9m
Registered
2018
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported total income of £33.3 million and unrestricted reserves of £562,436. The Trustees confirmed sufficient funds to continue activities until March 2027, with no material uncertainties identified regarding going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £562k)
“Based on the risk profile of the charity, and its ability to manage and forecast cash flow, the Trustees believe this sum provides sufficient reserves to manage the risk. This reserves target is likely to change year-on-year with the payment profiles and will therefore be reassessed on a regular basis.” — page 13
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

In the news

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

Leadership, per the charity’s website

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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title 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.

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

Total income
£33.3m
Total spending
£32.9m
Reserves (reported)
£323k
Employees
26

Reported reserves equal ~0.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% 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

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£33.3m£32.9m
31/03/2024£29.0m£32.9m
31/03/2023£34.5m£33.3m
31/03/2022£30.2m£28.4m
31/03/2021£24.3m£26.5m

Common questions

Is THE FARADAY INSTITUTION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported total income of £33.3 million and unrestricted reserves of £562,436. The Trustees confirmed sufficient funds to continue activities until March 2027, with no material uncertainties identified regarding going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Crowe U.K. LLP.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government21/10/2022£22.2mThe Faraday Institution Phase 2 (107522) - F/Y2022-23 F/Y2024-25
UK government21/10/2022£21.0mThe Faraday Institution Phase 2 (107522) - F/Y2022-23 F/Y2024-25
UK government01/04/2022£1.8mSI Faraday Training
UK government01/04/2022£542k204867-111 TEA - Battery Challenge via Faraday Institution
UK government01/04/2022£532k204867-111 TEA - Battery Challenge via Faraday Institution
UK government01/04/2022£31.4mThe Faraday Institution
UK government11/05/2018£1.5mSI Faraday Training
UK government11/05/2018£804kSI Faraday Training
UK government19/02/2018£1.6mThe Faraday Institution

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
DINA PERELMAN TRUST LIMITED1£2.2m
KEREN AMHA LIMITED1£45k
MAYFAIR CHARITIES LIMITED1£21k
STRAWBERRY CARE FOUNDATION LIMITED1£12k
E AND E KERNKRAUT CHARITIES LIMITED1£10k
MOSDOS HATORAH PNEI MENACHEM LTD1£10k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MAISON DE L'INSTITUT DE FRANCE A LONDRES (FONDATION EDMOND DE ROTHSCHILD).

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE FARADAY INSTITUTION£33.3m——below—no doubt
MAISON DE L'INSTITUT DE FRANCE A LONDRES (FONDATION EDMOND DE ROTHSCHILD) FY2025£223k—0above—no doubt
Farraday House Limited FY2025£539k—0above—no doubt
ENERGY INSTITUTE FY2025£11.0m——unclear—no doubt
RATANBEN ZAVERCHAND KARA FOUNDATION FY2025£162k—0above—no doubt
BRITISH FRIENDS OF THE CHAZON ISH INSTITUTIONS FY2025£110k—0unclear—no doubt

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