THE ROSALIND FRANKLIN INSTITUTE

Registered charity 1179810 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RFI, ROSALIND FRANKLIN INSTITUTE

The Rosalind Franklin Institute is a new national institute, funded by the UK government through UK Research and Innovation, dedicated to bringing about transformative changes in life science through interdisciplinary research and technology development.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with unrestricted reserves of £13,486,632, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet its reserves policy target of five months of forecast core operating expenditure. Although the charity recorded a deficit on unrestricted funds for the year, it holds adequate resources to continue as a going concern for at least 12 months from the report date.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Richardsons. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 11266143

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.

• SPITTLE, Graham Nigel, Dr — director, appointed 01/01/2026on trustee list
• CHARLES, Ian George, Prof — director, appointed 01/03/2025on trustee list
• MOUNT, Andrew Raymond, Professor — director, appointed 01/03/2025on trustee list
• HOLLOWAY, John William, Prof — director, appointed 01/03/2025on trustee list
• NEWISS, Hilary Jane — director, appointed 01/11/2024on trustee list
• SKINGLE, Malcolm, Dr — director, appointed 01/11/2024on trustee list
• CARTER, Caroline Jane — director, appointed 01/11/2024on trustee list
• PRITCHARD, Bruce Philip — director, appointed 01/09/2024on trustee list
• MATTHEWS, Paul, Professor — director, appointed 08/04/2024on trustee list
• REES, David Charles, Dr — director, appointed 01/05/2022on trustee list
• GHINELLI, Barbara Maria Gigliola, Dr — director, appointed 01/01/2019on trustee list
• BURGESS, Gillian Munro, Dr — director, appointed 11/12/2018on trustee list

Official officers record.

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.

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~2.7 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% 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: 1.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Bruce Philip Pritchard
• Caroline Carter · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Barbara Maria Gigliola Ghinelli
• Dr David Rees
• Dr Gillian Burgess
• Dr Graham Nigel Spittle
• Dr Malcolm Skingle
• Hilary Jane Newiss
• Professor Andrew Raymond Mount
• Professor Ian Charles
• Professor John William Holloway
• Professor Paul McMahan Matthews

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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