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THE PIRBRIGHT INSTITUTE

Registered charity 228824 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH

To conduct and promote scientific research on infectious diseases of farm animals, including exotic diseases and to develop appropriate methods for their control; and on matters concerned with animal health and ancillary thereto, and to publish the results of such research.

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Latest income
£52.7m
Latest spending
£59.5m
Registered
1977
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income increased to £52.7m, driven by a rise in scientific grant income, while total expenditure rose to £59.5m. This resulted in a net deficit for the year, causing total reserves to decrease from £331.6m to £324.6m. However, unrestricted general reserves increased slightly to £10.6m, and the trustees confirm the institute remains a going concern with no material uncertainties.

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

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: Pirbright Innovations Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary, charged the Institute for the CVIM project construction.
“During the year, Pirbright Innovations Limited charged the Institute £1,003k (2024: £538k) for this project.” — page 60
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Governance: Post year-end HSE improvement notice received requiring changes to processing of incoming samples; action plan being implemented to comply by November 7, 2025.
“Post year-end an HSE improvement notice has been received requiring changes to our processing of incoming samples; an action plan is being implemented to comply with this notice by the deadline of November 7, 2025.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by BDO LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles 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.

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

Total income
£52.7m
Total spending
£59.5m
Cost of raising funds
£22k
Reserves (reported)
£13.2m
Employees
398

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 (57% 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: Surrey

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£52.7m£59.5m
31/03/2024£44.7m£55.0m
31/03/2023£46.9m£50.6m
31/03/2022£59.1m£46.5m
31/03/2021£80.7m£48.0m

Common questions

Is THE PIRBRIGHT INSTITUTE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income increased to £52.7m, driven by a rise in scientific grant income, while total expenditure rose to £59.5m. This resulted in a net deficit for the year, causing total reserves to decrease from £331.6m to £324.6m. However, unrestricted general reserves increased slightly to £10.6m, and the trustees confirm the institute remains a going concern with no material uncertainties. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by BDO LLP.

Who funds THE PIRBRIGHT INSTITUTE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE PIRBRIGHT INSTITUTE as a grant recipient include B E M B RESEARCH AND EDUCATION TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
B E M B RESEARCH AND EDUCATION TRUSTFY2025£24kStipend and education fees for James Kirk
B E M B RESEARCH AND EDUCATION TRUSTFY2022£20kPhD student Isobel Webb’s stipend and Ed fees

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
WELLCOME TRUST1£142.6m
THE CHRIS BANTON FOUNDATION1£5.5m
BRITISH HEART FOUNDATION1£3.2m
THE ALDAMA FOUNDATION1£565k
Blood Cancer UK Research1£379k
THE STONEYGATE TRUST1£371k
THE LISTER INSTITUTE OF PREVENTIVE MEDICINE1£250k
BREAST CANCER NOW1£249k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE LISTER INSTITUTE OF PREVENTIVE MEDICINE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE PIRBRIGHT INSTITUTE£52.7m——unclear—no doubt
THE LISTER INSTITUTE OF PREVENTIVE MEDICINE FY2025£694k—0unclear—no doubt
DARTINGTON CATTLE BREEDING TRUST FY2025£250k—0above—no doubt
THE LORNA AND YUTI CHERNAJOVSKY BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION FY2025£508k—0above—no doubt
THE FRANCIS CRICK INSTITUTE LIMITED FY2025£246.2m—337above—no doubt
LABORATORY ANIMALS LIMITED FY2024£250k—0unclear—no doubt

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