Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: -2

Support Score: 1

Excess reserves: -5

Narrow trustee age band: -2
Dynamic board: +3
All male board: -3

Grant maker support: +1

Overall GiG Score: -6

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL BOTANY TRUST

Our mission is to provide independent science-based research & information. We support NIAB (Charity No:1064230) through the provision of facilities & funding to support the provision of information & advice to farmers, growers & educators; A programme of public good plant breeding; crop variety performance trials & laboratory testing; education & training.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

One or more trustees receive benefits from the charity
The Board is completely male
The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

This charity has substantial assets and unrestricted reserves of £48,474,000 available, equivalent to 212 months of spending and so may not be able to utilise additional funding

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs
29/03/23	*	£1,169	£2,739	£-1,570	£0	£53,970	£48,474	212.4
29/03/22	*	£1,832	£5,277	£-3,445	£0	£55,699	£50,291	114.4
29/03/21		£4,108	£3,025	£1,083	£0	£57,624	£52,453	208.1
29/03/20		£2,876	£5,503	£-2,627	£0	£54,258	£49,788	108.6
29/03/19		£3,858	£4,690	£-832	£0	£50,590	£46,094	117.9
29/03/18	*	£854	£3,275	£-2,421	£287	£48,464	£43,501	159.4
30/03/17	*	£857	£1,999	£-1,142	£163	£50,496	£45,240	271.6
31/03/16	*	£766	£4,167	£-3,401	£0	£50,967	£47,324	136.3
31/03/15		£2,497	£1,465	£1,032	£62	£19,405	£15,748	129
31/03/14		£1,033	£1,853	£-820	£59	£17,775	£14,241	92.2
31/03/13		£1,787	£1,624	£163	£77	£18,206	£14,705	108.7

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 34%
Liabilities/Income: 2368%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 90%
Reserves/Spending: 212.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: -1 months
Quick Ratio: 0.8

Asset Split ?

Established: 13 years

www.niab.com

trust@niab.com

01223342304

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage

GiG Classification

Scientific research and testing services

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
Other Defined Groups
The General Public/Mankind

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - BioLaser: Establishing a High-Resolution Laser Ablation Tomography Platform for UK Bioimaging Research
£138,037	01/11/2017	Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/projects?ref=BB/P027458/1
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - Mycoprotein 2.0
£179,900	01/11/2017	Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/projects?ref=BB/P020364/1
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - Optimising the light recipe for maximum photosynthesis - yield and quality in strawberry
£24,553	17/10/2017	Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/projects?ref=BB/R505560/1
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - Biocontrol as a key component to manage brown rot diseases on stone fruit
£24,553	01/10/2017	Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/projects?ref=BB/R505237/1
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - Combining root architecture root function and soil management to improve production efficiency and quality of apples
£24,553	01/10/2017	Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/projects?ref=BB/R505249/1
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - Application of novel machine learning techniques and high speed 3D vision algorithms for real time detection of fruit
£24,553	01/10/2017	Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/projects?ref=BB/R505559/1
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - Developing a push pull strategy for the management of Drosophila suzukii
£24,553	01/10/2017	Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/projects?ref=BB/R506631/1
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - The role of endophytes in affecting symptom development of European apple canker caused by Neonectria ditissima
£77,735	01/10/2017	Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/projects?ref=BB/P007899/1
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - ITAS application to enable a new collaboration between Drs Lesley Boyd (NIAB) and Brent McCallum (AAFC) in support of the BBSRC project BB/N01622XX/1
£3,000	19/06/2017	Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/projects?ref=BB/R010587/1
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - Developing a natural variation platform for pest-resistant cassava breeding
£190,376	01/05/2017	[Placeholder]
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - INNOVATION FOR IMPROVED STRAWBERRY POLLINATION BY COMMERCIAL BUMBLEBEES USING CAFFEINE
£18,193	01/04/2017	[Placeholder]
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - The nature of resistance to Neonectria ditissima in apple species
£106,079	04/01/2017	[Placeholder]
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - Regulation of the male germline in cereal crops by somatic companion cells
£17,552	01/01/2016	Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/projects?ref=BB/N002369/1
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - Sequencing and exploitation of the genetic diversity in Vietnamese native rice lines to serve research and breeding programs
£143,916	01/01/2016	Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/projects?ref=BB/N013735/1
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - Cambridge-India Network for Translational Research in Nitrogen
£445,542	01/01/2016	Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/projects?ref=BB/N013441/1

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How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 60-74

JAMES ERIC GODFREY OBE Appointed: 2022

JOHN ROBERT LATHAM Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Farmer And Company Director

DR CHARLES WILLIAM LOOKER Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Farmer

JOHN ANDREW ELLIOT Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Farmer

RICHARD AULD MACDONALD Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Company Director, Other trusteeship: THE SOUTH MORETON CONSOLIDATED CHARITY,

PHILIP GRAHAM WYNN Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Company Director, Other trusteeships: LINKING ENVIRONMENT AND FARMING, THE HENRY PLUMB FOUNDATION,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 03/11/2011, number: 1144528
Registered at Companies House on 26/10/2011, number: 07823588

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Event History

19/08/2022 - Asset transfer in from THE BRITISH CROP PRODUCTION COUNCIL
21/02/2024 - Asset transfer in from NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL BOTANY TRUST

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
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
Risk management
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Filing Record

11 returns made; AR23: 2 days late, AR22: 45 days late, AR18: 161 days late, AR17: 47 days late, AR16: 2 days late,

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from THE BRITISH CROP PRODUCTION COUNCIL on 19/08/2022
Asset transfer in from NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL BOTANY TRUST on 21/02/2024

Main office

National Institute of Agricultural
93 Lawrence Weaver Road
CAMBRIDGE
CB3 0LE

Objectives

THE CHARITY IS ESTABLISHED TO:4.1 PROMOTE AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE AND ARBORICULTURE ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD BY SUCH CHARITABLE MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL DETERMINE AND IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING):4.1.1 THE IMPROVEMENT OF CROPS BY MEANS OF THE TESTING OF VARIETIES, PLANTS AND SEEDS THROUGH RESEARCH AND THE DISSEMINATION OF THE USEFUL RESULTS OF ANY SUCH RESEARCH;4.1.2 THE CARRYING OUT OF TRIALS FOR THE IDENTIFICATION AND CLASSIFICATION OF PLANT VARIETIES AND ASSESSMENT OF THEIR PERFORMANCE, THE MULTIPLICATION OF STOCKS OF SEED AND THE MAINTENANCE OF REFERENCE COLLECTIONS;4.1.3 THE TESTING OF SEEDS, PLANTS AND PLANT DERIVED OR RELATED MATERIALS;4.1.4 RESEARCH INTO AND TESTING OF SEEDS AND THE AUTHENTICATION AND CERTIFICATION OF REPRODUCTIVE MATERIAL AND PLANT VARIETIES;4.1.5 THE DISCOVERY AND ASSESSMENT OF THE VALUE OF METHODS OF TREATMENT, PROCESSES AND DESIGNS RELATING TO SEEDS, PLANTS AND CROPS AND OF BENEFIT TO AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, ARBORICULTURE THE SEED INDUSTRY OR ANY RELATED TRADE OR INDUSTRY;4.2 SUPPORT THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL BOTANY (THE INSTITUTE: REGISTERED CHARITY NO 1064230) IN THE PURSUIT OF ITS OBJECTS INCLUDING IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING) THE PROVISION OF LAND, FACILITIES AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO THE INSTITUTE UPON SUCH TERMS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL DETERMINE TO ENABLE IT TO PURSUE ITS OBJECTS; AND4.3 PROMOTE ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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