Finance Score: -1

Governance Score: 1

Support Score: 0

Reasonable growth: +1
Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

No volunteer policy: -2
Gender balanced board: +3

No supporters identified

Overall GiG Score: 0

THE RANK PRIZE FUNDS

The objectives of the Funds include the advancement and promotion for the public benefit of knowledge, education and learning in all or any of the following sciences: Crop husbandry; Human nutrition; Animal nutrition; and the inter-face between optics and electronics and related phenomena.The Funds operate throughout England, Wales and Scotland.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been reasonable growth in spending since inception
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers
31/12/23	£407,820	£861,978	£-454,158	17
31/12/22	£353,000	£869,000	£-516,000	0
31/12/21	£288,000	£869,000	£-581,000	0
31/12/20	£456,000	£549,000	£-93,000	0
31/12/19	£370,277	£338,178	£32,099	0

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Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 10%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000

Established: 5 years

http://www.rankprize.org/

enquiries@rankprize.org

02078347731

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Grant-making foundations

How it operates

Makes Grants to Individuals
Makes Grants to Organisations
Provides other finance
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

Who supports them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 51-82

ANDREW EDWARD COWEN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Company Director

CAROL SUSAN TAYLOR Appointed: 2018, Occupation: None

COLONEL STUART HUXLEY COWEN (Chair) Appointed: 2018, Occupation: None

DR CLAIRE MADDEN-SMITH Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Consultant

PROFESSOR WILLIAM ARNOT WAKEHAM Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Chairman

PROFESSOR CYRUS SAROSH COOPER Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Professor

PROFESSOR DONAL BRADLEY Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Director And Professor

PROFESSOR JOHN CUMMINGS MATHERS Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Professor

PROFESSOR JULIA STRETTON HIGGINS Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Retired

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 13/06/2019, number: 1183866
Registered at Companies House on 13/11/2018, number: 11675628

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints policy and procedures
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
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Filing Record

5 returns made; all on time

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from THE RANK PRIZE FUND on 26/10/2019

Main office

19-21 Garden Walk
LONDON
EC2A 3EQ

Objectives

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ('OBJECTS') ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:1. FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO ADVANCE THE KNOWLEDGE AND EDUCATION IN ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING SCIENCES:A. NUTRITION, NAMELY THE SCIENCE OF (I) CROP HUSBANDRY (II) HUMAN NUTRITION AND (III) ANIMAL NUTRITION AS DISTINCT FROM ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANDB. THE INTERFACE BETWEEN THE SCIENCE OF OPTICS AND THE SCIENCE OF ELECTRONICS (KNOWN AS OPTO-ELECTRONICS) AND IN CLOSELY RELATED PHENOMENA,IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF SYMPOSIUMS, AND THROUGH THE PROVISION OF GRANTS TO FUND RESEARCH IN THE ABOVE SCIENCES, LEADING TO THE EVENTUAL DISSEMINATION OF THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH BY THOSE CONDUCTING THE RESEARCH.2. SUCH OTHER PURPOSES WHICH MAY BE CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES.

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