Quadram Institute Bioscience

Analysis

Quadram Institute Bioscience is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Norwich. It was registered in October 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03009972). It says it sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Quadram Institute Bioscience reported income of £20.4m and spending of £20.9m, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £22.7m to £20.4m (-10%), an average of -2.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Quadram Institute Bioscience sits at the 99th percentile: it is one of the largest 1% in its cause. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Warden and Scholars of the House or College of Scholars of Merton in the University of Oxford (£20.4m), The Princethorpe Foundation (£20.4m) and Worcester College, Oxford (£20.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 91%, investments 5.0% and trading 3.8%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £17.1m would cover about 10 months of spending at that rate. It employed 150 people.