The Faraday Institute for Science and Religion

Analysis

The Faraday Institute for Science and Religion is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in September 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, religious activities and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08426223). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Faraday Institute for Science and Religion reported income of £547k and spending of £776k, spending 142% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £496k to £547k (+10%), an average of +2.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 52%. Over the whole period it spent 117% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Faraday Institute for Science and Religion sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Law of Truth Talmudical College (£547k), Estuary and Mountain Mission Area (£548k) and Russian Orthodox Church Abroad (London) (£547k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 53%, donations and legacies 35% and investments 3.6%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 1.0%. Reserves of £1.2m would cover about 19 months of spending at that rate. It employed 18 people.