The Rosalind Franklin Institute

Analysis

The Rosalind Franklin Institute is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Didcot. It was registered in September 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 11266143). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides other finance and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Rosalind Franklin Institute reported income of £20.6m and spending of £25.4m, spending 124% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £28.1m to £20.6m (-27%), an average of -7.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 45%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Rosalind Franklin Institute sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. 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 Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (£20.5m), Havens Hospices (£20.6m) and Hollybank Trust (£20.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 98%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.9%. Reserves of £5.8m would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 136 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.