NIAB

Charity overview
Activities - how the charity spends its money
Activities within the general areas of crop varieties and seeds, including: Provision of information and advice to farmers, growers and educators. A programme of public good plant breeding which will positively impact the environment and public well-being. Crop variety performance trials and laboratory testing. Contract research for a wide range of organisations. Education and Training.
Income and expenditure
Data for financial year ending 30 March 2024
Total income:
£32,895,000
Donations and legacies | £683.00k | |
Charitable activities | £32.11m | |
Other trading activities | £0 | |
Investments | £105.00k | |
Other | £0 |
Total expenditure:
£32,409,000
Raising funds | £0 | |
Charitable activities | £32.41m | |
Other | £0 |
£0 investments gains (losses)
Total income includes £3,202,000 from 6 government contract(s) and £6,638,000 from 184 government grant(s)
Charitable expenditure
Charitable expenditure with investment gains
Charitable expenditure
Some charities generate all, or a substantial part, of their income from investments which may have been donated to the charity as endowment or set aside by the charity from its own resources in the past. Such investments usually take the form of stocks and shares but may include other assets, such as property, that are capable of generating income and/or capital growth.
In managing their spending and investments charities need to strike a balance between the needs of future and current beneficiaries. They also need to take account of spending commitments that may stretch over a number of future years. To do this, charities will normally adopt an investment strategy designed to generate both income and capital growth. To maximise returns trustees may commit to investment strategies for several years.
Investments can experience large swings in value so trustees may, in a particular year, decide to realise and spend part of their charity’s capital or to invest part of its income.
By clicking the investment gains checkbox the charitable spending bar is adjusted to take account of capital growth as well as income. This shows the balance the charity is striking, between spending on current beneficiaries and retaining resources for future beneficiaries.
Raising funds and other expenditure | £0 | |
Charitable expenditure | £32.41m | |
Retained for future use | £486.00k |
People

347 Employee(s)
10 Trustee(s)
Employees with total benefits over £60,000
Number of employees | |
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£60k to £70k | 13 |
£70k to £80k | 7 |
£80k to £90k | 2 |
£90k to £100k | 1 |
£100k to £110k | 2 |
£110k to £120k | 3 |
£150k to £200k | 1 |
Fundraising
Trading
Trustee payments
What, who, how, where
- Education/training
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Environment/conservation/heritage
- Other Charitable Purposes
- Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
- Other Defined Groups
- The General Public/mankind
- Provides Services
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- Throughout England And Wales
Governance
- 04 September 1997: Standard registration
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL BOTANY (Previous name)
- NIAB CHARITABLE CORPORATION LIMITED (Previous name)
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Complaints handling
- 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
- Paying staff
- Risk management
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Trustees
Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service
10 Trustee(s)
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Flor Healy | Trustee | 19 June 2024 |
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Patricia Malarkey | Trustee | 20 December 2023 |
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Dr David James Buckeridge | Trustee | 21 June 2023 |
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Dr Guy Henry Smith | Trustee | 18 November 2021 |
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Professor Mario Jose Caccamo | Trustee | 01 October 2021 |
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Jonathan Peter Regan | Trustee | 08 December 2020 |
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Dr Helen Ferrier | Trustee | 08 December 2020 |
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Robert Campbell Lowson | Trustee | 05 December 2018 |
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Dr Ian Puddephat | Trustee | 23 November 2017 |
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Stephen Ellwood | Trustee | 24 November 2015 |
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Financial history
Financial period end date
Income / Expenditure | 30/03/2020 | 30/03/2021 | 30/03/2022 | 30/03/2023 | 30/03/2024 | ||
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Total gross income | £26.89m | £31.14m | £41.84m | £29.71m | £32.90m | |
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Total expenditure | £23.35m | £27.50m | £31.57m | £32.38m | £32.41m | |
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Income from government contracts | £2.16m | N/A | N/A | £3.54m | £3.20m | |
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Income from government grants | £5.91m | £6.02m | £13.38m | £6.49m | £6.64m | |
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Income - Donations and legacies | £828.00k | £500.00k | £1.16m | £947.00k | £683.00k | |
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Income - Other trading activities | £7.12m | £7.83m | £7.51m | £7.70m | £0 | |
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Income - Charitable activities | £18.87m | £22.75m | £33.12m | £21.00m | £32.11m | |
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Income - Endowments | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Income - Investment | £75.00k | £62.00k | £56.00k | £63.00k | £105.00k | |
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Income - Other | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Income - Legacies | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Expenditure - Charitable activities | £15.62m | £27.50m | £21.23m | £22.44m | £32.41m | |
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Expenditure - Raising funds | £7.73m | £0 | £10.34m | £0 | £0 | |
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Expenditure - Governance | £422.00k | £246.00k | £148.00k | £150.00k | £172.00k | |
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Expenditure - Grants institution | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Expenditure - Investment management | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Expenditure - Other | £0 | £0 | £0 | £9.94m | £0 |
Assets and liabilities
Definitions for assets and liabilities
These are assets, other than investments, which are held for more than 12 months and used to run and administer the charity such as buildings, offices, exhibits and fixtures and fittings.
Long term InvestmentsInvestments are assets held by the charity with the sole aim of generating income which will be used for their charitable purposes such as deposit accounts, shares, rental property and unit trusts.
Investment assets are re-valued every year and included in the balance sheet at their current market value.
Long term investments are held for more than 12 months.
These are assets held generally for less than 12 months such as cash and bank balances, debtors, investments to be sold within the coming year and trading stock.
Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liabilityThis is a surplus or deficit in any defined benefit pension scheme operated and represents a potential long-term asset or liability.
Total liabilitiesThese are all the amounts owed by the charity at the balance sheet date to third parties such as bills due but not yet paid, bank overdrafts and loans and mortgages.
Asset / Liability | 30/03/2020 | 30/03/2021 | 30/03/2022 | 30/03/2023 | 30/03/2024 | ||
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Own use assets | £5.81m | £8.45m | £16.80m | £16.42m | £14.64m | |
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Long-term investments | £141.00k | £141.00k | £145.00k | £35.00k | £35.00k | |
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Other assets | £8.27m | £12.02m | £12.91m | £10.09m | £12.04m | |
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Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability | -£13.99m | -£19.23m | -£17.41m | -£13.74m | -£14.36m | |
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Total liabilities | £11.00m | £13.85m | £13.04m | £12.69m | £12.54m |
Accounts and annual returns
Title | Reporting year | Date received | Received | Download |
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Annual return | 30 March 2024 | 23 January 2025 | On time | |
Accounts and TAR | 30 March 2024 | 23 January 2025 | On time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 30 March 2023 | 01 February 2024 | 2 days late | |
Accounts and TAR | 30 March 2023 | 01 February 2024 | 2 days late | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 30 March 2022 | 15 March 2023 | 44 days late | |
Accounts and TAR | 30 March 2022 | 15 March 2023 | 44 days late | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 30 March 2021 | 21 December 2021 | On time | |
Accounts and TAR | 30 March 2021 | 21 December 2021 | On time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 30 March 2020 | 18 December 2020 | On time | |
Accounts and TAR | 30 March 2020 | 18 December 2020 | On time | Download Open in new window |
Governing document
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 01 JUL 1997 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 31 JAN 2001 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 13 NOV 2003 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 15 JUN 2006 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 08 NOV 2007 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 04 SEP 2013 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 12 MAR 2014 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 23 NOV 2017 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 09 JUN 2020 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 11 JUN 2021 AS AMENDED ON 6 APRIL 2023
Charitable objects
1.1 THE PROMOTION OF AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE AND ARBORICULTURE ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD BY SUCH CHARITABLE MEANS AS SHALL BE THOUGHT FIT INCLUDING IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING):- 1.1.1 THE IMPROVEMENT OF CROPS BY MEANS OF THE TESTING OF VARIETIES, PLANTS AND SEEDS AND THROUGH RESEARCH SO LONG AS THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH ARE DISSEMINATED TO THE PUBLIC; 1.1.2 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; 1.1.3 THE TESTING OF SEEDS PLANTS AND PLANT DERIVED OR RELATED MATERIALS; 1.1.4 RESEARCH INTO AND THE TESTING OF SEEDS AND THE AUTHENTICATION AND CERTIFICATION OF REPRODUCTIVE MATERIAL OF PLANT VARIETIES PROVIDED THAT THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH ARE DISSEMINATED TO THE PUBLIC; 1.1.5 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; 1.1.6 THE PROVISION OF TRAINING FOR THOSE ENGAGED, OR DESIRING TO BECOME ENGAGED, IN THE WORK OF THE INSTITUTE OR RELATED ACTIVITIES OR OCCUPATIONS; AND 1.1.7 THE DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION RELATING TO THE WORK OF THE INSTITUTE, INCLUDING THE GIVING OF ADVICE ON ANY MATTER RELATING THERETO TO THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE FISHERIES AND FOOD AND ANY OTHER PUBLIC AUTHORITY. TO ADVANCE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE OBJECTS AS THE INSTITUTE MAY DETERMINE.
Area of benefit
WORLDWIDE
Contact information
- Address:
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93 Lawrence Weaver Road
CAMBRIDGE
CB3 0LE
- Phone:
- 01223342304
- Email:
- info@niab.com
- Website:
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