# The Faraday Institute for Science and Religion

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1153702
- **Other names:** FARADAY TRUST FOR SCIENCE AND RELIGION, FARADAY TRUST
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [08426223](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08426223)
- **Registered:** Sept. 6, 2013
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1153702


## Contact

- **Address:** The Faraday Institute, The Woolf Building, Madingley Road, Cambridge
- **Postcode:** CB3 0UB
- **Phone:** 01223 246696
- **Email:** dra24@cam.ac.uk
- **Website:** www.faraday.cam.ac.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN THE FIELD OF SCIENCE AND RELIGION BY CARRYING OUT RESEARCH IN ALL ASPECTS OF THAT SUBJECT, PUBLISHING THE USEFUL RESULTS IN ACADEMIC JOURNALS AND BOOKS AND IMPROVING THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF ISSUES IN THE FIELD OF SCIENCE AND RELIGION BY DISSEMINATING RESEARCH RESULTS MORE WIDELY BEYOND THE ACADEMIC COMMUNITY AND THROUGH LECTURES, COURSES AND THE PUBLICATION OF OTHER EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES, AND TO ADVANCE SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES (ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES) AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME WHICH ARE CONNECTED WITH THE CHARITABLE PURPOSE STATED ABOVE. THE CHARITY HAS A CHRISTIAN ETHOS, AND ACCORDINGLY IN FURTHERING THE ABOVE OBJECTS THE MAIN FOCUS OF ITS RESEARCH WORK IS ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SCIENCE AND THE CHRISTIAN FAITH, AND IT SHALL EMPHASISE THE EDUCATION OF THE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY IN ISSUES OF SCIENCE AND FAITH, BUT SHALL ALSO WELCOME AND SEEK TO ENGAGE WITH A WIDE VARIETY OF OTHER FAITH TRADITIONS, AND WITH THOSE OF ANY FAITH OR NONE.

**Activities:** The Charity&#x27;s objects are to advance education in the field of science and religion by carrying out research in all aspects of that subject, publishing the useful results in academic journals and books and improving the public understanding of issues in the field of science and religion by disseminating research results.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- **What:** Education/training, Religious Activities, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- Cambridgeshire





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **PROF ROBERT STEPHEN WHITE FRS** | Chair | May 13, 2013 |
| CHRISTOPHER TOWNSEND |  | Dec. 1, 2017 |
| Dr Diane Lorraine Lister |  | Jan. 14, 2023 |
| Dr Harvey Thomas McMahon FRS |  | Jan. 30, 2019 |
| Dr Jimmy Suen Yan Chan |  | Aug. 23, 2017 |
| Dr Martin Thomas Barlow FRS |  | Dec. 2, 2024 |
| Dr Norman MacAskill Fraser |  | Jan. 5, 2023 |
| Dr Sharon Ann Scovil Neufeld |  | Dec. 10, 2025 |
| GRAHAM STEPHEN BUDD |  | Oct. 23, 2018 |
| POLLY STANTON |  | Oct. 15, 2018 |
| PROFESSOR JOHN STANLEY HILL GASTON |  | May 13, 2013 |
| Professor Russell Paul Cowburn |  | Aug. 23, 2017 |
| REVD DR RODNEY DENNIS HOLDER FRAS, FIMA |  | May 13, 2013 |




