# LAWES AGRICULTURAL TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1156150
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** March 12, 2014
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1156150


## Contact

- **Address:** Lawes Agricultural Trust, Rothamsted Research, West Common, HARPENDEN
- **Postcode:** AL5 2JQ
- **Phone:** 01582938440
- **Email:** peter.oxley@lawestrust.org
- **Website:** www.rothamsted.ac.uk/about-us/lawes-agricultural-trust



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECT OF THE CHARITY IS TO ADVANCE THE SCIENCE OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THROUGH ORIGINAL INVESTIGATION AND RESEARCH, WHICH MAY EMBRACE ALL OR ANY SUBJECT(S) CONNECTED TO OR BEARING UPON AGRICULTURE, INCLUDING ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE PHYSIOLOGY, METEOROLOGY, BOTANY AND CHEMISTRY.

**Activities:** The promotion of original investigation and research for the advancement of the science of agriculture




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Other Finance, Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- **What:** Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Hertfordshire
- Suffolk



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £2862908 | £3656667 | £28663963 | 9 |
| March 31, 2024 | £3894767 | £3288711 | £29457722 | 8 |
| March 31, 2023 | £6372671 | £2686568 | £31650555 | 7 |
| March 31, 2022 | £2392833 | £2362691 | £27905358 | 7 |
| March 31, 2021 | £2694856 | £2113037 | £27502333 | 5 |



## Trustees

- **Professor Quintin McKellar** (Chair) — appointed March 4, 2025
- Dr Deborah Jane Keith — appointed Nov. 22, 2023
- John George Lelliott — appointed June 1, 2025
- Julian Anthony Sayers — appointed Nov. 22, 2023
- Katrina Elizabeth Hayter — appointed Nov. 19, 2025
- Lyndsay Chapman — appointed Nov. 19, 2025
- Simon John Hardwick — appointed June 1, 2025
- Will Gemmill — appointed May 3, 2018