# THE RANK PRIZE FUNDS

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1183866
- **Other names:** RANK PRIZE FUND, THE RANK PRIZE FUND
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** June 13, 2019
- **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=1183866


## Contact

- **Address:** 19-21 Garden Walk, LONDON
- **Postcode:** EC2A 3EQ
- **Phone:** 02078347731
- **Email:** enquiries@rankprize.org
- **Website:** http://www.rankprize.org/



## Activities

**Objects:** THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ('OBJECTS') ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:1. FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO ADVANCE THE KNOWLEDGE AND EDUCATION IN ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING SCIENCES:A. NUTRITION, NAMELY THE SCIENCE OF (I) CROP HUSBANDRY (II) HUMAN NUTRITION AND (III) ANIMAL NUTRITION AS DISTINCT FROM ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANDB. THE INTERFACE BETWEEN THE SCIENCE OF OPTICS AND THE SCIENCE OF ELECTRONICS (KNOWN AS "OPTO-ELECTRONICS") AND IN CLOSELY RELATED PHENOMENA,IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF SYMPOSIUMS, AND THROUGH THE PROVISION OF GRANTS TO FUND RESEARCH IN THE ABOVE SCIENCES, LEADING TO THE EVENTUAL DISSEMINATION OF THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH BY THOSE CONDUCTING THE RESEARCH.2. SUCH OTHER PURPOSES WHICH MAY BE CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES.

**Activities:** The objectives of the Funds include the advancement and promotion for the public benefit of knowledge, education and learning in all or any of the following sciences:  Crop husbandry; Human nutrition; Animal nutrition; and the inter-face between optics and electronics and related phenomena.The Funds operate throughout England, Wales and Scotland.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Other Finance, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science



## Areas of operation

- Scotland
- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £486417 | £952185 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £407820 | £861978 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £353000 | £869000 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £288000 | £869000 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £456000 | £549000 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Colonel Stuart Huxley Cowen** (Chair) — appointed Nov. 13, 2018
- ANDREW EDWARD COWEN — appointed Dec. 13, 2022
- Carol Susan Taylor — appointed Nov. 13, 2018
- Dr Claire Madden-Smith — appointed May 21, 2024
- PROFESSOR WILLIAM ARNOT WAKEHAM — appointed Nov. 13, 2018
- Professor Charanjit Bountra — appointed Oct. 23, 2025
- Professor Donal Bradley — appointed Nov. 13, 2018
- Professor John Cummings Mathers — appointed Nov. 13, 2018
- Professor Julia Stretton Higgins — appointed Jan. 21, 2020
- Professor Keith Burnett — appointed Oct. 23, 2025