# JOHN INNES CENTRE

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 223852
- **Other names:** AFRC INSTITUTE OF PLANT SCIENCE RESEARCH, PLANT SCIENCE RESEARCH LIMITED, THE PLANT BREEDING INSTITUTE
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [00511709](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00511709)
- **Registered:** Oct. 4, 1976
- **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=223852


## Contact

- **Address:** JOHN INNES INSTITUTE, COLNEY LANE, COLNEY, NORWICH
- **Postcode:** NR4 7UH
- **Phone:** 01603 450000
- **Email:** comms@jic.ac.uk
- **Website:** www.jic.ac.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE CHARITY&#x27;S OBJECT IS THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY WORLD-WIDE BY UNDERTAKING RESEARCH AND DISSEMINATING THE RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH, AND TRAINING RESEARCH SCIENTISTS.

**Activities:** An independent, international Centre of excellence in plant science and microbiology.  The Centre&#x27;s mission is:- To generate knowledge of plants and microbes through innovative research- To apply it&#x27;s knowledge of nature&#x27;s diversity to benefit agriculture, the environment, human health and well-being- To train scientists for the future- To engage with policy makers and the public




## Classification

- **How:** Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- **What:** Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
- **Who:** Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- Norfolk





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **SIR THOMAS HUGHES-HALLETT** | Chair | Sept. 1, 2021 |
| Christopher Maw |  | July 21, 2022 |
| Dr James Daniel McCafferty |  | May 11, 2023 |
| Professor Jane Alison Langdale |  | May 9, 2024 |
| Professor Judith Patricia Armitage |  | Oct. 20, 2020 |
| Professor Julian Michael Hibberd |  | Feb. 14, 2024 |
| Professor Robert Andrew Field |  | May 8, 2025 |
| Sarah Sands |  | Oct. 17, 2024 |
| William Bruce Kendall |  | Feb. 14, 2024 |




