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The Sainsbury Laboratory

Registered charity 1065510, on the register since 5 November 1997. The 1,229th largest charity in England and Wales by income.

What it says it does

The principal activity of the charity is plant and plant disease research, with the aim of funding out how pests cause disease, and exploring how plants protect themsleves against these pathogens. The Laboratory also provides education and research training in the subject areas of the research programme.

In the charity's own words, as filed with the Charity Commission.

Its causes

Education/training

Where it works

It names no single council area: it works across England and Wales, or further.

Check it yourself

Its entry on the Charity Commission register · its own website

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