UK GOVERNMENT AI UNIVERSE: THE ALAN TURING INSTITUTE

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As written in the research. Data as of 28 October 2026 (edition 2.1).
official nameThe Alan Turing Institute
short labelThe Turing
govuk categorynot a GOV.UK category. A registered charity and company; "the UK's national centre for data science and artificial intelligence" (GOV.UK, January 2026), funded mainly by government through UKRI/EPSRC. GOV.UK has no organisation page for it.
govuk urlnone (own site https://www.turing.ac.uk/)
headquartersBritish Library, London NW1 2DB; lat 51.529987, lng -0.126989 (sources: turing.ac.uk/about-us; Turing vacancy page 88; api.postcodes.io/postcodes/NW12DB). Registered office (Companies House) not checked.
parent (as of 2026-10-28)not a sponsored body. Core funding from government via UKRI/EPSRC ("bringing its total funding to £100 million", Spring Budget March 2024). The then Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology wrote to it in July 2025 setting conditions. Since July 2026 research funding sits with BIST and AI strategy with the Cabinet Office; which department now holds the relationship is not stated on any page opened.
previous parent / parent changedDSIT relationship until July 2026 (machinery of government fact sheet).
headChief Executive: Dr George Williamson CMG (reported start May 2026). Chair: none named on any page opened; new Chair advertised (closing 27 July 2026); Dr Doug Gurr left in spring 2026.
blurbThe national institute for data science and AI, told by the government in July 2025 to concentrate on defence, national security and sovereign capabilities.
website still shows old brandingyes, in part: https://www.turing.ac.uk/about-us/governance still names Howard Covington as Chair and Sir Adrian Smith as Chief Executive (both long gone)

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1Shown as gaps, never filled in by guesswork. Supplement 1 (the second pass) closed some; they are listed below.

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