twˈɛnti ʌv fˈoːɹhˈʌndɹɪd fˈɪfti stˈæf, ænd tˈɛn pɚ sˈɛnt ʌv ɪts pˈaʊnd wˈʌnhˈʌndɹɪd twˈɛnti mˈɪliən ˈænjuːəl ɹᵻsˈɜːtʃ bˈʌdʒɪt, wʌz fˈʌndᵻd baɪ ðə hˈaɪɚɹ ˌɛdʒuːkˈeɪʃən fˈʌndɪŋ kˈaʊnsəl fɔːɹ ˈɪŋɡlənd.
Twenty of 450 staff, and 10 per cent of its £120 million annual research budget, was funded by the Higher Education Funding Council for England.