Registered charity · Rochdale
Royal Manchester Children's Hospital Genetics Trust (GEM Appeal)
Royal Manchester Children's Hospital Genetics Trust (GEM Appeal) is a registered charity (number 1040083) based in Rochdale, governed by 8 trustees and chaired by Karen Johnson. Latest income £43k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
Also known as The GEM Appeal (Charity Commission)
- 8 trustees
- Income £43k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- Where
- Bolton, Bury, Manchester City, Oldham and more
- Website
- www.gemappeal.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1994
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£43k£65k
- 2024£108k£90k
- 2023£49k£39k
Earlier years
- 2022£66k£102k
- 2021£70k£141k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE RELIEF OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM METABOLIC DISEASE AND THOSE AT RISK FROM METABOLIC DISEASE TO PROMOTE MEDICAL RESEARCH BY WAY OF GRANTS INTO THE CAUSES AND PREVENTION OF THE AFOREMENTIONED DISSEASES AND THE CARE AND RELIEF OF PERSONS WITH SUCH DISEASES PROVIDED THAT THE USEFUL RESULTS OF RESEARCH SHALL BE PUBLISHED
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
8 trustees on the board
Trustees past 6 years
- Katie Suzanne Duxbury since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
- Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1040083
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 08/08/1994AS AMENDED ON 13/06/2012
- Contact on the register
- 01706523257 · garry.whitworth@ntlworld.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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