Registered charity · West Sussex

The Novo Nordisk UK Research Foundation

9 trustees
Income £331k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does: Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Where: Scotland, Northern Ireland
Website: www.nnukrf.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered: 1996

Income and spending

YearIncomeSpending
2025£331k£169k
2024£387k£285k
2023£273k£322k

Earlier years

2022£272k£327k
2021£255k£222k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS GENERALLY IN THE UK AND IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT SO AS TO LIMIT THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING: 1) PROMOTING RESEARCH INTO THE CAUSES AND TREATMENT OF DIABETES MELLITUS AND PUBLISHING THE USEFUL RESULTS THEREOF; 2) THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF THE HEALTH OF THE PUBLIC BY EDUCATING THEM AND CONDUCTING RESEARCH INTO THE CAUSES AND PREVENTION OF DIABETES; 3) THE ADVANCEMENT AND PROMOTION OF EDUCATION IN THE TREATMENT OF DIABETES BY MEMBERS OF THE MEDICAL PROFESSION.

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.

9 trustees on the board

2.6y median 2y

average tenure

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Professor Shareen Forbes since 2019

5.3y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (1)

Hannah Beba since 2025

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 9The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 9

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Health and social care 1Other services 1

Gaps to watch

Narrow spread of causes across the board

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.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.

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2022

2023

2024

2025

incomespending£331k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details

Registered charity number: 1056410
Status: Registered
Governing document: TRUST DEED DATED 20 JUNE 1996 AS AMENDED BY DEEDS OF AMENDMENT DATED 18 OCTOBER 2000 AND 28 SEPTEMBER 2006
Contact on the register: 07808915925 · ukresearchfoundation@novonordisk.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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