UK Biobank Limited

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£76,327,574 latest income

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THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED ARE TO PROTECT, PRESERVE AND ADVANCE ALL OR ANY ASPECTS OF THE HEALTH AND WELFARE OF HUMAN BEINGS AND TO ADVANCE AND PROMOTE KNOWLEDGE AND EDUCATION BY ENGAGING IN, ENCOURAGING AND SUPPORTING: 1) INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE SEPARATE AND COMBINED EFFECTS OF GENETIC, ENVIRONMENTAL (INCLUDING LIFESTYLE, PHYSIOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURES) AND OTHER FACTORS ON HUMAN HEALTH AND WELFARE AND ON THE RISK AND CAUSATION OF DISEASES IN THE HUMAN POPULATION; (2) THE ESTABLISHMENT, HOLDING, OPERATION, MANAGEMENT, PROMOTION, SUPPORT, EXPANSION, IMPROVEMENT AND SAFEGUARDING OF A COLLECTION OF BIOMEDICAL, BIOCHEMICAL, EPIDEMIOLOGICAL, GENETIC AND OTHER DATA AND BLOOD AND OTHER BIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL SAMPLES OBTAINED AND DEVELOPED THROUGH, FOR THE PURPOSE OF AND/OR IN CONNECTION WITH SOME OR ALL OF THE INVESTIGATIONS REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH (1) AND PERTAINING TO A COHORT OF HUMAN PARTICIPANTS ("DATA AND SAMPLES"), FOR USE IN A RESEARCH, KNOWLEDGE AND INFORMATION RESOURCE PROVISIONALLY KNOWN AS THE UK BIOBANK ("THE RESOURCE");(3) RESEARCH INTO BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCES AND OTHER DISCIPLINES WHICH MAY CONTRIBUTE TO THE IMPROVEMENT OF HUMAN HEALTH AND WELFARE("THE BIOSCIENCES"); (4) THE DISCOVERY, INVENTION, IMPROVEMENT, DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION OF TREATMENTS, CURES, DIAGNOSTICS AND OTHER MEDICINAL AGENTS, METHODS AND PROCESSES THAT MAY IN ANY WAY RELIEVE ILLNESS, DISEASE, DISABILITY OR DISORDERS OF WHATEVER NATURE IN HUMAN BEINGS; AND (5) THE STUDY AND UNDERSTANDING OF ANY OF THE BIOSCIENCES.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 28/11/2003AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 17/12/2007AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 28/10/2015

Trustees (9)

• Lord Ajay Kumar Kakkarage 62 Chair since 2020
• Bernard Taylorage 69 since 2024
• Dr Anthony Woodage 60 since 2025
• Dr Ceri Louise Williamsage 40 since 2025
• Nicola Perrinage 52 since 2022
• Professor SIR Alex Markham since 2017
• Professor Dame Nancy Jane Rothwellage 70 since 2021
• Professor Melinda Catherine Millsage 56 since 2024
• Professor Sir Michael Fergusonage 69 since 2022

Linked company (Companies House)

UK Biobank Limited · 04978912 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 28/11/2003

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Connected charities (6)

• The Foulkes Foundation 1 shared trustee
• The Capricorn Foundation 1 shared trustee
• The Ramsbury Manor Foundation 1 shared trustee
• The Farmington Trust Limited 1 shared trustee
• Foundation for Science and Technology 1 shared trustee
• Nuffield College in the University of Oxford 1 shared trustee