Northwick Park Institute for Medical Research T/A the Griffin Institute

Registered charity 1129348 Registered since 2009

Operates: Brent, Harrow

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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.

4 trustees on the board

2.8y median 2y

average tenure

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

10.3y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Portfolio (1)

Hugo Edward William Robinson since 2020

company-linked trustees

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

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 4General Charitable Purposes 1

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

Business services 13Professional services 7Hospitality 5

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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.

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

incomespending£1.6m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

0.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 22.4 in 2021

19 from 22 in 2021

EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

The Clothworkers' Foundation 1 shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Tynedale Hospice AT Home Similar size; both Health
The British Orthodontic Society Similar size; both Health
Warren House Group AT Dartington Similar size; both Health
Home-Start Cymru for Families Similar size; both Health
Choimel Dalim Similar size; both Health

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.griffininstitute.org.uk
Email	info@griffininstitute.org.uk
Phone	02039580500
Address	NORTHWICK PARK HOSPITAL, WATFORD ROAD, HARROW, HA1 3UJ

Finances

£1,609,884 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£1,583,359	£3,029,076
2022	£2,405,034	£3,233,142
2023	£2,845,064	£4,082,546
2024	£2,198,185	£3,059,518
2025	£1,609,884	£2,130,776

What it does

What

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Sponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF THE HEALTH OF THE PUBLIC BY THE PROMOTION OF MEDICAL RESEARCH INTO AND EDUCATION IN AREAS OF MEDICAL SCIENCE AND THE PUBLICATION OF THE USEFUL RESULTS THEREOF.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 19 JANUARY 2009 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION 21 JANUARY 2009 AND 18 MARCH 2010 as amended on 18 Jul 2018 as amended on 18 Jul 2018 as amended on 28 Jun 2019

Trustees (4)

4trustees

61median age

0aged 70+

Richard Atienza-Hawkes Chair since 2024
Annemari Merilainen-Ottridgeage band 60-64 since 2025
Dr Deborah Spencerage band 60-64 since 2024
Hugo Edward William Robinsonage band 50-54 since 2020

Linked company (Companies House)

Northwick Park Institute for Medical Research · 03445616 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 07/10/1997

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

The Clothworkers' Foundation 1 shared trustee

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