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Registered charity · London

Medical Research Foundation

to promote medical and associated research anywhere in the world and in particular to support research, training, public engagement and dissemination of knowledge with the aim of improving human health.

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £3.7m (2025)
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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
Throughout England And Wales, The Gambia, Scotland, Northern Ireland and more
Website
www.medicalresearchfoundation.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Medical Research Foundation
Registered
2010

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£3.7m£11m
  • 2024£4.8m£9.1m
  • 2023£5.1m£8.7m
Earlier years
  • 2022£5.7m£9.6m
  • 2021£3.3m£4.1m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2024: Government grants 27%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

to promote medical and associated research anywhere in the world and in particular to support research, training, public engagement and dissemination of knowledge with the aim of improving human health.

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.

3.3y median 4y
average tenure
5y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
7.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (1)

7
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 9Arts/culture/heritage/science 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.

Health and social care 9Business services 1Education 1

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£3.7m 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.

10.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 27.0 in 2021

34 from 23 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.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1138223
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 06 SEP 2010AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 03 MAY 2016 as amended on 27 Nov 2019 as amended on 23 Mar 2021 as amended on 25 Jan 2024
Companies House
Company number 07366816 · Active
Contact on the register
020 4581 2400 · contact@medicalresearchfoundation.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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