Registered charity (CIO) · London
Cure EB (Formerly Known AS Sohana Research Fund)
- 7 trustees
- Income £4.9m (2024)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 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, Disability
- Where
- France, Spain, United States, Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.cure-eb.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2014
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2024£4.9m£1.4m
- 2023£731k£1.6m
- 2022£1.0m£1.1m
Earlier years
- 2021£1.6m£859k
- 2020£797k£760k
Income trend, 2020 to 2024.
Charitable objects
FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, (A) THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH AND (B) THE RELIEF AND ASSISTANCE OF PEOPLE IN NEED WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY MAKING GRANTS: (1) TO FUND MEDICAL RESEARCH AND/OR CLINICAL TRIALS ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD FOR THE PURPOSE OF DISCOVERING, DEVELOPING AND DELIVERING TREATMENTS FOR EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA; AND (2) TO FUND THE TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA. NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO FOR THE PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005 OR SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008.
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.
7 trustees on the board
- Duncan Wales since 2017
- James Douglas Collins since 2014
- Michael Georges DE Lathauwer since 2014
- Professor David Kelsell since 2014
- Rachel Lesiter since 2022
- Sharmila Vijayanthi Nikapota since 2014
- Tazim Hall since 2014
Trustees past 6 years
- Duncan Wales since 2017
- James Douglas Collins since 2014
- Michael Georges DE Lathauwer since 2014
- Professor David Kelsell since 2014
- Sharmila Vijayanthi Nikapota since 2014
- Tazim Hall since 2014
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Duncan Wales since 2017
- James Douglas Collins since 2014
- Michael Georges DE Lathauwer since 2014
- Professor David Kelsell since 2014
- Rachel Lesiter since 2022
- Sharmila Vijayanthi Nikapota since 2014
- Tazim Hall since 2014
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
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
- 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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
2.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 28.8 in 2020
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1158672
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION REGISTERED 25 SEP 2014AMENDED ON 20 MAR 2018AMENDED ON 21 MAR 2018
- Contact on the register
- 02034058433 · contact@cure-eb.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 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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