Registered charity · Newcastle upon Tyne
Global Variome
- 3 trustees
- Income £0 (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
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
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Other Charitable Purposes
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Argentina, Australia, Austria and more
- Website
- www.humanvariomeproject.org/about/legal-structure.html (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2017
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£0£15k
- 2024£2k£3k
- 2023£4k£8k
Earlier years
- 2022£40k£28k
- 2021£6k£1k
Charitable objects
THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH AND THE SAVING OF LIVES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:1) DECREASING THE BURDEN OF DISEASE AND IMPROVING DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT, AND SURVEILLANCE FOR THOSE SUFFERING FROM DISEASES WITH A GENETIC COMPONENT IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD BY ADVANCING THE AVAILABILITY OF AND ACCESSIBILITY TO GENOMIC VARIANT INFORMATION TO BOTH EXPERTS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC. 2) PROMOTING THE RESPONSIBLE COLLECTION, CURATION, INTERPRETATION, AND SHARING OF GENOMIC VARIANT INFORMATION BY RESEARCHERS, CLINICIANS, MEDICAL SCIENTISTS, NATIONAL HEALTH SYSTEMS, INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS AND THE PUBLIC AND CONTRIBUTING TO THE ALLEVIATION OF HUMAN SUFFERING.3) CARRYING OUT RESEARCH IN FURTHERANCE OF THE PURPOSE, THE USEFUL RESULTS OF WHICH WILL BE PUBLISHED FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.
Board analysis for researchers
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 trustees on the board
- Professor Sir John Burn Chair since 2016
- DR Garry Cutting since 2016
- Professor Ingrid Winship since 2016
Trustees past 6 years
- Professor Sir John Burn Chair since 2016
- DR Garry Cutting since 2016
- Professor Ingrid Winship since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (2)
- DR Garry Cutting since 2016
- Professor Ingrid Winship since 2016
Portfolio (1)
- Professor Sir John Burn Chair since 2016
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
- Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves
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
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1174248
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 08 JUL 2016AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 09 MAR 2017AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 02 AUG 2017
- Contact on the register
- 01912418794 · info@variome.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th 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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