Registered charity (CIO) · High Wycombe
Medics 4 Rare Diseases
- 4 trustees
- Income £288k (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
- Where
- Australia, Canada, Ghana, Ireland and more
- Website
- www.m4rd.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2019
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2024£288k£268k
- 2023£260k£229k
- 2022£135k£133k
Earlier years
- 2021£101k£75k
- 2020£59k£40k
Income trend, 2020 to 2024.
Income source mix, 2024: Government contracts 12%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND PRESERVATION OF HEALTH OF THOSE SUFFERING FROM RARE DISEASES, THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, BY:(A) ADVANCING THE EDUCATION OF MEDICS, ASSOCIATED PROFESSIONALS AND THE PUBLIC IN RARE DISEASES, GENETIC AND GENOMIC MEDICINE(B) PROMOTING RESEARCH IN ALL AREAS RELATING TO RARE DISEASES, GENETIC AND GENOMIC MEDICINE AND PUBLISHING THE USEFUL RESULTS(C) PROMOTING IMPROVED CARE AND TREATMENT OF THOSE SUFFERING FROM RARE DISEASES.
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.
4 trustees on the board
- Emma Macleod since 2025
- Harriet Gordon-Brown since 2025
- Professor Russell Hearn since 2025
- Sheela Upadhyaya since 2025
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Emma Macleod since 2025
- Harriet Gordon-Brown since 2025
- Professor Russell Hearn since 2025
- Sheela Upadhyaya since 2025
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
- 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
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1183996
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION CONVERSIONDATED 11 JUL 2022
- Contact on the register
- 01453933025 · info@m4rd.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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