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OUR Future Health
OUR Future Health is a registered charity (number 1189681) based in London, governed by 12 trustees and chaired by Professor Sir John Irving Bell since 2019. Latest income £98m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.
Also known as OFH (Charity Commission)
- 12 trustees
- Income £98m (2025)
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Who leads it
- Professor Sir John Irving BellChair · since 2019
- Adrian Nevil HennahTrustee · since 2022
- Ciaran Martin CBTrustee · since 2022
- Dr Glenn WellsTrustee · since 2024
- Dr Timothy Charles PeakmanTrustee · since 2020
- John DeanfieldTrustee · since 2023
- Kemal Zulfiqar MalikTrustee · since 2022
- Mary-Jane CalamTrustee · since 2022
- Peter Alan ChambreTrustee · since 2022
- Professor Sir Harpal Singh KumarTrustee · since 2019
- Richard George SextonTrustee · since 2022
- Sally OsmanTrustee · since 2022
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
- Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
- Website
- ourfuturehealth.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- OUR Future Health
- Registered
- 2020
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£98m£111m
- 2024£80m£85m
- 2023£27m£36m
Earlier years
- 2022£65m£6.5m
- 2021£4.4m£4.4m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 55%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE RESTRICTED SPECIFICALLY ONLY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO PRESERVE AND ADVANCE HUMAN HEALTH AND ADVANCE EDUCATION IN PARTICULAR BY ENGAGING IN, ENCOURAGING AND SUPPORTING:2.1.1 INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE SEPARATE AND COMBINED EFFECTS OF GENETIC, ENVIRONMENTAL (INCLUDING LIFESTYLE, PHYSIOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURES) AND OTHER FACTORS ON HUMAN HEALTH AND WELFARE AND ON THE RISK, EARLY DETECTION AND CAUSATION OF DISEASES IN THE HUMAN POPULATION;2.1.2 THE ESTABLISHMENT, HOLDING, OPERATION, MANAGEMENT, PROMOTION, SUPPORT, EXPANSION, IMPROVEMENT AND SAFEGUARDING OF A COLLECTION OF BIOMEDICAL, BIOCHEMICAL, EPIDEMIOLOGICAL, GENETIC AND OTHER DATA AND BLOOD AND OTHER BIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL SAMPLES OBTAINED AND DEVELOPED THROUGH, FOR THE PURPOSE OF AND/OR IN CONNECTION WITH SOME OR ALL OF THE INVESTIGATIONS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 2.1.1 AND PERTAINING TO A COHORT OF HUMAN PARTICIPANTS, FOR USE IN A RESEARCH, KNOWLEDGE AND INFORMATION RESOURCE;2.1.3 THE DISCOVERY, INVENTION, IMPROVEMENT, DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION OF TREATMENTS, CURES, DIAGNOSTICS AND OTHER MEDICINAL AGENTS, METHODS AND PROCESSES THAT MAY IN ANY WAY RELIEVE ILLNESS, DISEASE, DISABILITY OR DISORDERS OF WHATEVER NATURE IN HUMANS;2.1.4 RESEARCH INTO BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCES AND OTHER DISCIPLINES WHICH MAYCONTRIBUTE TO THE IMPROVEMENT OF HUMAN HEALTH AND WELFARE ('BIOSCIENCES');AND2.1.5 THE STUDY AND UNDERSTANDING OF ANY OF THE BIOSCIENCES.NOTHING IN THESE ARTICLES SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CHARITY FOR 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.
Grants received
2 grants · £116,160,199 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · £116,160,199 (2 grants)
Most recent
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
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.
12 trustees on the board
- Professor Sir John Irving Bell Chair since 2019
- Adrian Nevil Hennah since 2022
- Ciaran Martin CB since 2022
- Dr Glenn Wells since 2024
- Dr Timothy Charles Peakman since 2020
- John Deanfield since 2023
- Kemal Zulfiqar Malik since 2022
- Mary-Jane Calam since 2022
- Peter Alan Chambre since 2022
- Professor Sir Harpal Singh Kumar since 2019
- Richard George Sexton since 2022
- Sally Osman since 2022
Trustees past 6 years
- Professor Sir John Irving Bell Chair since 2019
- Dr Timothy Charles Peakman since 2020
- Professor Sir Harpal Singh Kumar since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Professor Sir John Irving Bell Chair since 2019
- Adrian Nevil Hennah since 2022
- Ciaran Martin CB since 2022
- Dr Glenn Wells since 2024
- Kemal Zulfiqar Malik since 2022
- Peter Alan Chambre since 2022
- Professor Sir Harpal Singh Kumar since 2019
- Richard George Sexton since 2022
Portfolio (4)
- Dr Timothy Charles Peakman since 2020
- John Deanfield since 2023
- Mary-Jane Calam since 2022
- Sally Osman since 2022
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.
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
1.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 0.1 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1189681
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 17 SEP 2019 as amended on 09 Dec 2020 as amended on 22 Dec 2021
- Companies House
- Company number 12212468 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02045291688 · info@ourfuturehealth.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 18th October 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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