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The Kennedy Trust for Rheumatology Research

The Objects for which the Charity is established are to provide financial and other support, infrastructure and training in scientific and clinical research that enhances understanding of rheumatic disorders and related immune mediated conditions,...

  • 13 trustees
  • Income £11m (2025)
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About

What it does
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Scotland
Website
www.kennedytrust.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Kennedy Trust for Rheumatology Research
Registered
1970

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£11m£5.8m
  • 2024£11m£7.0m
  • 2023£8.9m£17m
Earlier years
  • 2022£8.7m£7.7m
  • 2021£11m£21m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

The Objects for which the Charity is established are to provide financial and other support, infrastructure and training in scientific and clinical research that enhances understanding of rheumatic disorders and related immune mediated conditions, as well as the application of this research for the benefit of patients.

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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.

4.5y median 5y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (11)

Portfolio (2)

13
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 13Education/training 2Disability 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.

Finance 28Professional services 21Health and social care 6

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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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£11.3m latest income · income exceeded spending 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.

120.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months

4 from 3 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
260059
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 13/10/1969AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 22/07/1971AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 16/07/1997AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 01/08/2000AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 10/03/2003AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 17/04/2007AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 14/07/2009AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 18/06/2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 03/07/2012AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 05/07/2012 as amended on 19 Aug 2020 as amended on 23 Mar 2026 as amended on 23 Mar 2026
Companies House
Company number 00963832 · Active
Contact on the register
02088341562 · enquiries@kennedytrust.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
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