The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 13th September 2026

Institute of Medical Ethics

Registered charity 261876 Registered since 1971

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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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.

5.8y median 4y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

12.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (12)

Portfolio (3)

13
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 15The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 15Disability 2

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Professional services 15Health and social care 2Arts and leisure 1

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.
2020
2021
2022
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2024
incomespending£331k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitehttp://www.ime-uk.org
Emailcontact@ime-uk.org
Phone01925967637
AddressSuite 10, Westway House, 42-44 Bridge Street, NEWTON-LE-WILLOWS, Merseyside, WA12 9QT

Finances

£330,668 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£252,507£178,453
2021£388,432£155,410
2022£260,009£281,804
2023£325,128£252,327
2024£330,668£291,521

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Human ResourcesProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE EDUCATION OF MEDICAL PRACTITIONERSAND MEDICAL STUDENTS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM IN THE IMPARTIAL UNDERSTANDINGAND PRACTICE OF MEDICAL AND HEALTHCARE ETHICS AND LAW AND IN THE INTEGRATION OF THESEDISCIPLINES INTO CLINICAL PRACTICE.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 21/07/1970AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 30/10/1974AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 19/12/1977AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 25/05/2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 12/09/2012AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 14 OCT 2016

Trustees (15)

15trustees
52median age
2aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Institute of Medical Ethics · 00985158 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 21/07/1970

4 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (3)

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