ALZHEIMER'S RESEARCH UK
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-09 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-11-25
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£4M
+55.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£35M
+15.4% vs 2024
Employees
269
+10.2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-03-31
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- ALZHEIMER'S RESEARCH UK 2010-07-30 → present
- ALZHEIMER'S RESEARCH TRUST 1998-12-10 → 2010-07-30
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | £8,573,040 | £4,739,658 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £8,573,040 | £4,739,658 | |
| Cash | £2,290,395 | £3,567,297 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £38,444,614 | £48,818,075 | |
| Net assets | £30,746,590 | £35,486,248 | |
| Equity | £30,746,590 | £35,486,248 | |
| Average employees | 244 | 269 | |
| Wages | £10,192,885 | £11,349,864 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | 22.3% | 9.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 56.8% | 57.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.58x | 1.76x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Trustees are confident that the Group is a going concern, and that there are triggers and safeguards which can be deployed to ensure the future operation of the Group, if needed.”
Group structure
- ALZHEIMER'S RESEARCH UK · parent
- Alzheimer's Research Trading Limited 100%
- Alzheimer's Brain Bank UK 50%
Significant events
- “In 2024/25, the charity raised over £60 million for the first time in its history from supporters, with 250,000 people supporting them, including 86,000 monthly donors.”
- “The first-ever Alzheimer's drugs were licensed in the UK, but their rejection for use on the NHS leaves thousands without access to potentially life-changing treatments.”
- “In 2024/25, research funded by Alzheimer's Research UK resulted in more than 530 scientific publications.”
- “Two new modifiable risk factors for dementia (uncorrected vision loss and high cholesterol) were reported by The Lancet, bringing the total to 14.”
- “Regional fundraising efforts in 2024/25 raised an impressive £3.9m, a 28% increase on the prior year.”
- “The Omaze partnership raised an extraordinary £3.9m through the Scotland House Draw, contributing to a total of £8m raised by Omaze to end the heartbreak of dementia.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
13 active · 36 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DUNN, Philip | Secretary | 2018-04-27 | — | — |
| CHATAWAY, Jeremy Simon, Professor | Director | 2025-01-06 | Feb 1965 | British |
| DENNISON, Giles Thomas Peter | Director | 2017-04-26 | Feb 1970 | British |
| ELLIOTT, Catherine Lucy, Dr | Director | 2024-01-15 | Mar 1968 | British |
| FARNSWORTH, Amanda Jane | Director | 2022-01-04 | Sep 1963 | British |
| GRINGRAS, Clive | Director | 2024-01-15 | May 1971 | British |
| JEFFREY, Hilary Claire | Director | 2025-01-01 | Mar 1964 | British |
| LOVETT, Adrian John | Director | 2024-01-15 | Nov 1969 | English |
| MANEK, Divya Chadha | Director | 2022-01-04 | Jul 1985 | British |
| MCKERNAN, Ruth, Dr | Director | 2018-04-25 | Mar 1958 | British |
| PATTERSON, Gavin Echlin | Director | 2025-01-01 | Sep 1967 | British |
| SANGA, Kulchetan Singh | Director | 2025-01-01 | Jan 1986 | British |
| SPRUCE, David | Director | 2025-01-01 | Feb 1969 | British |
Show 36 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BESTER, Helen | Secretary | 2011-12-08 | 2018-04-27 |
| WOOD, Rebecca Ann | Secretary | 1998-12-10 | 2011-12-08 |
| ABRAMSON, Frank Barry | Director | 2004-06-08 | 2010-06-30 |
| ABRAMSON, Frank Barry | Director | 2003-04-15 | 2003-10-29 |
| ANTILL, Nicholas Paul | Director | 2015-01-28 | 2025-02-12 |
| BARRATT, Eric George | Director | 1998-12-10 | 1999-07-30 |
| BARRY, Stephen Jeffrey | Director | 1999-08-16 | 2004-06-08 |
| BATTERSBY, John Patrick | Director | 2007-12-12 | 2014-10-23 |
| BELL, Richard Capel | Director | 2001-01-10 | 2014-09-25 |
| CARTER, Christopher | Director | 2015-12-09 | 2024-02-14 |
| CHATAWAY, Jeremy Simon, Professor | Director | 2024-01-15 | 2025-12-05 |
| CLARK, Sheila Helen Lyon | Director | 2001-01-10 | 2011-12-07 |
| COOPER, Michael John | Director | 2014-05-20 | 2025-02-12 |
| CRAMER, Shirley | Director | 2022-11-01 | 2024-07-03 |
| CRAMER, Shirley Christine | Director | 2014-05-20 | 2022-05-25 |
| EVENETT, Rupert William, Dr | Director | 2014-05-20 | 2024-07-03 |
| FAWCETT, James William, Professor | Director | 2008-06-25 | 2018-06-26 |
| HOWARD, Rob John, Professor | Director | 2018-04-25 | 2023-07-12 |
| LANTOS, Peter Laszlo, Professor Emeritus | Director | 2002-02-06 | 2014-09-17 |
| LEIGHTON, Robert Smith | Director | 2001-01-10 | 2014-09-17 |
| LIEBERMAN, Alexander Robert, Professor | Director | 1998-12-10 | 2009-02-11 |
| MARSHALL, Fiona Hamilton, Dr | Director | 2014-05-20 | 2018-05-01 |
| MAYHEW, David | Director | 2012-07-03 | 2023-01-31 |
| MORGAN, Janet Enid | Director | 1998-12-10 | 2002-04-16 |
| PATTINSON, Helen Jane | Director | 2011-10-18 | 2015-12-09 |
| POLLOCK, Joseph | Director | 1998-12-10 | 2001-07-01 |
| SHORT, John Richard | Director | 1998-12-10 | 2007-12-11 |
| SOFRONIEW, Patricia Eva | Director | 1998-12-10 | 2000-06-12 |
| SWANN, Kathryn Elizabeth | Director | 2022-09-30 | 2023-05-03 |
| TANNER, Jo | Director | 2011-12-07 | 2015-04-29 |
| THOMPSON, Anthony John | Director | 2006-10-17 | 2016-06-22 |
| TILBE, Alison | Director | 2010-12-08 | 2015-12-09 |
| TOWNSLEY CBE, Barry | Director | 2015-04-29 | 2018-01-25 |
| VAN DEN BRUL, Caroline | Director | 2017-04-26 | 2025-03-04 |
| WATNEY, John Adrian | Director | 2004-02-03 | 2012-07-03 |
| WEALE, Martin Robert | Director | 1998-12-10 | 2008-04-24 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 165 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-03-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-07-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
+55.8%
£2,290,395 £3,567,297
-
Net assets
+15.4%
£30,746,590 £35,486,248
-
Employees
+10.2%
244 269
-
Operating profit
-44.7%
£8,573,040 £4,739,658
-
Wages
+11.4%
£10,192,885 £11,349,864
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers