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MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION
Profile
- Company number
- 07366816
- Status
- Active
- Incorporation
- 2010-09-06
- Last accounts made up
- 2025-03-31
- Account category
- FULL
- Primary SIC
- 86900
- Hubs
- UK Healthcare
Accounts
Pending extraction
Audit & accounting basis
From AI-extracted PDF accounts
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated (group)
- Auditor
- Crowe U.K. LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Trustees consider it appropriate to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements. Cash balances are healthy and there are net assets on the balance sheet of £61.0m (2024: £69.4m). The Foundation has sufficient assets to meet its liabilities as they fall due.”
Significant events
- “2024/25 marked the launch of our new five-year strategy - Giving hope through life-changing research.”
- “Committed a further £7.3m towards vital new medical research in 2024/25.”
- “Invested over £750,000 into eight new projects in neglected areas of mental health via Launchpad Grants.”
- “Invested a further £2 million in tackling the health impacts of climate change.”
- “Awarded four fellowships to mid-career researchers, investing a total of £1.2 million, to enhance the integration of AI into healthcare diagnostics.”
- “Made eleven Changing Policy and Practice Awards, representing an investment of more than £300,000.”
- “Progressed partnership with Advent, who raised £300,000 for child cancer pain and neglected mental health research.”
- “A sale contract for 15 Akenside Road, London NW3 5BT was exchanged in June 2025, with completion scheduled for January 2026.”
- “Due to increases in staffing, the Foundation will be exercising the lease break and moving to larger premises in 2025.”
Auditor / going-concern / subsidiary information is extracted from the PDF version of the latest annual accounts and is not tagged in iXBRL. About these numbers
People
10 active · 22 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BECK, Jonathan | Director | 2022-05-01 | Apr 1968 | British |
| COWARD, Richard John Mark, Professor | Director | 2022-04-01 | Jul 1967 | British |
| FAGAN, Mary Catherine | Director | 2025-04-01 | Apr 1957 | British |
| GALLAGHER, Kristen Lee | Director | 2021-06-01 | Dec 1971 | Irish,American |
| KINGORI, Patricia, Professor | Director | 2021-04-01 | Nov 1977 | British |
| MOSS, Paul, Professor | Director | 2023-05-01 | May 1961 | British |
| NEWPORT, Melanie Jane, Professor | Director | 2024-04-01 | Nov 1962 | British |
| SIMON, Susan, Doctor | Director | 2024-11-01 | Jun 1969 | German |
| SMYTH, Rosalind Louise, Professor | Director | 2022-04-01 | Sep 1958 | Irish |
| WALTERS, Richard Henry | Director | 2022-07-01 | Sep 1984 | British |
Show 22 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| TEMPLE SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2011-02-02 | 2017-07-24 |
| ALTMANN, Daniel Martin, Professor | Director | 2014-04-01 | 2023-03-31 |
| ANSARI, Louise | Director | 2013-07-01 | 2016-05-03 |
| BROOKS, Michael James | Director | 2010-09-06 | 2012-03-31 |
| COOPER, Cyrus Sarosh, Professor | Director | 2017-07-10 | 2018-01-21 |
| DELEW, Russell | Director | 2016-06-01 | 2021-05-31 |
| FARSIDES, Calliope Christina Samoulla, Professor | Director | 2015-04-01 | 2021-03-31 |
| HAINES, Andrew Paul, Professor, Sir | Director | 2014-04-01 | 2017-03-31 |
| HAITCHI, Hans Michael, Dr | Director | 2020-01-01 | 2022-12-31 |
| JOHNSTONE, Eve Cordelia, Professor | Director | 2010-09-06 | 2014-03-31 |
| LACKMANN, Richard Anton | Director | 2020-10-01 | 2022-03-31 |
| LEMOINE, Nicholas Robert, Professor | Director | 2010-09-06 | 2023-09-30 |
| PERRIN, Charles John | Director | 2010-09-06 | 2015-03-31 |
| RICHARDSON, Genevra Mercy, Professor | Director | 2010-09-06 | 2014-12-31 |
| SHERRATT, Lesley Rowena, Dr | Director | 2018-08-01 | 2021-07-31 |
| SMITH, Anthony David | Director | 2010-09-06 | 2013-06-25 |
| STONE, Alan Bernard, Dr | Director | 2010-09-06 | 2014-03-31 |
| VISSCHER, Stephen Hendrick | Director | 2012-04-01 | 2018-03-31 |
| WHYTE, Moira Katherine Brigid, Professor | Director | 2023-04-01 | 2025-06-30 |
| WHYTE, Moira Katherine Brigid, Professor | Director | 2018-07-01 | 2022-03-31 |
| WILKINSON, Susan Linda | Director | 2016-06-01 | 2025-05-31 |
| ZAHN, David | Director | 2015-01-01 | 2022-06-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 135 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-24 | AD01 | address | change registered office address company with date old address new address |
| 2025-09-23 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2025-07-04 | RP04AP01 | officers | second filing of director appointment with name |
| 2025-07-03 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2025-07-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2025-06-19 | CH01 | officers | change person director company with change date |
| 2025-06-11 | RP04AP01 | officers | second filing of director appointment with name |
| 2025-06-06 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2025-04-08 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2024-12-20 | CH01 | officers | change person director company with change date |
| 2024-11-05 | RP04AP01 | officers | second filing of director appointment with name |
| 2024-11-01 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2024-10-14 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2024-07-04 | RP04AP01 | officers | second filing of director appointment with name |
| 2024-06-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2024-04-03 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2024-02-02 | MA | incorporation | memorandum articles |
| 2024-02-02 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | resolution |
| 2023-11-13 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2023-10-17 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
Credit score
Altman Z″ — composite of working capital, retained earnings, EBIT, and leverage
Activity Score
Composite activity score · components 0–100 · reference 2026-05-10
41.7
COOL
/ 100
- Filings velocity 67
- Capital events 0
- Officer churn 50
- Headcount trajectory 50
- Accounts trajectory 50
- 8 filing(s) in last 12 months
- 0 appointed, 2 resigned (12mo)