01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Overdue
- Charity type
- Charitable company
- Registered
- 7 August 1975
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Company number supplied
- 01214125
- Financial period
- 1 April 2023 – 31 March 2024
- Latest income
- £492,699
- Latest expenditure
- £457,289
- Gift Aid
- No
- Owns or uses land
- Yes
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- No
Public contact address: QUEEN ELIZABETH'S FOUNDATION FOR, DISABLED PEOPLE, LEATHERHEAD COURT, WOODLANDS ROAD, LEATHERHEAD, KT22 0BN
Website recorded by the regulator: www.meru.org.uk (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
The development and/or provision of innovative aids for the relief of children and young people with disabilities
03 Official extract
Charity Annual Return History
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2025
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2026
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2024
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2025
- Date Annual Return Received
- 15 January 2025
- Date Accounts Received
- 15 January 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £492,699
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £457,289
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2023
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2024
- Date Annual Return Received
- 29 January 2024
- Date Accounts Received
- 29 January 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £487,380
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £520,134
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2022
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2023
- Date Annual Return Received
- 24 January 2023
- Date Accounts Received
- 24 January 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £646,324
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £616,865
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2021
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2022
- Date Annual Return Received
- 14 January 2022
- Date Accounts Received
- 14 January 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £599,907
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £591,789
04 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Parta
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 15 January 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £492,699
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £457,289
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 9
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 29 January 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £487,380
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £520,134
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £1
- Income From Government Grants
- £7,766
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- Yes
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 5
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 24 January 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £646,324
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £616,865
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- Yes
- Charity Professional Fundraiser
- No
- Charity Commercial Participator
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- Yes
- Count Govt Grants
- £1
- Income From Government Grants
- £10,382
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 9
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2021
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2022
- Ar Received Date
- 14 January 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £599,907
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £591,789
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- Yes
- Charity Professional Fundraiser
- No
- Charity Commercial Participator
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- Yes
- Count Govt Grants
- £1
- Income From Government Grants
- £91,568
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 12
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR20
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2019
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2020
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2021
- Ar Received Date
- 28 January 2021
- Total Gross Income
- £601,490
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £629,820
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- Yes
- Charity Professional Fundraiser
- No
- Charity Commercial Participator
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- No
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 21
05 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Partb
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 24 January 2023
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 379388
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 256554
- Income Investments
- 0
- Income Other
- 10382
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 646324
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £30,830
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £586,035
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 616865
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 2470
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 280740
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 92126
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £152,000
- Assets Total Fixed
- 157981
- Assets Own Use
- 157981
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £268,480
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £371,590
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £54,871
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 371590
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £146,455
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 6091
- Funds Restricted
- 48780
- Funds Total
- 54871
- Count Employees
- 9
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2021
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2022
- Ar Received Date
- 14 January 2022
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 334170
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 174169
- Income Investments
- 0
- Income Other
- 91568
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 599907
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £25,023
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £566,766
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 591789
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 2280
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 188004
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 92286
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £0
- Assets Total Fixed
- 195940
- Assets Own Use
- 195940
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £272,651
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £443,180
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £25,411
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 386038
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 57142
- Assets Cash
- £158,281
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 1418
- Funds Restricted
- 23993
- Funds Total
- 25411
- Count Employees
- 8
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR20
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2019
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2020
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2021
- Ar Received Date
- 28 January 2021
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 336115
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 265375
- Income Investments
- 0
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 601490
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £83,308
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £546,512
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 629820
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 2280
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 187344
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 91579
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £0
- Assets Total Fixed
- 268166
- Assets Own Use
- 268166
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £192,058
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £442,931
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £17,293
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 385789
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 57142
- Assets Cash
- £22,026
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 12727
- Funds Restricted
- 4566
- Funds Total
- 17293
- Count Employees
- 8
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
06 Official extract
Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- West Sussex
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Surrey
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Kent
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Region
- Geographic Area Description
- Throughout London
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- East Sussex
- Welsh Ind
- No
07 Official extract
Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 104
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Disability
- Classification Code
- 306
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Services
- Classification Code
- 203
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- People With Disabilities
- Classification Code
- 201
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- Children/young People
08 Official extract
Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- MEDICAL ENGINEERING RESOURCE UNIT
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- Standard registration
- Date Of Event
- 1975-08-07T00:00:00
09 Official extract
Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 28TH MAY 1975 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 15 FEBRUARY 1984, 31 JANUARY 2002, 15TH DECEMBER 2003 AND 29 NOVEMBER 2005.AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 08/07/2015
- Charitable Objects
- THE DEVELOPMENT AND OR PROVISION OF INNOVATIVE AIDS FOR THE RELIEF OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
- Area Of Benefit
- NOT DEFINED
10 Official extract
Charity Other Names
- Charity Name Id
- 327645
- Charity Name Type
- Working name
- Charity Name
- MERU
11 Official extract
Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Volunteer management
- Policy Name
- Paying staff
- Policy Name
- Risk management
- Policy Name
- Complaints handling
- Policy Name
- Investment
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Policy Name
- Conflicting interests