CCEW Charity Commission profile

FISHER MEMORIAL TRUST

Registered charity 313536 · organisation 313536

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status
Registered
Reporting status
Submission Received
Charity type
Other
Registered
22 June 1967
Removed
Not supplied
Financial period
1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025
Latest income
£5,614
Latest expenditure
£1,517
Gift Aid
No
Owns or uses land
No
In administration
No
Insolvent
No
CIO
No

Public contact address: 29 Merchiston Crescent, EDINBURGH, EH10 5AJ

Website recorded by the regulator: http://www.senns.uk/fisherweb.html (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

The Fisher Memorial Trust was set up to promote interest in the life and work of the great statistician, evolutionary biologist and geneticist, Sir Ronald Aylmer Fisher (1890-1962) and to maintain his scientific legacy by encouraging discussion of the scientific fields in which he was active.

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Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date
1 January 2025
Fin Period End Date
31 December 2025
Ar Cycle Reference
AR25
Reporting Due Date
31 October 2026
Date Annual Return Received
25 September 2026
Total Gross Income
£5,614
Total Gross Expenditure
£1,517
Fin Period Start Date
1 January 2024
Fin Period End Date
31 December 2024
Ar Cycle Reference
AR24
Reporting Due Date
31 October 2025
Date Annual Return Received
17 September 2025
Total Gross Income
£6,235
Total Gross Expenditure
£5,974
Fin Period Start Date
1 January 2023
Fin Period End Date
31 December 2023
Ar Cycle Reference
AR23
Reporting Due Date
31 October 2024
Date Annual Return Received
17 October 2024
Total Gross Income
£6,009
Total Gross Expenditure
£2,800
Fin Period Start Date
1 January 2022
Fin Period End Date
31 December 2022
Ar Cycle Reference
AR22
Reporting Due Date
31 October 2023
Date Annual Return Received
27 October 2023
Total Gross Income
£7,346
Total Gross Expenditure
£8,635
Fin Period Start Date
1 January 2021
Fin Period End Date
31 December 2021
Ar Cycle Reference
AR21
Reporting Due Date
31 October 2022
Date Annual Return Received
3 October 2022
Total Gross Income
£4,889
Total Gross Expenditure
£750

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Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type
Country
Geographic Area Description
Scotland
Parent Geographic Area Type
Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description
Europe
Welsh Ind
No
Geographic Area Type
Region
Geographic Area Description
Throughout England And Wales
Welsh Ind
No
Geographic Area Type
Country
Geographic Area Description
Northern Ireland
Parent Geographic Area Type
Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description
Europe
Welsh Ind
No

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Charity Classification

Classification Code
308
Classification Type
How
Classification Description
Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
Classification Code
102
Classification Type
What
Classification Description
Education/training
Classification Code
301
Classification Type
How
Classification Description
Makes Grants To Individuals
Classification Code
206
Classification Type
Who
Classification Description
Other Defined Groups

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Charity Event History

Charity Name
FISHER MEMORIAL TRUST
Charity Event Order
1
Event Type
Standard registration
Date Of Event
1967-06-22T00:00:00

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Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description
DECLARATION OF TRUST, DATED 10TH SEPTEMBER 1965
Charitable Objects
ARRANGING FOR THE PUBLIC READING OF A PAPER OR GIVING OF A LECTURE ON ANY SUBJECT OR FIELD OF SCIENCE OR LEARNING ASSOCIATED WITH THE NAME OF THE LATE SIR RONALD AYLMER FISHER NAMELY THE APPLICATION OF MATHEMATICS TO BIOLOGY SUCH READING OR LECTURE TO BE KNOWN AS THE FISHER MEMORIAL LECTURE AND TO BE GIVEN ANNUALLY OR AT SUCH INTERVALS AS THE COMMITTEE SHALL DECIDE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OR IN ANY OTHER PLACE OR COUNTRY AS THE COMMITTEE SHALL DECIDE. THE RESIDUE OF THE SAID INCOME REMAINING SHALL BE APPLIED TO FURTHER KNOWLEDGE AND RESEARCH IN ANY OF THE SAID FIELDS OF SCIENCE AND LEARNING AS THE COMMITTEE MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK PROPER.
Area Of Benefit
WORLDWIDE

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Charity Policy

Policy Name
Investment
Policy Name
Risk management
Policy Name
Conflicting interests