MEDICAL AND LIFE SCIENCES RESEARCH FUND — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Previously excepted
Registered: 21 December 2010
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 6 April 2024 – 5 April 2025
Latest income: £64,734
Latest expenditure: £59,553
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: VENTURE CENTRE, UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK SCIENCE PARK, SIR WILLIAM LYONS ROAD, COVENTRY, WARWICKSHIRE, CV4 7EZ

Website recorded by the regulator: http://www.medicallifesciences.org.uk (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

The charity's objects are to advance education in the subjects of medicine and the life sciences by the provision of scholarships, allowances and grants to those working at or in collaboration with the University of Warwick and the promotion of research and the publication of its useful results and in such other ways as the trustees think fit.

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Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 6 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 5 April 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 5 February 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 30 January 2026
Date Accounts Received: 30 January 2026
Total Gross Income: £64,734
Total Gross Expenditure: £59,553

Fin Period Start Date: 6 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 5 April 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 5 February 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 24 December 2024
Date Accounts Received: 24 December 2024
Total Gross Income: £27,443
Total Gross Expenditure: £45,382

Fin Period Start Date: 6 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 5 April 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 5 February 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 7 October 2024
Date Accounts Received: 7 October 2024
Total Gross Income: £89,253
Total Gross Expenditure: £39,344

Fin Period Start Date: 6 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 5 April 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 5 February 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 1 February 2023
Date Accounts Received: 1 February 2023
Total Gross Income: £480,913
Total Gross Expenditure: £112,768

Fin Period Start Date: 6 April 2020
Fin Period End Date: 5 April 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 5 February 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 27 September 2021
Date Accounts Received: 27 September 2021
Total Gross Income: £500,606
Total Gross Expenditure: £94,068

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Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 6 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 5 April 2025
Ar Due Date: 5 February 2026
Ar Received Date: 30 January 2026
Total Gross Income: £64,734
Total Gross Expenditure: £59,553
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
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
Count Volunteers: 0

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 6 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 5 April 2024
Ar Due Date: 5 February 2025
Ar Received Date: 24 December 2024
Total Gross Income: £27,443
Total Gross Expenditure: £45,382
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
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
Count Volunteers: 0

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 6 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 5 April 2023
Ar Due Date: 5 February 2024
Ar Received Date: 7 October 2024
Total Gross Income: £89,253
Total Gross Expenditure: £39,344
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
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
Count Volunteers: 0

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 6 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 5 April 2022
Ar Due Date: 5 February 2023
Ar Received Date: 1 February 2023
Total Gross Income: £480,913
Total Gross Expenditure: £112,768
Charity Raises Funds From Public: No
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
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: 0

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 6 April 2020
Fin Period End Date: 5 April 2021
Ar Due Date: 5 February 2022
Ar Received Date: 27 September 2021
Total Gross Income: £500,606
Total Gross Expenditure: £94,068
Charity Raises Funds From Public: No
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
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: 0

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Charity Annual Return Partb

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 6 April 2020
Fin Period End Date: 5 April 2021
Ar Due Date: 5 February 2022
Ar Received Date: 27 September 2021
Income Donations And Legacies: 500606
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 0
Income Investments: 0
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 500606
Income Legacies: 20000
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £0
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £94,068
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 94068
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 0
Expenditure Support Costs: 1855
Expenditure Depreciation: 0
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £524,329
Assets Total Fixed: 0
Assets Own Use: 0
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £525,649
Assets Total Liabilities: £1,320
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £524,329
Creditors One Year Total Current: 1320
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £525,649
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 519518
Funds Restricted: 4811
Funds Total: 524329
Count Employees: 0
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

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Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Warwickshire
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Coventry City
Parent Geographic Area Type: Metropolitan Counties
Parent Geographic Area Description: West Midlands
Welsh Ind: No

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Charity Classification

Classification Code: 308
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Sponsors Or Undertakes Research

Classification Code: 103
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

Classification Code: 301
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Makes Grants To Individuals

Classification Code: 102
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Education/training

Classification Code: 302
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Makes Grants To Organisations

Classification Code: 207
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: The General Public/mankind

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Charity Event History

Charity Name: MEDICAL AND LIFE SCIENCES RESEARCH FUND
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Previously excepted registration
Date Of Event: 2010-12-21T00:00:00

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Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: TRUST DEED MADE 18 OCTOBER 2010 AS AMENDED BY DEED OF AMENDMENT 18 NOVEMBER 2010 as amended on 14 Feb 2022
Charitable Objects: TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN THE SUBJECTS OF MEDICINE AND THE LIFE SCIENCES BY:- THE PROVISION OF SCHOLARSHIPS, ALLOWANCES AND GRANTS TO THOSE WORKING AT OR IN COLLABORATION WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK- THE PROMOTION OF RESEARCH AND THE PUBLICATION OF ITS USEFUL RESULTSAND IN SUCH OTHER WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT
Area Of Benefit: UNDEFINED.

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures

Policy Name: Investing charity funds policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Policy Name: Social media policy and procedures

Policy Name: Bullying and harassment policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures