01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC022353
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- UK and overseas
- Volunteers
- 0 volunteers
- Staff
- 109
- Postcode
- EH26 0PZ
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
We successfully develop strategies for the improved control and prevention of disease and help to reduce disease prevalence and incidence locally, nationally and worldwide. We work towards a greater understanding of disease pathogenesis, develop diagnostic tests and create novel vaccines. We work closely with farmers and vets and strive to improve animal health and wellbeing and support sustainable agriculture. Our research focuses on infections and diseases of livestock species, is multi-disciplinary, encompassing the spectrum from genomic and molecular analyses of pathogens, interactions between pathogens and their host species, through to whole animal or population studies. it is innovative, employing new technologies in concert with traditional skills. and important outcomes include improved livestock health and welfare, optimising productivity and efficiency, food security and safety, and reduced risk to humans from zoonotic disease.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of health
- the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
- the advancement of animal welfare
- any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes
Beneficiaries
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
The Company is established to undertake, promote and assist in promoting and undertaking experimental and other scientific research concerning the diseases of farm livestock and of other animals whose health affects that of farm livestock and other scientific research concerning animal disease which affects animal welfare, human health, the environment or otherwise is of public concern and to disseminate the results of such research and generally to promote agricultural, arboricultural and horticultural research and the dissemination of the results of such research.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £15,932,784 | £15,386,851 | 109 | 8 October 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £16,578,571 | £14,551,721 | 109 | 15 November 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £12,652,993 | £12,600,103 | 109 | 10 October 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £12,141,101 | £11,351,244 | 109 | 4 October 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £11,752,251 | £10,781,938 | 109 | 29 September 2021 |
Figures are those reported by the charity and supplied in the OSCR bulk download. Blank facts remain distinct from zero.
04 Contact record
Principal office or trustees address
- Address supplied to OSCR
- Pentlands Science Park, Bush Loan, Penicuik, Midlothian
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.moredun.org.uk
- Parent charity
- The Moredun Foundation · SC022515
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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