Finance Score: -1

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 7

Poor Liquidity: -1
Large legacies income: +1
Strong growth: +2
Fundraising costs high: -3

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Overall weighted support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 15

ALZHEIMER'S RESEARCH UK

Alzheimer's Research UK is the UK's leading dementia research charity. We believe in the power of research to defeat dementia. We fund pioneering studies that will make a difference to people's lives and we're committed to increasing funds for the next breakthrough. We are energising a movement to support and take part in research and to empower people through greater understanding of dementia.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
This charity has received considerable income from legacies in recent years
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
Fundraising costs are high relative to funds raised

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit £k	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/24		£56,875	£49,696	£7,179	£15,021	£30,747	£20,444	4.9	244	1,700
31/03/23		£50,014	£42,635	£7,379	£13,604	£19,758	£18,031	5.1	228	1,000
31/03/22		£42,187	£44,901	£-2,714	£12,762	£15,821	£12,900	3.4	205	600
31/03/21		£39,245	£31,238	£8,007	£9,805	£17,821	£11,514	4.4	205	600
31/03/20?		£40,826	£39,771	£1,056	£13,787	£7,085	£4,490	1.4	191	600
31/03/18?		£18,220	£21,899	£-3,678	£6,330	£4,183	£3,599	2	130	0
31/08/17		£30,457	£26,560	£3,897	£8,858	£8,489	£7,994	3.6	107	0
31/08/16		£22,014	£24,453	£-2,439	£6,514	£3,804	£3,246	1.6	93	0
31/08/15		£17,752	£17,832	£-80	£5,216	£2,797	£2,636	1.8	73	0
31/08/14		£14,233	£13,520	£713	£3,731	£2,895	£2,858	2.5	56	0
31/08/13		£11,037	£10,960	£78	£2,859	£1,570	£1,416	1.6	48	0
31/08/12		£9,123	£9,232	£-109	£2,793	£1,072	£290	0.4	36	0
31/08/11		£8,196	£8,187	£9	£2,696	£783	£-40	-0.1	29	0
31/08/10	*	£6,507	£6,997	£-490	£2,432	£756	£470	0.8	24	0
31/08/09		£5,565	£5,429	£136	£1,397	£1,211	£927	2	18	0
31/08/08		£4,570	£5,026	£-456	£906	£1,097	£564	1.3	10	0
31/08/07		£5,567	£4,597	£970	£943	£1,600	£1,128	2.9	10	0
31/08/06		£3,158	£4,403	£-1,245	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/05	*	£2,542	£4,140	£-1,598	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/04		£2,333	£3,141	£-808	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 27.3%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 30.4%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 6%
Highest pay band: £150,000-£200,000
Liabilities/Assets: 57%
Liabilities/Income: 71%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 66%
Reserves/Spending: 4.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 0.1

Asset Split ?

Balance Sheet History

Established: 25 years

www.alzheimersresearchuk.org

enquiries@alzheimersresearchuk.org

03001115333

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

General Charitable Purposes
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Outpatient support services

How it operates

Makes grants to organisations
Provides advocacy/advice/information

Where it operates

Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

Masonic Trust	£90,453
Garfield Weston Foundation	£80,000
The Shears Foundation	£25,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The Shears Foundation - Alzheimer's Research UK
£10,000	22/01/2024	Detecting amyloid in action
The Shears Foundation - Alzheimer's Research UK
£10,000	31/10/2022	Detecting amyloid in action
Masonic Trust - MCF Medical Research
£90,453	21/02/2022	A grant to fund 1 PhD studentships to conduct research into Alzheimer's Disease
The Shears Foundation - Alzheimer's Research UK
£5,000	22/07/2021	Detecting amyloid in action
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£80,000	09/07/2021 36	Early Career Researchers
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - Accelerating Dementia Pathway Technologies (ADEPT)
£187,900	01/04/2019	Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projectsref=105837
Masonic Trust - MCF Medical Research
£200,000	23/05/2018	A grant to fund 2 PhD studentships to conduct research into Alzheimer's Disease

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How is it governed?

Trustees (11)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 39-70

ADRIAN JOHN LOVETT Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Charity Chief Executive

AMANDA JANE FARNSWORTH Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired

CAROLINE VAN DEN BRUL Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Management Consultant/Trainer

CLIVE GRINGRAS Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Lawyer

DIVYA CHADHA MANEK Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Senior Vice President

DR CATHERINE LUCY ELLIOTT Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Director Of Research

DR RUTH MCKERNAN Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Scientist

GILES DENNISON Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Solicitor

MICHAEL COOPER Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Worldwide Ceo, Phd Media

NICHOLAS ANTILL Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Financial Consultant

PROF JEREMY SIMON CHATAWAY Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Professor Of Neurology

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 19/08/1999, number: 1077089
Registered at Companies House on 10/12/1998, number: 03681291

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Event History

13/01/2021 - Asset transfer in from MR G B GARNHAM'S SETTLEMENT FOR CHARITIES
27/08/2024 - Asset transfer in from PEI YING CHINESE SCHOOL ASSOCIATION

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR10: 31 days late, AR05: 312 days late,

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from MR G B GARNHAM'S SETTLEMENT FOR CHARITIES on 13/01/2021
Asset transfer in from PEI YING CHINESE SCHOOL ASSOCIATION on 27/08/2024

Main office

Alzheimers Research UK
Unit 3-4
3 Riverside
Granta Park
Great Abington
CAMBRIDG

Objectives

A) TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE HEALTH OF THE PUBLIC BY PROMOTING OR ASSISTING THE PROMOTION OF RESEARCH INTO THE CAUSAL MECHANISMS OF NEURO-DEGENERATIVE DISEASES WITH THE AIM OF TREATING OR PREVENTING ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE, DEMENTIA AND OTHER CONDITIONS HAVING A SIMILAR OR RELATED CAUSE AND TO DISSEMINATE THE RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH; AND B) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC INTO THE SYMPTOMS, CAUSES AND TREATMENT OF DEMENTIA AND OTHER CONDITIONS HAVING A SIMILAR OR RELATED CAUSE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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