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ACTION MEDICAL RESEARCH

Company no. 00549089 · PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
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ACTION MEDICAL RESEARCH is an active 71-year-old company, with accounts filed and up to date and no outstanding charges or mortgages registered. No adverse signals found on the public record.

Risk indicatorsNo adverse signals found
Active on the Companies House register
Accounts filed and up to date
No outstanding charges or mortgages registered
Established — 71+ years on the register

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Company details
Established 10+ years
StatusActive
Company number00549089
TypePRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Incorporated12 May 1955 · 71 yrs
Registered office5th Floor 167-169 Great Portland Street, London, W1W 5PF
Nature of business72190 - Other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering
Next accounts due30 Sep 2027
Confirmation statement due22 Mar 2027

Contact

Contact from the Charity Commission (official public register).

Charity Commission

Charity number
208701
Charity status
Registered
Registered charity since
12 Dec 1962
Charity type
Charitable company
Latest income
£7,822,810 · year to 31 Dec 2025
Latest expenditure
£9,297,461

What ACTION MEDICAL RESEARCH does

Action Medical Research is a charity whose objects are to promote medical research into the prevention, management and cure of disabling diseases and conditions. We are a UK-wide charity saving and changing children's lives through medical research. We fund a broad range of cutting-edge medical research most likely to deliver real benefit to babies, children and young people.

Charitable objects and activities as declared by the charity to the Charity Commission for England and Wales.

Charity income & expenditure

Financial year endingIncomeExpenditureNet
31 Dec 2025 £7,822,810 £9,297,461 −£1,474,651
31 Dec 2024 £8,180,759 £8,633,019 −£452,260
31 Dec 2023 £7,986,085 £7,974,454 £11,631
31 Dec 2022 £6,112,701 £7,224,790 −£1,112,089
31 Dec 2021 £4,452,453 £5,342,427 −£889,974

Figures as filed in the charity's annual returns to the Charity Commission — last 5 reported years. Net is income less expenditure; a negative figure means the charity spent more than it received that year.

Trustees (8)

Luke George Batchelor BordewichChair
Trustee · appointed 5 Jan 2015
Bhavin Patel
Trustee · appointed 1 Jan 2025
CLARE JOANNA ELIZABETH FERGUSON
Trustee · appointed 20 Jul 2023
Karen Ann Last
Trustee · appointed 13 Nov 2019
Professor David Edwards
Trustee · appointed 19 Jan 2016
Professor Stephanie Schorge
Trustee · appointed 1 Oct 2022
Richard Duncan Wild
Trustee · appointed 15 Nov 2017
Richard Jonathan Stoneham-Buck
Trustee · appointed 24 Apr 2019

Trustees as recorded on the Charity Commission register. For a charitable company the trustees are normally also its Companies House directors, so this list and the Directors & officers list below should broadly agree — a large discrepancy is worth asking about.

Directors & officers

NJIE, Kabba
Secretary · appointed 22 Apr 2020
BORDEWICH, Luke George Batchelor
Director · appointed 5 Jan 2015 · British
EDWARDS, Anthony David
Director · appointed 19 Jan 2016 · British
FERGUSON, Clare Joanna Elizabeth
Director · appointed 20 Jul 2023 · British
LAST, Karen Ann
Director · appointed 13 Nov 2019 · British
PATEL, Bhavin
Director · appointed 1 Jan 2025 · British
SCHORGE, Stephanie, Professor
Director · appointed 1 Oct 2022 · British,American
STONEHAM-BUCK, Richard Jonathan
Director · appointed 24 Apr 2019 · British
WILD, Richard Duncan
Director · appointed 15 Nov 2017 · British

Ownership & control (PSC)

Statement filed — no individual PSC named
Persons with significant control statement
Filing status
AccountsUp to date
Last accounts made up to31 Dec 2025
Next accounts due30 Sep 2027
Confirmation statementUp to date
Last statement8 Mar 2026
Next statement due22 Mar 2027
Accounts typeFull accounts

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