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Research Charities That specialise in Medical research

Discover 220 Research charities that specialise in medical research. Use the search below to filter within these results.

220
Charities
£3,871,727,922
Total Income
£3,346,351
Avg Income
100.0%
Program Ratio

Major UK charities curated by Charity Finder for size, recognition, and registry coverage. Click through for full profiles, financials, and trustees.

Association Of Physicians Of Great Britain And Ireland

Arts, Research

Arranging an Annual Meeting at which the highest quality scientific research in medical practice is presented and discussed. To promote medical research within UK and Ireland. To promote medical research and education internationally. To produce jointly a scientific journal, the Quarterly Journal of Medicine.

Latest Income: £260,311
Areas of Operation: Ireland
Status: Registered
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Meniere's & Vestibular UK

Charity and VCS support, Research

The Society supports endeavours in developing knowledge, awareness and understanding of Meniere's disease and related vestibular (inner ear) disorders. It provides information to sufferers and through fundraising provides funds for research into causes and treatment.

Latest Income: £250,762
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The British Association Of Head And Neck Oncologists

Health, Research

Research sponsorship. Provides advice and information relevant to the management of patients with head and neck cancer and the provision of healthcare services to improve the management of patients with head and neck cancer.Runs an academic meeting to further knowledge about the disease processes and management of patients with head and neck cancer.

Latest Income: £240,448
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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Action On Pre-Eclampsia

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Research

- supporting women who have been diagnosed with or are at risk of pre-eclampsia, and their families by helpline, information and facilitated access to medical experts. - support of health professionals in diagnosing & treating pre-eclampsia by providing meetings,study days and guidelines - promotion of research priorities into pre-eclampsia and campaigning for increased awareness

Latest Income: £230,736
Areas of Operation: Scotland
Status: Registered
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Tofs

Arts, Beneficiary group, Research

Disseminating information to our membership via leaflets, our TOF Book, periodic newsletters, social media and website. Running conferences and other gatherings where patients and their families can learn about the condition, its causes, treatment and ongoing management. Provision of pastoral support. Liaising and collaborating, where appropriate, with medical professionals and researchers.

Latest Income: £222,536
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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The Vandervell Foundation

Charitable activities, Economic and community development, Research

Awards grants to institutions, primarily in the fields of education, social welfare, medical care and research, environmental regeneration and the performing arts.

Latest Income: £221,517
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Behcet's UK

Research

The Object of the charity is to relieve the distress of persons suffering from Behcet's Disease by:- promoting the study of the cause and treatment of the disease and allied conditions; gathering and publishing information useful to sufferers and the general public; co-operating with the medical,allied professions and other societies with similar aims; providing financial assistance to suffers.

Latest Income: £219,338
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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Kidneys For Life

Charity and VCS support, Research

Relief of renal related illnesses and the funding of research and education in renal disease, transplantation and allied fields together with the provision of direct patient amenities

Latest Income: £217,665
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The Sir Richard Stapley Educational Trust

Research

We consider grant applications from UK-based students of any nationality who are: a) graduates with a 1st or 2.1 Bachelor's degree with honours, or a higher degree; b) studying for a degree in medicine, dentistry or veterinary medicine taken as a second degree, or for a higher degree or postgraduate certificate or diploma in any subject; c) already resident in the UK when applying.

Latest Income: £216,282
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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Brain Tumour Research Campaign

Arts, Charitable activities, Health, Research

TO PROMOTE NEUROLOGICAL AND MEDICAL RESEARCH AND PUBLISH THE RESULTS THEREOF TO THE PUBLIC BYSEMINARS, PRESS ARTICLES AND MEDICAL JOURNALS.

Latest Income: £211,260
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Sindh Doctors Association (uk)

Arts, Economic and community development, Education, Research

1.Voluntary work for the relief of human suffering and human illness by offering free medical/ financial help to in Sindh.2. To promote and facilitate medical education, research, publications at Sindh.4. To encourage primary education in rural areas by offering financial donations.5. To cooperate, federate and encourage Sindhi Doctors promote the honourable cause of this association.

Latest Income: £206,323
Areas of Operation: Pakistan
Status: Registered
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Fibromyalgia Action UK

Health, Research

THE CHARITY PROVIDES INFORMATION AND SUPPORT TO PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM FIBROMYALGIA IN THE UK. IT ALSO RAISES AWARENESS OF THE CONDITION AMONGST MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS AND PROMOTES RESEARCH.

Latest Income: £204,749
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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Rheumatology Discretionary Fund Ucl Charity

Education, Research

We seek to improve the outlook for patients with musculorskeletal diseases, especially those with autoimmune rheumatic conditions. The charity is mainly involved in supporting research into the disease, both clinical and experimental at University College London. It also helps to provide educational opportunities for those doing the research.

Latest Income: £158,607
Areas of Operation: London
Status: Registered
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Northcott Devon Medical Foundation

Charitable activities, Research

The provision of grants to support medical research carried on in the county of Devon.

Latest Income: £147,096
Areas of Operation: Devon
Status: Registered
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Lions International Blood Research Appeal

Education, Health, Research

To assist the haematology staff at Kings College Hospital with the provision of much needed laboratory equipment, particulary in the areas of Sickle Cell Disease and Thalassaemia.

Latest Income: £133,929
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Cotton Textiles Research Trust

Research

Founded for the benefit of workers in the British Textile Industry the charity's work includes the promotion of medical research into the prevention, treatment and cure of ailments and diseases to which such workers are especially liable.

Latest Income: £124,921
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The Norman Collisson Foundation

Health, Research

The general promotion, advancement and encouragement of surgical and medical science, together with medical studies and research.

Latest Income: £121,363
Areas of Operation: Oxfordshire
Status: Registered
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The Anscombe Bioethics Centre

Charitable activities, Religion, Research

A Roman Catholic academic institute that engages with the moral questions arising in clinical practice and biomedical research. The Centre engages in scholarly dialogue. It contributes to public policy debates and to debates and consultations within the Church. It runs educational programmes for, and gives advice to, Catholics and other interested healthcare professionals & biomedical scientists.

Latest Income: £120,518
Areas of Operation: Ireland
Status: Registered
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Association Of Stoma Care Nurses UK

Health, Professions, Research

ASCN UK (2013) provides an educational forum for nurses delivering specialist health-care to individuals with a Colorectal / Urological stoma. This is delivered through an Annual Conference, Project Working Groups, Study Days and Web- Page which supports sharing clinical expertise and development of evidence-based practice.Educational grants are available for support with education and research.

Latest Income: £120,459
Areas of Operation: Scotland
Status: Registered
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T F C Frost Charitable Trust

Education, Health, Research

Gives grants and fellowships for research into eye disease through recognised University and Hospital research departments.

Latest Income: £117,983
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Whipps Cross University Hospital Medical Education And Research Trust

Education, Health, Research

The primary object of the charity is to encourage assist and extend the academic and research activities of all members of the medical, dental and allied professions practising within the area administered by Whipps Cross University Hospital.

Latest Income: £115,931
Areas of Operation: Redbridge
Status: Registered
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The Bubble Foundation UK

Beneficiary group, Health, Research

The Bubble Foundation UK supports the work of the Childrens Bone Marrow Transplant unit at The Great North Childrens Hospital in Newcastle upon Tyne.We treat children from the northern half of England, Scotland ,Northern Ireland and Eire who are born with severe Immunodeficiences. We provide medical & educational equipment,finance research, and support families during a prolonged stay in hospital.

Latest Income: £109,549
Areas of Operation: Newcastle Upon Tyne City
Status: Registered
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Laces Trust

Research

The advancement of education and the relief of sickness by promoting or providing for the benefit of the public study, research and instruction in ethics and other philosophical disciplines as a part of or as related to medicine and any subject ancillary thereto.

Latest Income: £105,227
Areas of Operation: Oxfordshire
Status: Registered
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The Co-Operative Clinical Cancer Therapy Trust Fund

Charitable activities, Health, Research

The Lymphoma Research Trust supports research into the treatment of lymphoma. It makes grants to medical researchers at the Lymphoma Trials Office who organise clinical trials to see which treatments are most effective.

Latest Income: £104,000
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The National Association For The Relief Of Paget's Disease

Research

The Paget's Association provides information and support to people whose lives are affected by all aspects of Paget's Disease of Bone and to educate health professionals. It works to raise the profile of the condition, and to raise awareness, both amongst members of the public and health professionals. It also supports and funds research into all aspects of Paget's Disease of Bone.

Latest Income: £101,189
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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Frequently asked questions about this sector

How many medical-research research charities are there in the UK?

There are 220 registered medical-research research charities on the Charity Commission for England and Wales register at the most recent refresh.

Which is the largest of the medical-research research charities by income?

Wellcome Trust is the largest by latest reported annual income (£569.5m). Notable peers are listed on this page; the full ranking is available by sorting the results by highest income.

What is the combined annual income of medical-research research charities?

Medical-research research charities reported a combined annual income of £3.9bn across their most recent filings with the Charity Commission.

What is a typical program ratio for medical-research research charities?

Across all medical-research research charities, the aggregate program ratio (charitable expenditure as a share of income) is 100.0%. Individual charity ratios vary widely — see each profile for a sector-band benchmark.

What is the average annual income of medical-research research charities?

Medical-research research charities have an average annual income of £3.3m. The distribution is heavily skewed: a small number of large charities account for most sector income, while the majority report under £100k a year.

Where does this data come from?

All figures are sourced from the Charity Commission for England and Wales public register, refreshed weekly. Derived metrics (program ratio, efficiency) are calculated by Charity Finder using the formulas documented on the data sources page.