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wellcome trust

The charity supports the general public. Wellcome Trust is a registered charity whose purpose is education and training. It delivers its work by making grants to individuals. The charity is based in London and operates in England And Wales, Australia, and various other locations.


This page summarises publicly available information about the charity, including its activities, beneficiaries, and registration details, based on official records.

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Activities & Mission

Wellcome exists to improve health by helping great ideas to thrive.We support researchers, we take on big health challenges, we campaign for better science, and we help everyone get involved with science and health research. We are a politically and financially independent foundation.

Fundraising

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Financial Information

Latest Income
£569,497,051
Latest Expenditure
£1,626,627,348

Financial Efficiency

Program Ratio 255.2%
% of income going directly to charitable activities
Overall Efficiency 89.4%
% of expenditure going to programs (vs overhead)
Administrative Ratio 6.3%
Overhead (fundraising + governance) as % of total expenditure

Latest Financial Breakdown

Income Sources

Donations & Legacies £0
Charitable Activities £27,743,354
Other Trading £0
Investments £477,396,888
Other Income £64,356,809

Expenditure Categories

Charitable Expenditure £1,453,419,939
Raising Funds £96,600,000
Governance £6,266,352
Grants to Institutions £1,043,087,561
Other Expenditure £76,607,409

Financial Trend

Annual Returns

Financial YearIncomeExpenditureCharitable SpendingNet AssetsReservesStaff
2024£569,497,051£1,626,627,348£1,453,419,939£33,948,257,668£33,932,400,0002377 / 0
2023£541,832,807£1,660,834,674£1,490,289,026£33,458,248,218£33,441,200,0002314 / 0
2022£502,291,234£1,488,848,304£1,337,746,403£34,601,301,213£34,583,800,0002081 / 0
2021£410,257,213£1,365,367,666£1,179,071,909£36,260,562,070£36,240,784,1492065 / 0
2020£463,593,138£1,184,381,848£1,018,645,985£27,821,753,229£27,802,375,5711969 / 0

Staff column shows: Employees / Volunteers