THE CHRONIC DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1055375 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The CDRF, an independent medical research charity, funds a range of research programs that aim to discover the cause of common chronic diseases such as heart disease, arthritis, migraine, asthma, dementia. The CDRF runs many projects at the Department of Twin Research, St Thomas' Hospital. It is hoped the research will contribute to the development of future diagnostic tests and treatments.

Objects

(1) THE PROMOTION OF RESEARCH INTO THE CAUSES OF AND CURE FOR CHRONIC DISEASES INCLUDING (BUT WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING) COMMON DISEASES THAT HAVE A STRONG GENETIC INFLUENCE; (2) THE FURTHERANCE OF SUCH OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSE OR OBJECT OR PURPOSES OR OBJECTS AND IF MORE THAN ONE IN SUCH PROPORTIONS AND IN SUCH MANNER IN ALL RESPECTS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Get email alerts

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Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Conflicting interests
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 4 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 05/04/2017 (received 07/02/2018, 2 days after the 05/02/2018 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 05/04/2020)

Reported reserves equal ~4.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (98% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Transferred assets to another charity (17/12/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending