Metabolic Support

Registered charity 1089588 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHILDREN LIVING WITH INHERITED METABOLIC DISEASES, CLIMB, METABOLIC SUPPORT UK, THE NATIONAL INFORMATION CENTRE FOR METABOLIC DISEASES · also registered in Scotland as SC044634 (OSCR)

Provide Metabolic disease information, support and services to our service users that meet their immediate specific need, to undertake educational services, lobby on their behalf and research disease specific information to satisfy medium term needs and to support world class research into metabolic diseases to meet the long term needs. We operate worldwide.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£482k
Latest spending
£406k
Registered
2001
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that Metabolic Support UK held unrestricted reserves of £539,177 at year-end, which the trustees consider to be in line with their policy of maintaining nine to twelve months of running costs. The charity reported a surplus of £76,302 for the year, driven by increased fundraising income and a successful insight service, while noting that assets are liquid and adequate to meet future obligations.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: nine to twelve months’ expenditure (held: £539k)
“It is the policy of the charity that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to between nine and twelve months’ expenditure.” — page 20
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Metabolic Support (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£482k£406k
31/03/2024£228k£374k
31/03/2023£272k£287k
31/03/2022£254k£227k
31/03/2021£489k£400k

Common questions

Is Metabolic Support financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that Metabolic Support UK held unrestricted reserves of £539,177 at year-end, which the trustees consider to be in line with their policy of maintaining nine to twelve months of running costs. The charity reported a surplus of £76,302 for the year, driven by increased fundraising income and a successful insight service, while noting that assets are liquid and adequate to meet future obligations. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund07/02/2024£350kSupporting Rare Disease Communities

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ASSOCIATION FOR GLYCOGEN STORAGE DISEASE (UK) LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
Metabolic Support£482k——above—no doubt
ASSOCIATION FOR GLYCOGEN STORAGE DISEASE (UK) LIMITED FY2024£174k—0unclear—no doubt
Liver UK FY2025£2.5m£107,1872within24.0%no doubt
THE WILLIAM HARVEY RESEARCH FOUNDATION FY2025£2.4m—0unclear—no doubt
MY MITO MISSION FY2024£132k—0unclear—no doubt
UK BIOBANK LIMITED FY2025£68.9m£270,001 - £280,000—within—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.