UK BIOBANK LIMITED

Registered charity 1101332 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also registered in Scotland as SC039230 (OSCR)

To provide a major genetic resource to assist scientists with research into a variety of diseases and illnesses.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that free reserves increased to £7.9m, which is within the trustees' agreed policy target range of £5m to £10m. The charity reports a surplus for the year, driven by higher earned income from access fees and interest, while total income decreased by 10% due to the timing of grant recognition. The trustees confirm that sufficient funding is available to continue operations for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by BDO LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 04978912

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.

• WOOD, Anthony, Dr — director, appointed 01/12/2025on trustee list
• WILLIAMS, Ceri Louise, Dr — director, appointed 26/06/2025on trustee list
• MILLS, Melinda Catherine, Professor — director, appointed 01/06/2024on trustee list
• TAYLOR, Bernard John — director, appointed 01/01/2024on trustee list
• PERRIN, Nicola — director, appointed 01/06/2022on trustee list
• FERGUSON, Michael Anthony John, Professor Sir — director, appointed 01/06/2022on trustee list
• ROTHWELL, Nancy, Dame — director, appointed 17/09/2021on trustee list
• KAKKAR, Ajay Kumar, Professor Lord — director, appointed 01/01/2020on trustee list
• MARKHAM, Alexander Fred, Sir — director, appointed 24/03/2017not on trustee list
• SELLORS, Jonathan Michael Holmes — secretary, appointed 01/11/2007

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

7 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold); recorded price paid £2.5m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustpilot: UK Biobank scores 2.9/5 from 2 reviews (source) — reviews usually concern the charity’s shops or services, not its charitable performance.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~17.8 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (78% 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 (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Lord Ajay Kumar Kakkarchair · trustee of 4 other charities
• Bernard Taylor
• Dr Anthony Wood
• Dr Ceri Louise Williams
• Nicola Perrin
• PROFESSOR SIR ALEX MARKHAM · trustee of 1 other charity
• Professor Dame Nancy Jane Rothwell
• Professor Melinda Catherine Mills · trustee of 1 other charity
• Professor Sir Michael Ferguson

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

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Side by side with its peers

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