MYROVLYTIS TRUST

Registered charity 1122073 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q30287990 · also known as MYROVLYTIS TRUST LIMITED · filing overdue (register status)

Promote research into rare disorders and advance education of the public in medical and molecular genetics.

Objects

3.1 THE ADVANCEMENT AND PROMOTION OF RESEARCH INTO RARE DISORDERS IN ORDER TO BETTER UNDERSTAND, DIAGNOSE, PREVENT, CURE AND RELIEVE CONDITIONS (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE RARE GENETIC DISORDER BIRT-HOGG-DUB? SYNDROME AND THE RARE CANCER OSTEOSARCOMA) AND THE FREE DISSEMINATION OF THE RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH TO THE PUBLIC3.2 THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN MEDICAL AND MOLECULAR GENETICS3.3 TO ASSIST IN THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, TREATMENT AND CARE OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM RARE DISORDERS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO BIRT HOGG DUBE SYNDROME AND OSTEOSARCOMA, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF GRANTS, GOODS AND SERVICES

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE NATIONAL

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

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

Registered contact address: Barnet, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£594k
Latest spending
£900k
Registered
2007
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted funds have decreased to a deficit of £297,005 as of March 2024, following significant grant funding expenditures. The trustees report that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and have adopted the going concern basis. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and has no disclosed trading subsidiaries.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three to six months of operational costs (reserves figure: −£297k)
“The Trustees aim to maintain free reserves in unrestricted funds at a level which equates to approximately three to six months of operational costs.” — page 9
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Insolvency history (Companies House)

The charity’s company has insolvency history on the Companies House record (company status: liquidation).
creditors-voluntary-liquidation — 2025-07-23
Official Companies House insolvency record. Insolvency of a subsidiary does not mean the charity is insolvent.

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.

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£60,001–£70,000: 1)

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/09/2022

  • Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£60,001–£70,000: 1)
  • Has a trading subsidiary
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/09/2021

  • Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£60,001–£70,000: 1)
  • Has a trading subsidiary
  • Grant-making is its main activity

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 30/09/2020 (received 09/08/2021, 10 days after the 30/07/2021 due date).

1 further annual return is past its due date with no recorded received date (Charity Commission register).

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.

Corporate structure

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Myrovlytis Trust (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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2024)

Total income
£594k
Total spending
£900k
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
4

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (99% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Argentina · Australia · Austria · Bangladesh · Belgium · Bolivia · Brazil · Canada · China · Croatia · Denmark · Finland

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025——
31/03/2024£594k£900k
30/09/2022£342k£332k
30/09/2021£159k£145k
30/09/2020£323k£348k

Common questions

Is MYROVLYTIS TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted funds have decreased to a deficit of £297,005 as of March 2024, following significant grant funding expenditures. The trustees report that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and have adopted the going concern basis. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and has no disclosed trading subsidiaries. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE CAPRICORN FOUNDATION1£275k
THE EVELYN TRUST1£182k
H P CHARITABLE TRUST1£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MYOSITIS UK.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
MYROVLYTIS TRUST£594k—0unclear—no doubt
MYOSITIS UK FY2025£140k—0unclear—no doubt
THE MARY KINROSS CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£1.5m——unclear—no doubt
The Trust Foundation FY2025£2.5m—0unclear—no doubt
THE ANYA STURDY CHARITABLE TRUST FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH FY2025£70k—0unclear—no doubt
MYELOPATHY.ORG FY2025£93k—0above—no doubt

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