THE MAX PERUTZ FUND

Registered charity 1129597 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Education/TrainingThe advancement of health or saving of lives

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

Latest income

£390k

Latest spending

£140k

Registered

2009

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £472,486 for the year ended 30 September 2025, driven by significant investment gains and increased donations. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds strong reserves and has sufficient resources to continue operations without needing to curtail activities due to inflation or market conditions.

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

What the accounts disclose

Fundraising cost ratio: 0.0% of fundraised income, as disclosed

“No expenditure was incurred on raising funds in 2025 (2024 - £ Nil).” — page 21

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: a minimum of two years’ operating and governance costs (held: £4.3m)

“The Fund has no specific target level of reserves or range of reserves however has concluded that a minimum of two years’ operating and governance costs should be retained as reserves.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Price Bailey LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 06876186

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

Royalty Pharma — “The annual Postdoc Prize for outstanding research was made possible by a generous donation from Royalty Pharma to support career development…” (source page)
AstraZeneca — “The Max Perutz Fund is grateful to AstraZeneca for providing funding for the lecture series.” (source page)

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.

RANDOW, Felix Armin, Dr — director, appointed 25/03/2025on trustee list
BRITTAIN, David John — director, appointed 21/11/2024on trustee list
LANCASTER, Madeline, Dr — director, appointed 25/04/2024on trustee list
BERTOLOTTI, Anne, Dr — director, appointed 05/11/2020on trustee list
LOWE, Jan, Dr — director, appointed 17/05/2018on trustee list
DE GRAMMONT, Elif — secretary, appointed 10/08/2026

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

David John Brittain
Dr Anne Bertolotti
Dr Felix Randow
Dr Jan Lowe
Dr Madeline Lancaster

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/09/2025	£390k	£140k
30/09/2024	£207k	£104k
30/09/2023	£333k	£180k
30/09/2022	£219k	£93k
30/09/2021	£343k	£54k

Common questions

Is THE MAX PERUTZ FUND financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £472,486 for the year ended 30 September 2025, driven by significant investment gains and increased donations. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds strong reserves and has sufficient resources to continue operations without needing to curtail activities due to inflation or market conditions. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Price Bailey LLP.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
DOUGLAS COMPTON JAMES CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£224k
BEAULAND LIMITED	1	£128k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with JAMES PERCY FOUNDATION.

JAMES PERCY FOUNDATION income £836k
UK NATIONAL PARKS CHARITY FOUNDATION income £193k
THE ROY BARD CHARITABLE FOUNDATION income £475k
MY FOUNDATION income £430k
THE STEPHEN PERSE FOUNDATION income £33.9m
NER FOUNDATION income £606k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE MAX PERUTZ FUND	£390k	—	0	unclear	0.0%	no doubt
JAMES PERCY FOUNDATION FY2024	£836k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
UK NATIONAL PARKS CHARITY FOUNDATION FY2025	£193k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ROY BARD CHARITABLE FOUNDATION FY2025	£475k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
MY FOUNDATION FY2025	£430k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE STEPHEN PERSE FOUNDATION FY2025	£33.9m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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