LAP RESEARCH

Registered charity 1130523 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Support research, education and public awareness into/of disease of the liver, pancreas and biliary tree

Objects

A) TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND PROMOTE GOOD HEALTH AMONGST PEOPLE WITH LIVER, PANCREATIC AND BILIARY DISORDERS; AND B) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN LIVER, PANCREATIC AND BILIARYDISORDERS:IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROMOTING THE STUDY, RESEARCH AND KNOWLEDGE OF ALLASPECTS OF LIVER, PANCREATIC AND BILIARY DISORDERS BY THE FUNDING OF RESEARCH AND THEPRESENTATION OF THE RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS

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

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Latest income
£230k
Latest spending
£263k
Registered
2009
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net outgoing resource of £140,992 for the year ended 30 November 2024, a significant shift from the previous year's surplus. Despite this deficit, the charity holds unrestricted net assets of £347,911, which the trustees consider adequate to support activities and meet short-term needs. The charity has no staff, pension obligations, or fixed assets, holding all net assets in bank accounts.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £348k)
“The trustees also keep sufficient reserves to meet the next three months funding of expenses” — page 4
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — LAP Research (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/11/2025£230k£263k
30/11/2024£156k£296k
30/11/2023£100k£72k
30/11/2022£52k£70k
30/11/2021£17k£2k

Common questions

Is LAP RESEARCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net outgoing resource of £140,992 for the year ended 30 November 2024, a significant shift from the previous year's surplus. Despite this deficit, the charity holds unrestricted net assets of £347,911, which the trustees consider adequate to support activities and meet short-term needs. The charity has no staff, pension obligations, or fixed assets, holding all net assets in bank accounts. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds LAP RESEARCH?

Funders whose own accounts filings name LAP RESEARCH as a grant recipient include THE SIMON GIBSON CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE SIMON GIBSON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£5k
THE SIMON GIBSON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£5k