Vivensa Foundation
Registered charity 1140372 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE DUNHILL MEDICAL TRUST
The Charity's objectives are to advance the understanding of human health and the prevention or relief of sickness, disease, ill health and human suffering for those in need by reason of advancing age including, but not exclusively, by funding research and the innovative development of health and social care services and publishing and disseminating the useful results thereof.
Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Accommodation/housing · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity holds sufficient cash and liquid assets to cover future grant commitments, with the Trustees considering this a prudent management approach despite having no free reserves as defined by SORP. The charity operates on a going concern basis, supported by an investment portfolio valued at approximately £168.5 million and unrestricted income of £1.44 million for the year. The Trustees confirm that resources are adequate to meet liabilities and continue operations for at least twelve months from the date of authorization.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Accounts audited by Saffery LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Katy Saunders — Chief Executive (source)
- Professor Deborah Dunn-Walters FRSB FMedSci — Chair (source)
- Dr Sanjay Thakrar — Director (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
Funders the charity credits
Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£222k
Reserves (reported)
£161.6m
Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (100% 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: 15.4% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (13/10/2011) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Dominic William Jones
- Dr Martin Turner MAE
- Eren Osman
- Professor Bernard Conway
- Professor Carmel Majella Hughes
- Professor Deborah Kay Dunn-Walters · trustee of 1 other charity
- Professor Emma Louise Wolverson
- Professor Gillian Manthorpe CBE · trustee of 1 other charity
- Professor Rosemary Cecilia Gilroy
- Russell David Jones
- Thomas John Clark
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales
Income and spending
Common questions
Is Vivensa Foundation financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds sufficient cash and liquid assets to cover future grant commitments, with the Trustees considering this a prudent management approach despite having no free reserves as defined by SORP. The charity operates on a going concern basis, supported by an investment portfolio valued at approximately £168.5 million and unrestricted income of £1.44 million for the year. The Trustees confirm that resources are adequate to meet liabilities and continue operations for at least twelve months from the date of authorization. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Saffery LLP.
Who funds Vivensa Foundation?
Funders whose own accounts filings name Vivensa Foundation as a grant recipient include CENTRE FOR AGEING BETTER LIMITED.
Known funders
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Government & lottery funding
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