THE GOLDEN HELIX FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1152876 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The objectives of the charity are to advance education in the area of genome and personalised medicine by promoting the development of research and the transfer and communication of knowledge from researchers and scientists in the wider scientific community through collaborative projects and conferences in the field of pharmacogenomics and personalised medicine.

Objects

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN THE AREA OF GENOME AND PERSONALISED MEDICINE BY PROMOTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF RESEARCH AND THE TRANSFER AND COMMUNICATION OF KNOWLEDGE FROM RESEARCHERS AND SCIENTISTS IN THE WIDER SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY THROUGH COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS AND CONFERENCES IN THE FIELD OF PHARMACOGENOMICS AND PERSONALISED MEDICINE.

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) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £30,861 for the year ended 31 December 2024, reversing a previous deficit. Free reserves at year-end stood at £26,713, which the trustees consider adequate to meet the charity's objectives and continue as a going concern. The charity had no employees during the year and relied on donations and legacies for its incoming resources.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 08331746

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.

• PATRINOU, Aikaterini — director, appointed 02/01/2024on trustee list
• BAKER, Darrol Joseph, Dr — director, appointed 08/05/2013on trustee list
• MITROPOULOU, Christina — director, appointed 14/12/2012on trustee list
• PATRINOS, Georgios — director, appointed 14/12/2012on trustee list

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

• Aikaterini Patrinou
• CHRISTINA MITROPOULOU
• DR DARROL JOSEPH BAKER
• Prof. Dr. GEORGIOS PATRINOS

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

Operates in: Belgium · France · Greece · Slovenia · Spain · United Arab Emirates

Income and spending

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