INVEST IN ME RESEARCH

Registered charity 1153730 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as IIME

IIMER PROMOTES BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH/EDUCATION/AWARENESS OF MYALGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS (ME). WE ORGANISE ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL ME CONFERENCES/RESEARCH COLLOQUIUMS; MARKET & PUBLISH EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL ON ME (DVDS, BROCHURES, GUIDELINES & JOURNALS); PUBLISH A FREE NEWSLETTER; INITIATED NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGNS FOR CROWDFUNDING/AWARENESS FOR ME; FUND BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INTO ME.

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

Latest income
£121k
Latest spending
£252k
Registered
2013
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity operates entirely on volunteer effort with no paid staff, resulting in administrative costs being kept to an absolute minimum. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains sufficient unrestricted reserves to meet ongoing research commitments and provide stability for future projects. The financial review indicates that resources are directed primarily toward biomedical research, education, and advocacy activities.

Automated summary of the FY2025 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.

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

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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
30/09/2025£121k£252k
30/09/2024£113k£132k
30/09/2023£65k£96k
30/09/2022£364k£21k
30/09/2021£162k£209k

Common questions

Is INVEST IN ME RESEARCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity operates entirely on volunteer effort with no paid staff, resulting in administrative costs being kept to an absolute minimum. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains sufficient unrestricted reserves to meet ongoing research commitments and provide stability for future projects. The financial review indicates that resources are directed primarily toward biomedical research, education, and advocacy activities. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund15/11/2018£10kME and me
The National Lottery Community Fund06/07/2016£10kSupporting the ME community

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE MYALGIC ENCEPHALOPATHY ASSOCIATION LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
INVEST IN ME RESEARCH£121k—0unclear—no doubt
THE MYALGIC ENCEPHALOPATHY ASSOCIATION LIMITED FY2025£895k—0unclear—no doubt
ACTION FOR ME FY2025£1.4m——within—material uncertainty
MY MITO MISSION FY2024£132k—0unclear—no doubt
MYOSITIS UK FY2025£140k—0unclear—no doubt
THE CIRCLE BRIGHTON LIMITED FY2025£176k—0unclear—no doubt

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