A LIFE FOR A CURE – RYAN BRESNAHAN’S MENINGITIS APPEAL

Registered charity 1179345 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To advance the education of the public & particularly amongst health professionals & scientists on the causes, prevention & treatment of meningitis by funding & promoting research in all aspects of those subjects, the useful results of those subjects to be published for public benefit. This Bristol charity operates on a voluntary basis & was founded as a legacy to Ryan Bresnahan who died at 16.

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Latest income
£25k
Latest spending
£9k
Registered
2018
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity had a net incoming resource surplus of £16,725.96 for the year ended 31 December 2024. Free reserves carried forward increased to £88,112.39. The financial statements are explicitly described as 'Unaudited'.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — a Life for a Cure (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£25k£9k
31/12/2023£13k£4k
31/12/2022£34k£9k
31/12/2021£4k£2k
31/12/2020£8k£3k

Common questions

Is A LIFE FOR A CURE – RYAN BRESNAHAN’S MENINGITIS APPEAL financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity had a net incoming resource surplus of £16,725.96 for the year ended 31 December 2024. Free reserves carried forward increased to £88,112.39. The financial statements are explicitly described as 'Unaudited'.

Who funds A LIFE FOR A CURE – RYAN BRESNAHAN’S MENINGITIS APPEAL?

Funders whose own accounts filings name A LIFE FOR A CURE – RYAN BRESNAHAN’S MENINGITIS APPEAL as a grant recipient include THE DWF FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE DWF FOUNDATIONFY2022£4k