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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.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC AND PARTICULARLY AMONGST HEALTH PROFESSIONALS AND SCIENTISTS ON THE CAUSES, PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF MENINGITIS BY FUNDING AND PROMOTING RESEARCH IN ALL ASPECTS OF THOSE SUBJECTS, THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH TO BE PUBLISHED FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT.

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
£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.

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 — 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