MEDICS 4 RARE DISEASES

Registered charity 1183996 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as M4RD, MEDICS 4 RARE DISEASES LTD, Medics for Rare Disease

Medics for Rare Disease is raising awareness of the relevance of rare disease to medical practice in order to relieve sickness of those living with rare diseases. This is achieved through events, learning resources, linking medical professionals with patients and advocates, competitions and creating/promoting other opportunities for medics in the field of rare diseases.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND PRESERVATION OF HEALTH OF THOSE SUFFERING FROM RARE DISEASES, THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, BY:(A) ADVANCING THE EDUCATION OF MEDICS, ASSOCIATED PROFESSIONALS AND THE PUBLIC IN RARE DISEASES, GENETIC AND GENOMIC MEDICINE(B) PROMOTING RESEARCH IN ALL AREAS RELATING TO RARE DISEASES, GENETIC AND GENOMIC MEDICINE AND PUBLISHING THE USEFUL RESULTS(C) PROMOTING IMPROVED CARE AND TREATMENT OF THOSE SUFFERING FROM RARE DISEASES.

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net expenditure of £81,719 for the year, resulting in total funds decreasing from £113,210 to £31,491. The trustees' reserves policy targets three months of unrestricted expenditure, and the current unrestricted reserves of £15,260 are below this target. The accounts state there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue.

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 5 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Medics for Rare Disease (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Emma Macleod
• Harriet Gordon-Brown
• Professor Russell Hearn
• Sheela Upadhyaya

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

Operates in: Australia · Canada · Ghana · Ireland · Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales · United States

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with RAREMINDS CIO.

• RAREMINDS CIO income £397k
• CAMBRIDGE RARE DISEASE NETWORK income £143k
• FESTIVAL MEDICAL SERVICES income £661k
• MEDICAL AID FILMS LIMITED income £84k
• CANCER 52 income £363k
• MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION income £3.7m

Side by side with its peers

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