OUR FUTURE HEALTH

Registered charity 1189681 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as EARLY DISEASE DETECTION RESEARCH PROJECT UK, EDDRP, EDDRP UK, OFH · also registered in Scotland as SC050917 (OSCR)

The advancement of health in the UK for the public benefit

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£97.9m

Latest spending

£110.9m

Registered

2020

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure loss of £12.9m for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in unrestricted reserves decreasing from £44.0m to £31.0m. Per the trustees' report, the organization maintains a strong surplus against its stated reserves policy target of three months of committed costs less committed revenues, supported by a healthy year-end cash position of £10.6m.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £340,001 - £350,000 — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median £130k)

“£340,001 - £350,000 1”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Employees paid over £60,000: 138

“Of the employees whose emoluments exceed £60,000, 138 (2024: 76) have retirement benefits accruing under defined contribution schemes.” — page 25

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Largest income source: Income from government grants (64% of income)

“Income from government grants 54,160,200”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: three months of committed costs less committed revenues (held: £31.0m)

“Our Future Health will maintain a target level of free reserves equivalent to at least three months of committed costs less committed revenues.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Trading subsidiary: Our Future Health Trading Ltd

“Our Future Health also has a wholly owned trading subsidiary which is limited by share capital. The trading subsidiary is called Our Future Health Trading Ltd (company number 12599493)”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Saffery LLP. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

Asthma + Lung UK — “Our charity funding partners help to fund, design, and deliver our programme. They are: Asthma + Lung UK” (source page)
Alnylam — “Our industry funding partners are: Alnylam” (source page)

UK research funding (UKRI Gateway to Research)

Trustpilot: ourfuturehealth.org.uk scores 1.5/5 from 234 reviews (source) — reviews usually concern the charity’s shops or services, not its charitable performance.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook (8,498 likes) · instagram (4,478 followers)

Advertised salaries (public job ads)

Roles this charity has advertised on CharityJob, matched on the exact employer name. A different source from the statutory pay bands above: these are asking salaries for vacancies, not what anyone was paid.

Director of Data Operations and Governance · Hybrid work in London EC1N 2LL
Senior Agile Coach · Hybrid work in London EC1N 2LL
Engineering Manager · Hybrid work in London
General Counsel · Hybrid work in London
Staff Software Engineer - Data Platforms · Hybrid work in London
Software Engineer - (Typescript & Node) · Hybrid work in London EC1N 2LL
Senior Data Engineer · Hybrid work in London
Senior Commercial Strategy & Insights Analyst · Hybrid work in London EC1N 2LL

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income

£97.9m

Total spending

£110.9m

Reserves (reported)

£10.5m

Employees

243

Reported reserves equal ~1.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (71% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Professor Sir John Irving Bellchair
Adrian Nevil Hennah
Ciaran Martin CB
Dr Glenn Wells
Dr Timothy Charles Peakman · trustee of 1 other charity
John Deanfield · trustee of 2 other charities
Kemal Zulfiqar Malik
MARY-JANE CALAM · trustee of 2 other charities
Peter Alan Chambre
Professor Sir Harpal Singh Kumar
Richard George Sexton
Sally Osman · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£97.9m	£110.9m
31/03/2024	£80.3m	£85.4m
31/03/2023	£26.5m	£35.7m
31/03/2022	£64.8m	£6.5m
31/03/2021	£4.4m	£4.4m

Common questions

Is OUR FUTURE HEALTH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure loss of £12.9m for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in unrestricted reserves decreasing from £44.0m to £31.0m. Per the trustees' report, the organization maintains a strong surplus against its stated reserves policy target of three months of committed costs less committed revenues, supported by a healthy year-end cash position of £10.6m. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Saffery LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of OUR FUTURE HEALTH earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £340,001 - £350,000 band, and 138 employees earned over £60,000.

Who funds OUR FUTURE HEALTH?

Funders whose own accounts filings name OUR FUTURE HEALTH as a grant recipient include BRITISH HEART FOUNDATION, Asthma and Lung UK.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
BRITISH HEART FOUNDATION	FY2025	£5.0m	Research
Asthma and Lung UK	FY2024	£90k	Non-Research grant

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
UK government	22/01/2024	£54.2m	Accelerating Detection of Disease Core Programme (1 April 2023 onwards)
UK government	22/01/2024	£62.0m	Accelerating Detection of Disease Core Programme (1 April 2023 onwards)

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE MOHN WESTLAKE FOUNDATION	1	£1.0m
THE HEALTH FOUNDATION	1	£496k
THE NUFFIELD FOUNDATION	1	£382k
THE PEARS FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£300k
BEIS MENACHEM CHABAD LUBAVITCH	1	£183k
JOHN ELLERMAN FOUNDATION	1	£150k
THE DULVERTON TRUST	1	£145k
Tinsley Charitable Trust	1	£40k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SUSTAINABILITY. HEALTH. ENVIRONMENT. DEVELOPMENT..

SUSTAINABILITY. HEALTH. ENVIRONMENT. DEVELOPMENT. income £2.8m
THE BRITISH FRIENDS OF ZICHRON MENACHEM income £152k
YOUR VOICE IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE income £1.2m
YAD VEACHISOMOCH L'CHAIM income £834k
FULL FACT income £2.9m
NEW FUTURES NEPAL LIMITED income £122k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
OUR FUTURE HEALTH	£97.9m	£340,001 - £350,000	138	unclear	—	no doubt
SUSTAINABILITY. HEALTH. ENVIRONMENT. DEVELOPMENT. FY2024	£2.8m	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE BRITISH FRIENDS OF ZICHRON MENACHEM FY2025	£152k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
YOUR VOICE IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE FY2025	£1.2m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
YAD VEACHISOMOCH L'CHAIM FY2025	£834k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
FULL FACT FY2024	£2.9m	—	—	within	—	no doubt

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