ADOLESCENT HEALTH STUDY

Registered charity 1213337 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as Project Youth

The Adolescent Health Study (AHS) is an ambitious initiative to establish a prospective, longitudinal population study that will generate a globally leading open science data platform and research resource. AHS aims to recruit at least 100,000 young people aged eight to 18 years from across the UK and to follow their mental and physical health and wellbeing over at least 10 years.

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ('OBJECTS') ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO ADVANCE HEALTH AND WELLBEING FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY COLLECTING AND PROVIDING DATA (ACCESSIBLE THROUGH A SECURE ENVIRONMENT) AND ENABLING HIGH QUALITY CHARITABLE RESEARCH (INCLUDING THE PUBLICATION OF THE RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH) TO SUPPORT UNDERSTANDING OF THE FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE HEALTH AND WELLBEING IN CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS AND HOW HEALTH AND WELLBEING IN CHILDHOOD AND EARLY ADULTHOOD INFLUENCES LATER LIFE OUTCOMES; AND TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF POLICIES AND INTERVENTIONS TO IMPROVE OUTCOMES ACROSS THE LIFE COURSE.

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 FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity received total income of £1,417,851, primarily from UKRI restricted funding, against total expenditure of £1,422,442, resulting in a net deficit for the year. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted funds stood at £3,246 while restricted funds were in deficit by £2,111, though the trustees consider a reserves policy unnecessary at this time. The going concern basis is supported by core funding secured for the full 12-year study period.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by AAB Audit & Accountancy Limited. 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Professor Cathie Sudlow — Executive Director (source)
• Dr Hazel Phillips — Chief Operating Officer (source)
• Professor Esther van Sluijs — Chief Scientific Officer (source)
• Albert King — Chief Information Technology Officer (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Funders the charity credits

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

• UK Research and Innovation Infrastructure Fund — “We are an independent charity organisation funded by the UK Research and Innovation Infrastructure Fund through the Medical Research Council…” (source page)
• Medical Research Council — “We are an independent charity organisation funded by the UK Research and Innovation Infrastructure Fund through the Medical Research Council…” (source page)

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Professor Nicholas John Warehamchair
• Dr Russell Mardon Viner
• Dr Timothy Charles Peakman · trustee of 1 other charity
• Eileen Maria Milner
• Fiona Patricia Reddington · trustee of 1 other charity
• Nicola May Roche Perrin
• Professor Alison Macdonald Park
• Tara Katharine Camm · trustee of 1 other charity
• VIVIENNE MARY HUNT PARRY

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE WELL CENTRE.

• THE WELL CENTRE income £112k
• THE FOUNDATION FOR PROFESSIONALS IN SERVICES FOR ADOLESCENCE income £216k
• GROWING RESILIENCE IN TEENS income £301k
• BROOK YOUNG PEOPLE income £15.8m
• THE ASSOCIATION FOR CHILD AND ADOLESCENT MENTAL HEALTH income £1.5m
• AIDS CARE EDUCATION AND TRAINING income £539k

Side by side with its peers

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