THE LISTER INSTITUTE OF PREVENTIVE MEDICINE

Registered charity 206271 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LISTER INSTITUTE

The charitable objectives of the Institute are to further understanding and progress in preventive medicine by promoting biomedical excellence in the UK and the Republic of Ireland through its support of the biological sciences and to ensure long-term public benefit through publication of the knowledge gained and, where appropriate, by encouraging its exploitation.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds total unrestricted reserves of £46M, with a liquid portfolio valued at £4.1M capable of covering two years of net future expenditure. The trustees and auditors confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. The charity reports a net surplus for the year, supported by positive investment returns.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 00034479

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• HILLSTON, Jane Elizabeth, Professor — director, appointed 12/09/2025on trustee list
• ROSSER, Anne, Professor — director, appointed 12/09/2025on trustee list
• HANIFFA, Muzlifah, Professor — director, appointed 13/09/2024on trustee list
• SMITHSON, Jennifer Michelle — director, appointed 30/01/2024on trustee list
• BLOW, Julian John, Professor — director, appointed 09/09/2022on trustee list
• SMYTH, Rosalind Louise, Professor — director, appointed 09/09/2022not on trustee list
• LEGG, Murray John — director, appointed 04/09/2020on trustee list
• MCMAHON, Stephen — director, appointed 06/09/2019on trustee list
• SHAW, Pamela Jean, Professor Dame — director, appointed 07/09/2018not on trustee list
• IREDALE, John Peter, Professor — director, appointed 08/09/2017on trustee list
• FITZGERALD, Rebecca Clare, Professor — director, appointed 04/09/2015on trustee list
• HIGGS, Douglas, Professor — director, appointed 09/09/2011on trustee list
• GUINNESS, Rory Michael Benjamin — director, appointed 18/06/1998on trustee list
• JEFFREYS, Alec John, Professor Sir — director, appointed 18/07/1995not on trustee list
• GOODLEY, Julie — secretary, appointed 05/01/2026

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~179.4 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (99% 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: 31.6% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• HONORABLE RORY MICHAEL BENJAMIN GUINNESS
• Jennifer Smithson
• PROFESSOR DOUGLAS HIGGS
• Professor Anne Rosser
• Professor Jane Hillston
• Professor John Julian Blow
• Professor Muzlifah Haniffa
• Professor Pamela Jean Shaw DBE
• Professor Rosalind Louise Smyth CBE · trustee of 2 other charities
• Professor Sir John Peter Iredale
• Professor Victoria Cowling
• Stephen McMahon
• murray john legg · trustee of 1 other charity

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

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

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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