Adelphi Genetics Forum

Registered charity 209258 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as EUGENICS SOCIETY, THE GALTON INSTITUTE

Learned Society. Membership organisation. Education. Medical/health/sickness. Relief of poverty. Overseas aid.

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

Latest income

£135k

Latest spending

£157k

Registered

1963

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £4,279,448, which exceeds its stated policy target of maintaining sufficient reserves to cover running costs from investment returns without relying on external fundraising. Despite a net movement in funds of (£227,322) driven by investment losses, the trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient reserves to ensure that it is able to meet its running costs from the return on its investments without relying on either subscriptions or external fund-raising (held: £4.3m)

“The Forum's policy is to maintain sufficient reserves to ensure that it is able to meet its running costs from the return on its investments without relying on either subscriptions or external fund-raising.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 00217533

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.

WYNN, Sarah, Dr — director, appointed 13/11/2024not on trustee list
LEVINSON, Ralph, Professor — director, appointed 13/11/2024not on trustee list
EKONG, Rosemary Michael, Dr — director, appointed 14/06/2023not on trustee list
HODGSON, Shirley Victoria, Professor — director, appointed 14/06/2023not on trustee list
LUCASSEN, Anneke Margaretha, Professor — director, appointed 14/06/2023not on trustee list
MASCIE-TAYLOR, Christopher Guy Nicholas, Professor — director, appointed 14/06/2023not on trustee list
RADICK, Gregory Michael, Professor — director, appointed 14/06/2023not on trustee list
MIDDLETON-PRICE, Helen Rosemary, Dr — director, appointed 14/06/2023not on trustee list
DONNAI, Dian, Professor — director, appointed 14/06/2023not on trustee list
VAN HEYNINGEN, Veronica, Professor — director, appointed 14/06/2023not on trustee list
WOOD, Nicholas William, Professor — director, appointed 14/06/2023not on trustee list
SERGOUNIOTIS, Panagiotis, Dr — director, appointed 14/06/2023not on trustee list
READ, Andrew Philip, Professor — director, appointed 19/06/2019not on trustee list
MATTHEWS, Ruth — secretary, appointed 09/12/2025

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

Professor Nicholas Wood PhD FRCOchair
Dr Elena Georgieva Bochukova
Dr Helen Rosemary Middleton-Price PhD
Dr Rosemary Ekong MSc PhD
Dr Sarah Wynn PhD · trustee of 2 other charities
Professor Andrew Read MA PhD
Professor Anneke Lucassen DPhil FRCP
Professor Dallas Swallow PhD
Professor Dian Donnai CBE,FRCP
Professor Gregory Radick MPhil, PhD
Professor Nicholas Mascie-Taylor MA PhD ScD
Professor Panagiotis Sergouniotis FRCOphth
Professor Ralph Levinson PhD
Professor Shirley Hodgson BSc,BM,DM
Robert Johnston BSc
Veronica Van Heyningen · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£135k	£157k
31/12/2024	£134k	£99k
31/12/2023	£131k	£107k
31/12/2022	£120k	£107k
31/12/2021	£113k	£44k

Common questions

Is Adelphi Genetics Forum financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £4,279,448, which exceeds its stated policy target of maintaining sufficient reserves to cover running costs from investment returns without relying on external fundraising. Despite a net movement in funds of (£227,322) driven by investment losses, the trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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
ACHISOMOCH AID COMPANY LIMITED	3	£2.4m
HEICHAL HATORAH FOUNDATION	1	£355k
UNITED TALMUDICAL ASSOCIATES LTD	1	£308k
BETTENHURST CHARITY LIMITED	1	£284k
THREE PILLARS TRUST	1	£240k
DILLHAVEN LIMITED	1	£208k
BEIS MENACHEM CHABAD LUBAVITCH	1	£183k
MYR CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£98k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with YAD VEACHISOMOCH L'CHAIM.

YAD VEACHISOMOCH L'CHAIM income £834k
YISHAYA ADLER MEMORIAL FUND income £3.3m
THE GENERATIONS FOUNDATION income £138k
BRITISH FRIENDS OF IGUD HAKOLELIM B'YERUSHALAYIM income £445k
the Shoftim Charitable Trust income £546k
THE ADRIAN AND MARIE-FRANCOISE RANDAG BEQUEST income £102k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
Adelphi Genetics Forum	£135k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
YAD VEACHISOMOCH L'CHAIM FY2025	£834k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
YISHAYA ADLER MEMORIAL FUND FY2025	£3.3m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE GENERATIONS FOUNDATION FY2025	£138k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BRITISH FRIENDS OF IGUD HAKOLELIM B'YERUSHALAYIM FY2025	£445k	—	within	—	no doubt
the Shoftim Charitable Trust FY2025	£546k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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