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LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE

Registered charity 222655 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q3835531 · Wikipedia · also known as L S T M

Research into Tropical Diseases, Education, Training and Technical Assistance.

Objects

1) TO ENGAGE IN, PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE RESEARCH, STUDY AND INSTRUCTION IN CONNECTION WITH THE ORIGIN, CHARACTER, ALLEVIATION, PREVENTION AND CURE OF EVERY OR ANY TYPE OF TROPICAL DISEASE WHICH IS NOW OR MAY HEREAFTER BECOME KNOWN IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD WHERE SUCH DISEASE EITHER MANIFESTS ITSELF OR HAS EFFECTS; AND TO2) ADVANCE AND ENCOURAGE LEARNING AND THE PRACTICE OF ALL SCIENCES AND ARTS ALLIED WITH OR WHICH MAY BE USEFULLY STUDIED IN CONNECTION WITH THE MATTERS AFORESAID, AND TO COLLECT AND CIRCULATE INFORMATION WITH REGARD TO SUCH DISEASES, SCIENCES AND ARTS.

Area of benefit: WORLDWIDE

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Liverpool, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£129.3m
Latest spending
£127.1m
Registered
1963
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Group reported a total comprehensive income surplus of £2.8m for the year ended 31 July 2025, with unrestricted general reserves standing at £49.2m. Per the trustees' report, the Board considers it appropriate to continue as a going concern, noting that while the funding environment remains uncertain, the research pipeline is strong and macro-economic risks are subsiding.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Research grants and contracts (65% of income)
“Research grants and contracts (65%)” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: six months of pay expenditure (held: £49.2m)
“The Board has targeted for cash reserves to represent a minimum of 6 months pay expenditure.” — page 44
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: IVCC allocates funding to LSTM
“Included within LSTM is £1,899,000 (2024 : £2,180,000) allocated to LSTM by IVCC, a UK registered charity under the control of LSTM.” — page 46
“The intercompany loan from LSTM to LLSAL of £9m is based on an intercompany loan agreement.” — page 53
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: LLSA loan from LSTM
“Included within LSTM is £1,899,000 (2024 : £2,180,000) allocated to LSTM by IVCC, a UK registered charity under the control of LSTM.” — page 46
“The intercompany loan from LSTM to LLSAL of £9m is based on an intercompany loan agreement.” — page 53
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: LLSA guarantee by LSTM
“Included within LSTM is £1,899,000 (2024 : £2,180,000) allocated to LSTM by IVCC, a UK registered charity under the control of LSTM.” — page 46
“The intercompany loan from LSTM to LLSAL of £9m is based on an intercompany loan agreement.” — page 53
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Estyn: Her Majesty's Inspectorate For Education And Training In Wales. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/07/2025

  • Volunteers: 8
  • Government income: £22,854,000 — contracts £1,135,000 (8), grants £21,719,000 (61); 18% of the £129,330,000 total gross income on the same return
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 153 (£60,001–£70,000: 33; £70,001–£80,000: 33; £80,001–£90,000: 17; £90,001–£100,000: 20; £100,001–£110,000: 8; £110,001–£120,000: 6; £120,001–£130,000: 13; £130,001–£140,000: 6; £140,001–£150,000: 3; £150,001–£200,000: 8; £200,001–£250,000: 4; £250,001–£300,000: 1; £300,001–£350,000: 1)
  • Has a trading subsidiary

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/07/2024

  • Volunteers: 5
  • Government income: £17,225,000 — contracts £438,000 (2), grants £16,787,000 (64); 13% of the £127,815,000 total gross income on the same return
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 131 (£60,001–£70,000: 33; £70,001–£80,000: 26; £80,001–£90,000: 17; £90,001–£100,000: 8; £100,001–£110,000: 8; £110,001–£120,000: 5; £120,001–£130,000: 14; £130,001–£140,000: 7; £140,001–£150,000: 1; £150,001–£200,000: 6; £200,001–£250,000: 5; £300,001–£350,000: 1)
  • Has a trading subsidiary

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/07/2023

  • Volunteers: 3
  • Government income: £15,798,000 — contracts £983,000 (7), grants £14,815,000 (54); 10% of the £154,796,000 total gross income on the same return
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 97 (£60,001–£70,000: 20; £70,001–£80,000: 20; £80,001–£90,000: 12; £90,001–£100,000: 7; £100,001–£110,000: 8; £110,001–£120,000: 10; £120,001–£130,000: 6; £130,001–£140,000: 5; £140,001–£150,000: 3; £150,001–£200,000: 3; £200,001–£250,000: 1; £250,001–£300,000: 2)
  • Has a trading subsidiary

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

Corporate structure

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (matched by registered charity number).

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.

Official officers record.

Public-sector contracts awarded

From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.

BuyerContractAwardedValue
Integrated Laboratory Solutions LLPPSR - CALL OFF ORDER FOR HAEMATOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY (TROPICAL DISEASE) TESTING——

UK research funding (UKRI Gateway to Research)

Property (HM Land Registry)

25 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (18 freehold); recorded price paid £2.6m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook (25,186 likes) · instagram (2,217 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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2025)

Total income
£129.3m
Total spending
£127.1m
Cost of raising funds
£358k
Reserves (reported)
£49.2m
Employees
787

Reported reserves equal ~4.6 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 2.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (97% 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: 0.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Angola · Australia · Bangladesh · Belgium · Benin · Botswana · Brazil · Burkina Faso · Cambodia · Cameroon · Canada · Central African Republic

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2025£129.3m£127.1m
31/07/2024£127.8m£105.6m
31/07/2023£154.8m£146.9m
31/07/2022£196.7m£203.3m
31/07/2021£210.3m£205.5m

Common questions

Is LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the Group reported a total comprehensive income surplus of £2.8m for the year ended 31 July 2025, with unrestricted general reserves standing at £49.2m. Per the trustees' report, the Board considers it appropriate to continue as a going concern, noting that while the funding environment remains uncertain, the research pipeline is strong and macro-economic risks are subsiding. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Crowe U.K. LLP.

Who funds LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE as a grant recipient include WELLCOME TRUST, GLOBAL HEALTH PARTNERSHIPS, ACADEMY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, ELRHA, LORD LEVERHULME'S CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
WELLCOME TRUSTFY2021£17.7mScience, Priority Areas
GLOBAL HEALTH PARTNERSHIPSFY2024£725k
ACADEMY OF MEDICAL SCIENCESFY2024£350k
ACADEMY OF MEDICAL SCIENCESFY2023£269k
ELRHAFY2021£245kUKHIH
GLOBAL HEALTH PARTNERSHIPSFY2025£131k
LORD LEVERHULME'S CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£100k
THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON FOR IMPROVING NATURAL KNOWLEDGE (COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE ROYAL SOCIETY)FY2022£86kRS Challenge Grants
THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON FOR IMPROVING NATURAL KNOWLEDGE (COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE ROYAL SOCIETY)FY2021£81kUniversity Research Fellowships
THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON FOR IMPROVING NATURAL KNOWLEDGE (COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE ROYAL SOCIETY)FY2023£77kGrants to institutions
ALLAN AND NESTA FERGUSON CHARITABLE SETTLEMENTFY2025£48k
LORD LEVERHULME'S CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£35k
LORD LEVERHULME'S CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£35k
THE GEOFFREY AND PAULINE MARTIN TRUSTFY2025£15k
THE BALCOMBE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£10kHealth and welfare
THE STONEYGATE TRUSTFY2024Unverified read£9k
MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATIONFY2025£7kSupplement for research into tuberculosis drug resistance
MISS E F RATHBONE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£5kMerseyside
THE STONEYGATE TRUSTFY2023£5k
G M MORRISON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£3k
THE HEMBY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£3k
THE HEMBY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£3k
DUCHY OF LANCASTER BENEVOLENT FUNDFY2023£3kOlder & Disabled Persons
THE WYNDHAM CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£1k
G M MORRISON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£1k
THE WYNDHAM CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£1k
THE WYNDHAM CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£1k
THE GUNTER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£1k
THE BASSIL SHIPPAM AND ALSFORD TRUSTFY2025£1kcommitment
THE BASSIL SHIPPAM AND ALSFORD TRUSTFY2022Unverified read£500General
THE GUNTER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£275
WELLCOME TRUSTFY2025Unverified read£128Wellcome Leap
WELLCOME TRUSTFY2025Unverified read£120Discovery Research
WELLCOME TRUSTFY2025Unverified read£5Infectious Disease
WELLCOME TRUSTFY2025Unverified read£3Climate and Health
THE GUNTER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023amount not stated

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund16/08/2022£145k"LSTM – Past, Present and Future"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund29/11/2018£61k"The Secret Art of Survival"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund09/06/2016£344k"Galkoff's and the Secret Life of Pembroke Place"
The National Lottery Community Fund30/09/2015£3kLSTM Humanitarian Response Register
The National Lottery Heritage Fund06/07/2009£48k"Liverpool School of Tropical MedicineÂ’s Far Eastern POW oral History Project: Reaching a Worldwide Audience"

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE MATERIAL WORLD FOUNDATION LIMITED1£94k
THE ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER FOUNDATION1£76k
MISSION441£75k
BACKSTAGE TRUST1£67k
THE MACKINTOSH FOUNDATION1£57k
THE CLARE MILNE TRUST1£18k
PLYMOUTH CULTURE CIO1£15k
THE JOHN THAW FOUNDATION1£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE LIVERPOOL INSTITUTE FOR PERFORMING ARTS.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE£129.3m—0unclear—no doubt
THE LIVERPOOL INSTITUTE FOR PERFORMING ARTS FY2025£15.0m—2unclear—no doubt
ROYAL SOCIETY OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE FY2025£2.2m——unclear—no doubt
LEICESTER GRAMMAR SCHOOL TRUST FY2025£235.7m£190,001 - £200,000—unclear—no doubt
SCHOOL-LED DEVELOPMENT TRUST FY2025£19.0m£160,001 - £170,000—below—no doubt
THEATRE ROYAL (PLYMOUTH) LIMITED FY2025£23.4m——above—no doubt

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