Charity Accounts Intelreading the accounts so you don’t have to

LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE

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

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

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

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 the news

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

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

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 2.7 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 (2.9%) (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 GLOBAL HEALTH PARTNERSHIPS, ACADEMY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, ELRHA, LORD LEVERHULME'S CHARITABLE TRUST, THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON FOR IMPROVING NATURAL KNOWLEDGE (COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE ROYAL SOCIETY).

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
GLOBAL HEALTH PARTNERSHIPSFY2024£725k
ACADEMY OF MEDICAL SCIENCESFY2024£350k
ACADEMY OF MEDICAL SCIENCESFY2023£269k
ELRHAFY2021£245kUKHIH
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)FY2023£77kGrants to institutions
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 TRUSTFY2024£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 TRUSTFY2024£3k
THE HEMBY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£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 BASSIL SHIPPAM AND ALSFORD TRUSTFY2025£1kcommitment
THE WYNDHAM CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£1k
THE GUNTER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£1k
THE BASSIL SHIPPAM AND ALSFORD TRUSTFY2022£500General
THE GUNTER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£275
WELLCOME TRUSTFY2025£128Wellcome Leap
WELLCOME TRUSTFY2025£120Discovery Research
WELLCOME TRUSTFY2025£5Infectious Disease
WELLCOME TRUSTFY2025£3Climate and Health
THE GUNTER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023—

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
EFFECTIVE VENTURES FOUNDATION1£1.4m
JAMES PERCY FOUNDATION1£566k
THE CYNARA FOUNDATION1£565k
THE MATERIAL WORLD FOUNDATION LIMITED1£113k
THE ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER FOUNDATION1£76k
MATTHEW GOOD FOUNDATION1£10k
THE COLE CHARITABLE TRUST1£6k
THE BLYTH WATSON CHARITABLE TRUST1£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ROYAL SOCIETY OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE£129.3m—0unclear—no doubt
ROYAL SOCIETY OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE FY2025£2.2m——unclear—no doubt
THE LIVERPOOL INSTITUTE FOR PERFORMING ARTS FY2025£15.0m—2unclear—no doubt
TROPICAL BIOLOGY ASSOCIATION FY2025£731k——above—no doubt
OPEN AWARDS FY2025£2.7m——unclear—no doubt
MALARIA CONSORTIUM FY2025£72.2m——above—no doubt

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