RETA LILA WESTON TRUST FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH

Registered charity 256279 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The principal objectives of the Charity are to provide monies for the purposes of providing medical research and promoting neurological research throughout the UK and providing funding to the Department of Neurological Studies at the Middlesex Hospital and Medical School, London, now part of University College London.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that net assets decreased to £33,535,112 due to a significant loss on investments of £5,692,914, which outweighed investment income of £1,040,394 and grants paid. Despite this reduction, the trustees confirm that funds are adequate to fulfil the charity's obligations and there are no material uncertainties regarding its 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

Accounts audited by Chariot House Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~83.3 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (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: 5.3% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Reta Lila Howard Foundation

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

Operates in: Guernsey · Isle Of Man · Jersey · Northern Ireland · Scotland · 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 WESTON PARK HOSPITAL DEVELOPMENT FUND LTD.

• WESTON PARK HOSPITAL DEVELOPMENT FUND LTD income £4.0m
• THE GALEN AND HILARY WESTON FOUNDATION income £1.1m
• TRUSTEES OF THE LONDON CLINIC LIMITED income £188.1m
• GREAT WESTERN HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST CHARITABLE FUND AND OTHER RELATED CHARITIES income £576k
• BRAIN RESEARCH TRUST income £4.4m
• THE MEDICAL COLLEGE OF SAINT BARTHOLOMEW'S HOSPITAL TRUST income £653k

Side by side with its peers

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