THE MIDLANDS ASTHMA AND ALLERGY RESEARCH ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 257131 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as M A A R A, MAARA

Fund Research into all aspects of the causes and treatment of Asthma and Allergy, particularly by early career researchers.Disseminate information on causes and treatment of asthma and allergy.

Objects

(A) FURTHERANCE OF RESEARCH INTO THE CAUSES AND TREATMENT OF ASTHMA AND OTHER ALLERGIC DISEASES AND TO DISSEMINATE THE SAME TO THE PUBLIC BY PUBLICATION AND DISTRIBUTION. (B) TO DO ALL SUCH THINGS AS SHALL FURTHER THE FOREGOING OBJECTS GENERALLY. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 3 OF CONSTITUTION).

Area of benefit: DERBYSHIRE NOTTINGHAMSHIRE,LEICESTERSHIRE,LINCOLNSHIRE

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 · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£130k

Latest spending

£184k

Registered

1968

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased to £1,325,061, supported by investment gains and legacies, despite a net expenditure on charitable activities. The trustees report that the charity has no funds materially in deficit and that its main source of funds, legacies, remains difficult to predict. The charity relies on voluntary trustee service and has no pension deficits or trading subsidiaries.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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.

Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff

Trustees · trustee networks

Dr MARTIN STERN
STEPHEN WATSON
STUART MILLS

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

Operates in: Derbyshire · Leicestershire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£130k	£184k
31/12/2024	£453k	£106k
31/12/2023	£35k	£40k
31/12/2022	£116k	£86k
31/12/2021	£55k	£67k

Common questions

Is THE MIDLANDS ASTHMA AND ALLERGY RESEARCH ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased to £1,325,061, supported by investment gains and legacies, despite a net expenditure on charitable activities. The trustees report that the charity has no funds materially in deficit and that its main source of funds, legacies, remains difficult to predict. The charity relies on voluntary trustee service and has no pension deficits or trading subsidiaries. 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
CECIL PILKINGTON CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£29k
GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' FOUNDATION	1	£872k
THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATION	1	£419k
BUPA FOUNDATION	1	£210k
THE MICHAEL COWAN FOUNDATION	1	£150k
KUSUMA TRUST UK	1	£100k
THE JAMES TUDOR FOUNDATION	1	£50k
ANSON CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£35k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ASTHMA ALLERGY AND INFLAMMATION RESEARCH TRUST LIMITED.

ASTHMA ALLERGY AND INFLAMMATION RESEARCH TRUST LIMITED income £320k
THE BRITISH ALLERGY FOUNDATION income £1.2m
Asthma and Lung UK income £16.1m
ANAPHYLAXIS UK income £634k
THE INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE OF ALS / MND ASSOCIATIONS income £700k
MATERNAL AID ASSOCIATION income £236k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE MIDLANDS ASTHMA AND ALLERGY RESEARCH ASSOCIATION	£130k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ASTHMA ALLERGY AND INFLAMMATION RESEARCH TRUST LIMITED FY2025	£320k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE BRITISH ALLERGY FOUNDATION FY2025	£1.2m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
Asthma and Lung UK FY2025	£16.1m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ANAPHYLAXIS UK FY2024	£634k	—	—	above	—	no doubt
THE INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE OF ALS / MND ASSOCIATIONS FY2025	£700k	£60,001 - £70,000	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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