THE ANSCOMBE BIOETHICS CENTRE

Registered charity 274327 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE LINACRE CENTRE FOR HEALTHCARE ETHICS, THE LINACRE CENTRE TRUST · repeated filing default (register status)

A Roman Catholic academic institute that engages with the moral questions arising in clinical practice and biomedical research. The Centre engages in scholarly dialogue. It contributes to public policy debates and to debates and consultations within the Church. It runs educational programmes for, and gives advice to, Catholics and other interested healthcare professionals & biomedical scientists.

Objects

TO APPLY THE INCOME FOR THE PURPOSE OF ADVANCING THE CATHOLIC RELIGION BY PROVIDING TRAINING OR GUIDANCE OR OF CO-OPERATING IN THE PROVISION THEREOF TO ASSIST THOSE WHO ARE ENGAGED IN OR CONCERNED WITH THE PRACTICE OF HEALTH CARE AND THE APPLICATION OF THE BIOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES TO SOLVE AND TO DEAL WITH ANY MORAL QUESTIONS THAT MAY ARISE IN THE COURSE OF THEIR PROFESSIONAL DUTIES IN THE LIGHT OF CATHOLIC DOCTRINE AND TO BRING CATHOLIC PRINCIPLES TO BEAR IN THE PERFORMANCE OF THEIR WORK.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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 · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Oxford, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£121k
Latest spending
£158k
Registered
1977

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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)

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£60,001–£70,000: 1)

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2022

  • Volunteers: 1
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£60,001–£70,000: 1)

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2021

  • Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£70,001–£80,000: 1)

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

2 annual returns are past their due date with no recorded received date (Charity Commission register).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025——
31/12/2024——
31/12/2023£121k£158k
31/12/2022£169k£200k
31/12/2021£128k£198k

Common questions

Who funds THE ANSCOMBE BIOETHICS CENTRE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE ANSCOMBE BIOETHICS CENTRE as a grant recipient include THE DROMINTEE TRUST, SISTERS OF THE HOLY CROSS CIO, CATHOLIC TRUST FOR ENGLAND AND WALES.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE DROMINTEE TRUSTFY2021£30k
SISTERS OF THE HOLY CROSS CIOFY2023£21kBCYS Youth Leadership
CATHOLIC TRUST FOR ENGLAND AND WALESFY2021£8k