THE GUY NEWTON RESEARCH FUND

Registered charity 309696 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE GUY NEWTON RESEARCH FUND (IN CONNEXION WITH OXFORD UNIVERSITY)

Trustees make grants as requested to support research in the medical, biological and chemical sciences in the Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, Oxford.

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income

£186k

Latest spending

£481k

Registered

1967

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £13,162,192, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet all commitments and ensure long-term sustainability without expending the endowment capital. The charity reported a net surplus of £35,552 for the year, driven by significant investment gains, and maintains a strong cash position to support its grant-making objectives.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient unrestricted reserves to ensure the long term sustainability of the Charity (held: £13.2m)

“The Trustees aim to retain sufficient unrestricted reserves to ensure the long term sustainability of the Charity, without expending the expendable endowment fund unless necessary, and to allow it the flexibility to practically consider all grant applications of any reasonable value.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Joint investments held with Edward Penley Abraham Research Fund (related charity) with Cazenove, UBS, Baillie Gifford and Lansdowne Partners. Guy Newton Research Fund entitled to 8.09% of joint investments.

“The Guy Newton Research Fund and the Edward Penley Abraham Research Fund hold joint investments with Cazenove and UBS, as well as Baillie Gifford and Lansdowne Partners (under custody of UBS). As at 5 April 2025 the Guy Newton Research Fund was entitled to 8.09% of joint investments held.” — page 21

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Gravita Audit Oxford LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

PROFESSOR GILLIAN MARGARET GRIFFITHSchair
Nigel Richard Clifford · trustee of 1 other charity
PROFESSOR ELIZABETH JANE ROBERTSON
PROFESSOR MATTHEW FREEMAN · trustee of 3 other charities

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
05/04/2025	£186k	£481k
05/04/2024	£209k	£453k
05/04/2023	£212k	£370k
05/04/2022	£208k	£345k
05/04/2021	£173k	£353k

Common questions

Is THE GUY NEWTON RESEARCH FUND financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £13,162,192, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet all commitments and ensure long-term sustainability without expending the endowment capital. The charity reported a net surplus of £35,552 for the year, driven by significant investment gains, and maintains a strong cash position to support its grant-making objectives. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Gravita Audit Oxford LLP.

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
TRINITY COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE	1	£7.2m
KEREN TRUST	1	£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with EDWARD PENLEY ABRAHAM RESEARCH FUND.

EDWARD PENLEY ABRAHAM RESEARCH FUND income £2.2m
NEWTON ABBOT AND DISTRICT RECREATIONAL TRUST LIMITED income £168k
THE GUY FOUNDATION FAMILY TRUST income £646k
GJPS TRUST FUND income £349k
THE SYDNEY BRENNER CHARITABLE TRUST income £277k
NUFFIELD OXFORD HOSPITALS FUND income £2.0m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE GUY NEWTON RESEARCH FUND	£186k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
EDWARD PENLEY ABRAHAM RESEARCH FUND FY2025	£2.2m	—	above	—	no doubt
NEWTON ABBOT AND DISTRICT RECREATIONAL TRUST LIMITED FY2025	£168k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE GUY FOUNDATION FAMILY TRUST FY2025	£646k	—	above	—	no doubt
GJPS TRUST FUND FY2025	£349k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE SYDNEY BRENNER CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024	£277k	—	above	—	no doubt

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