# DISCS

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1024471
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Trust
- **Registered:** Aug. 6, 1993
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1024471


## Contact

- **Address:** 31 Foxlea, GLOSSOP, Derbyshire
- **Postcode:** SK13 6XF
- **Phone:** 07857 267842
- **Email:** C.LEMAITRE@SHEFFIELD.AC.UK



## Activities

**Objects:** 1.THE RELIEF OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM SPINAL CONDITIONS 2.THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH PERSONS 3.TO PROMOTE AND CARRY OUT MEDICAL RESEARCH INTO SPINAL CONDITIONS AND THE EXTRACTION COLLATION AND DISSEMINATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC OF INFORMATION FROM DATA ARISING WHICH IS REASONABLY EXPECTED TO FACILITATE THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE DIAGNOSIS TREATMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF SUCH CONDITIONS WITHIN THE UNITED KINGDOM BUT IN PARTICULAR (WITHOUT LIMITATION) TO PROMOTE AND CARRY OUT RESEARCH AS AFORESAID AT OR IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE SPINAL DISORDERS UNIT AT THE CROMWELL HOSPITAL AND THE ROYAL POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL SCHOOL OF HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL 4.TO MAKE GRANTS FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH AND THE EXTRACTION COLLATION AND DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION FROM DATA ARISING FROM SUCH RESEARCH.

**Activities:** To make grants for medical research into spinal conditions and the extraction, collation and dissemination, for the benefit of the public , of information from data arising from such research.

**Area of benefit:** UNITED KINGDOM




## Classification

- **How:** Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- **What:** The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 5, 2025 | £0 | £0 | — | — |
| April 5, 2024 | £0 | £0 | — | — |
| April 5, 2023 | £0 | £0 | — | — |
| April 5, 2022 | £0 | £372 | — | — |
| April 5, 2021 | £0 | £372 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Professor CHRISTINE LYN CHORLTON BSc PhD** (Chair) — appointed Dec. 10, 2014
- JOHN STEPHEN PARTINGTON — appointed July 31, 2012
- John Kevin O'Dowd — appointed May 3, 2016
- STEPHEN BARHAM CARTER BSC FCA