# UK BIOBANK LIMITED

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1101332
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Dec. 30, 2003
- **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=1101332


## Contact

- **Address:** UK Biobank Ltd, Unit 1-2, Spectrum Way, Stockport
- **Postcode:** SK3 0SA
- **Phone:** 01614755360
- **Email:** enquiries@ukbiobank.ac.uk
- **Website:** www.ukbiobank.ac.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED ARE TO PROTECT, PRESERVE AND ADVANCE ALL OR ANY ASPECTS OF THE HEALTH AND WELFARE OF HUMAN BEINGS AND TO ADVANCE AND PROMOTE KNOWLEDGE AND EDUCATION BY ENGAGING IN, ENCOURAGING AND SUPPORTING: 1) INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE SEPARATE AND COMBINED EFFECTS OF GENETIC, ENVIRONMENTAL (INCLUDING LIFESTYLE, PHYSIOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURES)  AND OTHER FACTORS ON HUMAN HEALTH AND WELFARE AND ON THE RISK AND CAUSATION OF DISEASES IN THE HUMAN POPULATION;  (2) THE ESTABLISHMENT, HOLDING, OPERATION, MANAGEMENT, PROMOTION, SUPPORT, EXPANSION, IMPROVEMENT AND SAFEGUARDING OF A COLLECTION OF BIOMEDICAL, BIOCHEMICAL, EPIDEMIOLOGICAL, GENETIC AND OTHER DATA AND BLOOD AND OTHER BIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL SAMPLES OBTAINED AND DEVELOPED THROUGH, FOR THE PURPOSE OF AND/OR IN CONNECTION WITH SOME OR ALL OF THE INVESTIGATIONS REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH (1) AND PERTAINING TO A COHORT OF HUMAN PARTICIPANTS ("DATA AND SAMPLES"), FOR USE IN A RESEARCH, KNOWLEDGE AND INFORMATION RESOURCE PROVISIONALLY KNOWN AS  THE UK BIOBANK ("THE RESOURCE");(3) RESEARCH INTO BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCES AND OTHER DISCIPLINES WHICH MAY CONTRIBUTE TO THE IMPROVEMENT OF HUMAN HEALTH AND WELFARE("THE BIOSCIENCES");  (4) THE DISCOVERY, INVENTION, IMPROVEMENT, DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION OF TREATMENTS, CURES, DIAGNOSTICS AND OTHER MEDICINAL AGENTS, METHODS AND PROCESSES THAT MAY IN ANY WAY RELIEVE ILLNESS, DISEASE, DISABILITY OR DISORDERS  OF WHATEVER NATURE IN HUMAN BEINGS; AND (5) THE STUDY AND UNDERSTANDING OF ANY OF THE BIOSCIENCES.

**Activities:** To provide a major genetic resource to assist scientists with research into a variety of diseases and illnesses.

**Area of benefit:** NATIONAL




## Classification

- **How:** Sponsors Or Undertakes Research, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Scotland
- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept. 30, 2024 | £76327574 | £30600212 | £48609701 | 282 |
| Sept. 30, 2023 | £34535326 | £32137047 | £2882339 | 228 |
| Sept. 30, 2022 | £40636042 | £38926812 | £13170185 | 378 |
| Sept. 30, 2021 | £62733234 | £63621531 | £11460955 | 412 |
| Sept. 30, 2020 | £35193599 | £39174728 | £12349252 | 250 |



## Trustees

- **Lord Ajay Kumar Kakkar** (Chair) — appointed Jan. 1, 2020
- Bernard Taylor — appointed Jan. 19, 2024
- Dr Anthony Wood — appointed Dec. 1, 2025
- Dr Ceri Louise Williams — appointed June 26, 2025
- Nicola Perrin — appointed June 1, 2022
- PROFESSOR SIR ALEX MARKHAM — appointed March 24, 2017
- Professor Dame Nancy Jane Rothwell — appointed Sept. 17, 2021
- Professor Melinda Catherine Mills — appointed June 1, 2024
- Professor Sir Michael Ferguson — appointed June 1, 2022