Action Medical Research

Action For The Crippled Child, Action Research, Action Research For The Crippled Child, Arcc, National Fund For Poliomyelitis Research, National Fund For Research Into Poliomyelitis And Other Crippling Diseases, The National Fund For Research Into Crippling Diseases (Known As Action Research), The Polio Research Fund

Country: England & Wales
Charity number: 208701
Status: Registered
Registered: Dec. 12, 1962
Legal form: Charitable company
Company number: 00549089

Address

Address: Action Medical Research
5th Floor
167-169 Great Portland Street
London
W1W 5PF

Contact

Phone: 01403 210406
Email: info@action.org.uk
Website: action.org.uk

Activities

Action Medical Research is a charity whose objects are to promote medical research into the prevention, management and cure of disabling diseases and conditions. We are a UK-wide charity saving and changing children's lives through medical research. We fund a broad range of cutting-edge medical research most likely to deliver real benefit to babies, children and young people.

Objects: To Promote, Encourage, Maintain, Improve And Advance Research Into The Prevention, Cure, Management And Alleviation Of Disabling Diseases And Conditions Provided That The Useful Results Of Such Research Shall Be Disseminated For The Public Benefit.

Classification

How: Makes Grants To Organisations, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
What: Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability
Who: Children/young People, People With Disabilities, The General Public/mankind

Geography

Country: Northern Ireland, Scotland
Region: Throughout England And Wales

Finances

Period end	Income	Expenditure	Assets	Employees
Dec. 31, 2025	£7,822,810	£9,297,461	£6,699,284	42
Dec. 31, 2024	£8,180,759	£8,633,019	£7,125,173	51
Dec. 31, 2023	£7,986,085	£7,974,454	£7,888,497	49
Dec. 31, 2022	£6,112,701	£7,224,790	£6,541,984	38
Dec. 31, 2021	£4,452,453	£5,342,427	£6,804,215	38
Dec. 31, 2020	£3,599,750	£4,694,025	£6,643,627	46

Trustees

Name	Appointed
Luke George Batchelor Bordewich (Chair)	Jan. 5, 2015
Bhavin Patel	Jan. 1, 2025
Clare Joanna Elizabeth Ferguson	July 20, 2023
Karen Ann Last	Nov. 13, 2019
Professor David Edwards	Jan. 19, 2016
Professor Stephanie Schorge	Oct. 1, 2022
Richard Duncan Wild	Nov. 15, 2017
Richard Jonathan Stoneham-Buck	April 24, 2019

Linked charities

The Eliza Ann Toulson Trust Fund (208701-1)