# ACTION MEDICAL RESEARCH

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 208701
- **Other names:** 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
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [00549089](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00549089)
- **Registered:** Dec. 12, 1962
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=208701


## Contact

- **Address:** Action Medical Research, 5th Floor, 167-169 Great Portland Street, London
- **Postcode:** W1W 5PF
- **Phone:** 01403 210406
- **Email:** info@action.org.uk
- **Website:** www.action.org.uk



## Activities

**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.

**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&#x27;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.




## 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

- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
- Throughout England And Wales





## Trustees

| Name | Role | 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)



