# WELLCOME TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 210183
- **Other names:** WILL CHARITIES OF SIR HENRY S WELLCOME (THE MUSEUM AND LIBRARY CHARITY)
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Oct. 4, 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=210183


## Contact

- **Address:** WELLCOME TRUST, GIBBS BUILDING, 215 EUSTON ROAD, LONDON
- **Postcode:** NW1 2BE
- **Phone:** 020 7611 8888
- **Email:** company.secretary@wellcome.org
- **Website:** www.wellcome.org



## Activities

**Objects:** (1) TO PROTECT, PRESERVE AND ADVANCE ALL OR ANY ASPECTS OF THE HEALTH AND WELFARE OF HUMANKIND AND TO ADVANCE AND PROMOTE KNOWLEDGE AND EDUCATION BY ENGAGING IN, ENCOURAGING AND SUPPORTING: (A) RESEARCH INTO ANY OF THE BIOSCIENCES; AND (B) 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 OR ANIMAL OR PLANT LIFE; AND (2) TO ADVANCE AND PROMOTE KNOWLEDGE AND EDUCATION BY ENGAGING IN, ENCOURAGING AND SUPPORTING: (A) RESEARCH INTO THE HISTORY OF ANY OF THE BIOSCIENCES; AND (B) THE STUDY AND UNDERSTANDING OF ANY OF THE BIOSCIENCES OR THE HISTORY OF ANY OF THE BIOSCIENCES.

**Activities:** Wellcome exists to improve health by helping great ideas to thrive.We support researchers, we take on big health challenges, we campaign for better science, and we help everyone get involved with science and health research. We are a politically and financially independent foundation.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Other Finance, Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- Australia
- Bangladesh
- Botswana
- Brazil
- Burkina Faso
- Cameroon
- Canada
- China
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Cyprus
- Denmark
- France
- Germany
- Ghana
- India
- Indonesia
- Ireland
- Italy
- Japan
- Kenya
- Madagascar
- Malaysia
- Nepal
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Nigeria
- Norway
- Peru
- Saudi Arabia
- Singapore
- South Africa
- South Korea
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- Switzerland
- Tanzania
- Uganda
- United States
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
- Throughout England And Wales





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| THE WELLCOME TRUST LIMITED |  | April 24, 1992 |




