# DESIGNABILITY CHARITY LIMITED

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 256335
- **Other names:** BATH INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL ENGINEERING LIMITED, B I M E, DESIGNABILITY
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** July 11, 1968
- **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=256335


## Contact

- **Address:** D1, Wolfson Centre, Royal United Hospital, BATH
- **Phone:** 01225824103
- **Email:** info@designability.org.uk
- **Website:** www.designability.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECTS OF THE INSTITUTE ARE THE ADVANCEMENT OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND OF ENGINEERING RESEARCH FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES, THE DISSEMINATION OF THE KNOWLEDGE THEREBY ACQUIRED AND THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED (BY REASON OF THEIR DISABILITY, AGE OR INFIRMITY) BY THE PROVISION OF DEVICES AND EQUIPMENT TO ASSIST IN THEIR MEDICAL TREATMENT OR IMPROVE THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE

**Activities:** Designability Charity Limited is a design and development charity working in the fields of medicine, health care and assistive technology for disabled people

**Area of benefit:** NATIONAL




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- **What:** The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability
- **Who:** People With Disabilities



## Areas of operation

- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £1905936 | £2414916 | £1601279 | 29 |
| March 31, 2024 | £1930799 | £2238053 | £2119125 | 33 |
| March 31, 2023 | £2542334 | £2193394 | £2382338 | 31 |
| March 31, 2022 | £2190244 | £2078549 | £2060503 | 28 |
| March 31, 2021 | £1931691 | £1696156 | £1920086 | 24 |



## Trustees

- **Jeremy Marwood** (Chair) — appointed Nov. 8, 2021
- Andrew Monk — appointed Oct. 10, 2022
- Dr Anna Chatzimichali — appointed Aug. 1, 2023
- Dr Benjamin William Metcalfe — appointed Sept. 7, 2020
- Elisabeth Sarah Skeet — appointed Oct. 10, 2022
- Emma Kate Legg — appointed June 22, 2020
- Julian Massie — appointed Dec. 11, 2023
- Karen Jane Lashly — appointed March 30, 2026
- Kathryn Louise McKee — appointed Sept. 23, 2024
- Nicola Jane Wilson — appointed Sept. 23, 2024
- Paul John Fairhurst — appointed June 22, 2020
- Samuel James Whatley — appointed Dec. 7, 2020