# MENINGITIS NOW

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 803016
- **Other names:** MENINGITIS TRUST, THE MENINGITIS TRUST
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** March 9, 1990
- **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=803016


## Contact

- **Address:** Meningitis Now, Fern House, Daniels Industrial Estate, 104 Bath Road, STROUD
- **Postcode:** GL5 3TJ
- **Phone:** 01453768000
- **Email:** info@meningitisnow.org
- **Website:** www.meningitisnow.org



## Activities

**Objects:** A. TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND DISTRESS AMONG PERSONS WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM MENINGITIS (WHICH IN THESE OBJECTS MEANS MENINGITIS IN ALL FORMS AND INCLUDES ALL AND ANY ASSOCIATED CONDITIONS) OR SEPTICAEMIA OR WHO ARE DISABLED AS A RESULT OF MENINGITIS OR SEPTICAEMIA.B. TO UNDERTAKE AND FUND RESEARCH INTO ALL STRAINS OF MENINGITIS WHETHER VIRAL OR BACTERIAL OR SEPTICAEMIA AND TO PUBLISH, ASSIST WITH, AND/OR FUND THE PUBLICATION AND DISSEMINATION OF THE USEFUL RESULTS THEREOF.C. TO WORK TOWARDS THE ELIMINATION OF MENINGITIS AS A SERIOUS MEDICAL PROBLEM.D. TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO PEOPLE WHO SUFFER MENINGITIS OR SEPTICAEMIA AND THEIR IMMEDIATE FAMILIES, GUARDIANS OR PARTNERS.

**Activities:** Meningitis Now is a charity formed in 2013 by the merger of Meningitis UK & Meningitis Trust, founders of the meningitis movement in the UK in the mid 1980s. We exist to save lives & rebuild futures through research, awareness & support.Our vision is a future where no one in the UK loses their life to meningitis & everyone affected gets the support they need to rebuild their lives.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, Amateur Sport
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £2147388 | £2572610 | £1119504 | 49 |
| March 31, 2024 | £2157226 | £2515715 | £1516351 | 42 |
| March 31, 2023 | £2077811 | £2365849 | £1813339 | 41 |
| March 31, 2022 | £2051890 | £1955576 | £2141807 | 36 |
| March 31, 2021 | £2240287 | £2085844 | £2027241 | 49 |



## Trustees

- Christopher Edwin Philipsborn — appointed Oct. 21, 2021
- Emma Thomas — appointed Dec. 10, 2020
- Hannah Marsh — appointed Oct. 12, 2017
- Holly lauren Byrne — appointed Oct. 21, 2021
- James Sutherland — appointed Oct. 12, 2017
- Julie Elizabeth Marsh — appointed Oct. 10, 2019
- Nikki Richardson — appointed Oct. 21, 2021
- Professor John Simon Kroll — appointed Oct. 10, 2019
- RODERICK ADLINGTON — appointed Oct. 12, 2017
- Randy William Packer Weeks — appointed Oct. 21, 2021
- Stephen Alan Sutcliffe — appointed Oct. 21, 2021