OpenCharities

LifeArc

Country
Scotland
Charity number
SC037861
Status
Active
Reporting
Up to date Last filed Aug. 17, 2026. Filing history
Registered
Feb. 23, 2007
Legal form
Company (the charity is registered with Companies House)

Address

Address
LifeArc
7th Floor
Lynton House
7-12 Tavistock Square
London
WC1H 9LT

Contact

Website
lifearc.org
Screenshot of the LifeArc website

Activities

'It carries out activities or services itself'

'the advancement of health','the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science'

Beneficiaries: 'No specific group, or for the benefit of the community'

Objectives: To promote the public benefit by improving human health and medical research in particular by assisting the progress of the scientific discoveries and new technologies arising from research into therapeutic treatments, drugs, diagnostics, other technologies or information resources. To work with industry, charities, universities, the health service and other relevant bodies as well as conducting its own research and development as needed to accelerate the progress of these discoveries and technologies to the stage at which they are (i) capable of being made generally available to the medical profession and the public for practical application for the improvement of health and/or (ii) are transferred or licensed to a third party to progress development of such discoveries or technologies towards such goals

Geography

Main operating location
Outwith Scotland
Geographical spread
UK and overseas

Finances

Period end Filed Income Expenditure Employees
Dec. 31, 2025 Aug. 17, 2026On time £86,738,000 £108,576,000 361
Dec. 31, 2024 Aug. 22, 2025On time £205,043,000 £95,934,000 345
Dec. 31, 2023 Aug. 9, 2024On time £169,579,000 £73,489,000 295
Dec. 31, 2022 July 28, 2023On time £22,879,000 £60,302,000 247
Dec. 31, 2021 May 12, 2022On time £17,877,000 £56,510,000 229
Dec. 31, 2020 Sept. 3, 2021 £9,148,000 £49,659,000 215

Due dates are 9 months after the year end, OSCR's deadline, so they don't allow for any extension OSCR has granted.