Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established. It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 23 MAR 2009
AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 21 MAY 2010
AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 01 JUN 2010
AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 09 JUN 2011
AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 13 JAN 2014
AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 13 JUN 2016
AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 20 DEC 2016
Charitable objects
TO ADVANCE BIOLOGICAL AND BIOTECHNOLOGICAL SCIENCE BY UNDERTAKING AND PROMOTING RESEARCH RELATING TO GENOMES AND THE GENOME FUNCTIONS OF ORGANISMS, IN PARTICULAR BY CARRYING OUT THE FOLLOWING ACTIVITIES:
1. TO GENERATE AND ANALYSE GENOME SEQUENCES FOR THE FULL RANGE OF LIVING ORGANISMS;
2. TO GENERATE, RECORD AND STORE REFERENCE GENOME SEQUENCES;
3. TO RESEARCH THE WAYS IN WHICH GENOME FUNCTION AND VARIATION MAY BE EXPLOITED FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT;
4. TO DEVELOP AND EXPLOIT GENOMIC TECHNOLOGIES, SO AS TO IDENTIFY AND MEASURE GENOMES AND GENOME PRODUCTS;
5. TO DEVELOP BIOINFORMATICS IN RELATION TO GENOME RESEARCH, AND TO ANALYSE, INTERPRET AND EXPLOIT BIOINFORMATIC DATA IN RELATION TO GENOMES; AND
6. TO ADVANCE EDUCATION BY TRAINING PERSONS ENGAGED IN OR ASSOCIATED WITH GENOMICS, GENOME BIOLOGY, BIO-INFORMATICS AND RELATED SUBJECTS.
Area of benefit
The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.
