WELLCOME LEAP FUND

Charity number: 1184097
Removed charity

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Wellcome Leap Fund will spur leaps in medical and scientific progress in order to transform human health, by supporting pioneering scientists with ambitious goals. The charity will support a small number of programmes aimed at making significant breakthroughs that open up new areas of research, change existing practice within a scientific field, or transform how a health problem is addressed.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 30 September 2021

Total income: £0
Total expenditure: £0

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

No information available

Trustee payments

No information available

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • Education/training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Who the charity helps:
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Individuals
  • Makes Grants To Organisations
  • Provides Other Finance
  • Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England And Wales
  • United States

Governance

Registration history:
  • 25 June 2019: Standard registration
  • 16 February 2023: Removed (Ceased to exist)
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:

No other names

Gift aid:
Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Financial history

Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 30/09/2020 30/09/2021
Total gross income £0 £0
Total expenditure £0 £0
Income from government contracts N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 30 September 2022 Not submitted
Accounts and TAR 30 September 2022 Not submitted
Annual return 30 September 2021 12 July 2022 On time
Accounts and TAR 30 September 2021 Not required
Annual return 30 September 2020 25 June 2021 On time
Accounts and TAR 30 September 2020 Not required

Governing document

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 15 MAR 2019

Charitable objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CHARITY IS TO PROTECT, PRESERVE AND ADVANCE HUMAN HEALTH AND WELFARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THROUGH THE PROMOTION OF RESEARCH WHICH: 1 FURTHERS KNOWLEDGE AND EDUCATION IN THE BIOSCIENCES; AND 2 HAS THE POTENTIAL TO DELIVER SIGNIFICANT ADVANCES IN HUMAN HEALTH AND WELFARE, AND TO PUBLISH OR OTHERWISE DISSEMINATE THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH. IN PROMOTING RESEARCH, THE CHARITY: 1 SHALL AIM TO SIGNIFICANTLY ADD TO SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE; AND 2 MAY ACCEPT A HEIGHTENED RISK THAT RESEARCH WITH THE POTENTIAL TO DELIVER SIGNIFICANT ADVANCES IN HUMAN HEALTH AND WELFARE MAY NOT ACHIEVE ITS ORIGINAL OBJECTIVE. BIOSCIENCES MEANS THE SCIENCES THAT DEAL WITH HUMAN BEINGS OR ANIMAL OR PLANT LIFE; ANY ALLIED SUBJECT; AND ANY SUBJECT OR SUBJECTS THAT HAVE OR AT ANY TIME MAY DEVELOP AN IMPORTANCE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH THAT MAY CONDUCE TO THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL OR MENTAL CONDITIONS OF HUMAN BEINGS OR ANIMAL OR PLANT LIFE. BIOSCIENCES INCLUDES MEDICINE, SURGERY, BACTERIOLOGY, BIOLOGY, CHEMISTRY, EPIDEMIOLOGY, THE ENVIRONMENT, GENOMICS, IMMUNOLOGY, MATERIA MEDICA, NEUROSCIENCES, PHARMACOLOGY, PHARMACY, PHYSIOLOGY, PSYCHIATRY, THERAPEUTICS AND VIROLOGY; AND RESEARCH INCLUDES BASIC, STRATEGIC AND APPLIED RESEARCH.