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Rowett Research Institute

SC007269Registered charity from 16 April 1924
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Charity Information Operations Annual Submissions Income and Expenditure Charity Trustees
Charity Information:
Address University of Aberdeen
University Office
King's College
Aberdeen
Postcode AB24 3FX
Website www.abdn.ac.uk
Parent Charity Name The University of Aberdeen
Parent Charity Registration Number SC013683
Parent Charity Country of Registration Scotland
Regulatory Type Standard
Link to Companies House https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/
Object:
3.1. The Objects for which the Institute is established are the advancement of education and the advancement of health for the public benefit, in particular through the provision of funding to the University of Aberdeen: a) To advance understanding of the mechanisms underlying nutrition in human beings; and b) To conduct or support research into the underlying mechanisms of nutritionally related disorders and diseases using relevant technologies and to have the outputs of this research exploited and used by the most appropriate means to improve the health and wellbeing of human beings.
Operations:
What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:
Provide grants to parent organisation in line with charitable objectives
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: Company (the charity is registered with Companies House)
Constitutional Form Date: 16 Apr 1924
Main Operating Location: Aberdeen
Number of Staff: 0
Number of Volunteers: 1-50
Purposes: "the advancement of education", "the advancement of health", "the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science"
Beneficiaries: "People with disabilities or health problems", "No specific group, or for the benefit of the community"
Types Of Activity Undertaken: "It carries out activities or services itself"
Annual Submissions:
Year End Income Expenditure Annual Return Received Accounts Received Latest Annual Reports and Accounts
31 Jul 2021 £4,310,000 £356,000 28 Jan 2022 Yes
31 Jul 2022 £251,000 £343,000 08 Dec 2022 Yes
31 Jul 2023 £269,989 £376,641 29 May 2024 Yes
31 Jul 2024 £1,809,168 £3,377,253 31 Jan 2025 Yes
31 Jul 2025 £413,829 £1,794,606 11 Mar 2026 Yes Download
If an annual return has been received on time (within nine months of the Year End Date), the 'Annual Return Received' box is green   . If an annual return is late, the box is red   .
Income and Expenditure:
Charity Trustees:
First Name Last Name
Ann Lewendon
David Muirhead
Peter Edwards
Hulda Sveinsdottir
Nan Liu
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