Charity Details

ME Research UK

SC036942Registered charity from 06 October 2005

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Notes:

This SCIO was incorporated on 8 November 2011 as a result of a Change to SCIO application by ME Research Group For Education And Support (MERGE) SC036942, which was a Trust registered as a charity since 6 October 2005. The transfer of assets from the unincorporated body to the SCIO are shown as expenditure within the final accounts of the unincorporated body and income within the first period of the SCIO. This has therefore resulted in a high level of expenditure in the period ended 7 November 2011 and will result in a higher level of income for the first SCIO period to 31 October 2012.

Charity Information:

Address The Gateway
North Methven Street
Perth

Postcode PH1 5PP

Website www.meresearch.org.uk

Regulatory Type Standard

Object:

To advance scientific knowledge by commissioning or funding research into the causes, consequences and treatment of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) or any other related illnesses, and to publish or cause to be published the results of any such research. To advance public education and awareness of the causes, consequences and treatment of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) or any other related illnesses, and of the need for research into the condition, by producing printed or electronic information, funding or hosting scientific meetings, and acting as a key information resource for researchers, medical practitioners, healthcare professionals and the general public.

Operations:

What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:

To fundraise for and to fund biomedical research into the causes, consequences and treatments for ME/CFS. Charity provides information on research fundings as well as information on the disease and the importance of research. The aims are achieved by providing research grants an provision of information via social media and print.

Charity Status: Active

Constitutional Form: SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)

Constitutional Form Date: 08 Nov 2011

Previous Constitutional Form: Trust (founding document is a deed of trust) (other than educational endowment)

Previous Constitutional Form Date: 06 Oct 2005

Main Operating Location: Perth And Kinross

Number of Staff: 5

Number of Volunteers: 1-50

Purposes: "the advancement of education", "the advancement of health", "the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science"

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

Types Of Activity Undertaken: "It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations", "It carries out activities or services itself"

Annual Submissions:

Year End	Income	Expenditure	Annual Return Received	Accounts Received	Latest Annual Reports and Accounts
31 Oct 2021	£612,152	£713,330	24 May 2022	Yes
31 Oct 2022	£754,257	£608,081	15 May 2023	Yes
31 Oct 2023	£516,571	£1,218,726	06 May 2024	Yes
31 Oct 2024	£364,816	£511,226	12 May 2025	Yes	Visit Charity's Website
31 Oct 2025			No	Annual Information due by 31 Jul 2026
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
Jonathan	Davies
Jan	McKendrick
Susan	Waddle
Eleanor	Roberts
Lesley	Carr
Faisel	Khan
Joe	Welton
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