Northwick Park Institute for Medical Research T/A The Griffin Institute

Analysis

Northwick Park Institute for Medical Research T/A The Griffin Institute is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Harrow. It was registered in April 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03445616). It says it sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Northwick Park Institute for Medical Research T/A The Griffin Institute reported income of £1.6m and spending of £2.1m, spending 132% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.6m to £1.6m (+1.7%), an average of +0.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 52%. Over the whole period it spent 146% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Northwick Park Institute for Medical Research T/A The Griffin Institute sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Yeldall Christian Centres (£1.6m), Woodsmith Foundation Limited (£1.6m) and Links International (£1.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 66%, donations and legacies 17% and trading 17%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £3,608. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.3%. It employed 19 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.