The Lorna and Yuti Chernajovsky Biomedical Research Foundation

Analysis

The Lorna and Yuti Chernajovsky Biomedical Research Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Whitstable. It was registered in July 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2026, The Lorna and Yuti Chernajovsky Biomedical Research Foundation reported income of £526k and spending of £286k, leaving 46% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income fell from £545k to £526k (-3.6%), an average of -0.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income dropped by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Lorna and Yuti Chernajovsky Biomedical Research Foundation sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Health Forum (£525k), The Hwb Torfaen (£526k) and Keswick Mountain Rescue Team (£525k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 14%. Charitable activities took 92% of spending and raising funds 4.8%. Reserves of £2.7m would cover about 110 months of spending at that rate.