Reta Lila Weston Trust for Medical Research

Analysis

Reta Lila Weston Trust for Medical Research is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gloucestershire. It was registered in June 1968, 58 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 trust. It says it sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Reta Lila Weston Trust for Medical Research reported income of £1.0m and spending of £4.8m, spending 465% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £66 to £1.0m (+1576255%), an average of +1020% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 703515%. Over the whole period it spent 295% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Reta Lila Weston Trust for Medical Research sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Edmonton Community Partnership (£1.0m), Wycombe Wanderers Foundation (£1.0m) and Emmanuel House Support Centre (£1.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 100%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 1.1%. Grants to other organisations totalled £4.7m. Reserves of £33.5m would cover about 83 months of spending at that rate.