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GB-C-00016-1

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Legal name: Wellcome Trust
Country: United Kingdom
Type: Civil society organisation
Founded: Not disclosed
Director or chair: Not disclosed
Claim: Not claimed by the organisation
Last verified: 1 March 2026

1 of 5 layers verified

Origin Partly verified
Control Not yet verified
Money Nothing disclosed
Channels Verified
Networks Nothing disclosed

Transparency

Partial

3 of 6 key disclosures on record, 1 of them checked by our researchers.

Legal name on record, not yet checked
Who leads it not disclosed
How it is funded not disclosed
Named funders not disclosed
Public contact address on record, not yet checked
Official websites and accounts verified

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Origin

Partly verified

Brand names Pending check: Wellcome
Wellcome Trust
Registration number Pending check: Charity Commission 210183
Registered address Pending check: Wellcome Trust, Gibbs Building, 215 Euston Road, London, NW1 2BE
Public contact email Pending check: company.secretary@wellcome.org

1 source

opencharities.uk (data from the Charity Commission register and filed accounts), Wellcome Trust 210183, read 2026-10-19 (subtitle 'Will Charities Of Sir Henry S Wellcome (The Museum And Library Charity)'; registered 4 October 1962; Gibbs Building, 215 Euston Road, London NW1 2BE; company.secretary@wellcome.org; website wellcome.org; sole trustee The Wellcome Trust Limited, appointed 24 April 1992; year to 30 September 2025 income £589,458,608, expenditure £2,051,212,819; 2,358 employees)

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Control

Not yet verified

Founders or members with control Pending check: Owner Holding Owner type
The Wellcome Trust Limited (sole corporate trustee, appointed 24 April 1992) Direct Company
Beneficial owners: Not disclosed
State or public-body ownership Pending check: None
Network or umbrella organisation: Not disclosed

Owner	Holding	Owner type
The Wellcome Trust Limited (sole corporate trustee, appointed 24 April 1992)	Direct	Company

1 source

opencharities.uk (data from the Charity Commission register and filed accounts), Wellcome Trust 210183, read 2026-10-19 (subtitle 'Will Charities Of Sir Henry S Wellcome (The Museum And Library Charity)'; registered 4 October 1962; Gibbs Building, 215 Euston Road, London NW1 2BE; company.secretary@wellcome.org; website wellcome.org; sole trustee The Wellcome Trust Limited, appointed 24 April 1992; year to 30 September 2025 income £589,458,608, expenditure £2,051,212,819; 2,358 employees)

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Money

Nothing disclosed

Income mix: Not disclosed
Named funders and donors: Not disclosed

Where does it appear?

Channels

Verified

Official websites Verified: wellcome.org
Official social accounts: Not disclosed

1 source

opencharities.uk (data from the Charity Commission register and filed accounts), Wellcome Trust 210183, read 2026-10-19 (subtitle 'Will Charities Of Sir Henry S Wellcome (The Museum And Library Charity)'; registered 4 October 1962; Gibbs Building, 215 Euston Road, London NW1 2BE; company.secretary@wellcome.org; website wellcome.org; sole trustee The Wellcome Trust Limited, appointed 24 April 1992; year to 30 September 2025 income £589,458,608, expenditure £2,051,212,819; 2,358 employees)

Who is connected?

Networks

Nothing disclosed

Documented public-office or party roles: Not disclosed

Change history

Version	Date	What changed
2	20 October 2026	Updated from research database (Origin, Control, Channels)
1	19 October 2026	First published

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