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Alzheimer's Research UK

Alzheimer's Research UK Annual Report and Financial Statements 2025

Alzheimer's Research UK funds scientific research to defeat dementia. Their 2024–25 annual report covers a record £61.9m income, £30.8m invested in research across 46 institutions, 530+ new scientific publications, the Drug Discovery Alliance turning 10, and a doubling of the UK dementia research workforce over a decade.

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Drug Discovery Alliance (10th anniversary, £30m+ funding in last year), UK Dementia Research Institute, Blood Biomarker Challenge, Think Brain Health campaign, research grants at 46 institutions across 28 UK locations, Dame Barbara Windsor Goals Programme, policy advocacy, corporate partnerships

Key Metrics

Key Metric 1 Record total income of £61.9m — the strongest financial performance in the charity's history — with £30.8m invested in pioneering dementia research
Key Metric 2 530+ scientific publications from Alzheimer's Research UK-funded research in 2024–25; 6,200 publications and 24,000 scientists involved since the charity began
Key Metric 3 Dementia research community in the UK doubled from approximately 5,000 to over 10,000 active researchers between 2015 and 2025 — supported by the charity

Key Outcomes

  • Dementia research output and scientific knowledge increased through funded research programmes
  • UK dementia research capacity expanded, including growth in the active research workforce
  • Over 250,000 supporters including 86,000 monthly donors; £268m invested across 1,374 research projects since the first grant in 1998

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UK-Wide

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