Published: July 2026

This report examines the research expenditure of 147 AMRC member charities in 2025. You can access a breakdown of the spending of our member charities in our Member Dashboard and you can find previous published briefings in our Sector data and insights archive.

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Data notes

AMRC charities are a major contributor to UK medical research​ 

• MRC and NIHR UK research spend from 2024-25 annual reports. Spending on research by health departments in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland not illustrated.
• AMRC member financial data for this and previous financial years are obtained via an annual data collection exercise. Financial data collected is categorised into four domains: research expenditure in the UK; overseas research expenditure; capital projects (including building and equipment over £50K); other charitable activities (e.g. welfare, support, care and information).  
• UK research expenditure over time. Graph plotted using historical data submitted by AMRC member charities. Orange line shows spend from all AMRC member charities. Blue line shows spend excluding the Wellcome Trust. 

Commitment to research investment continues

• All figures calculated from survey responses from AMRC member charities during our annual data collection 2025. 

Strong demand for research funding

• Application rates graph: Of the 135 members who responded to the survey, when asked whether their organisation had seen a change in the number of funding applications received, 64 reported an increase, 10 reported a decrease, 48 reported no change, and 13 said the question was not applicable.  

Grant extensions were widespread

• Extensions graph: The 135 members that responded to the survey were asked the question: What proportion of their grants portfolio have been awarded an extension? This can include both costed and non-costed extensions. Of the 135 responses, 56 selected < 25%, 53 selected 25%-50%, 19 selected 51%-75%, and 7 selected > 75%.