Wellcome Trust Report: A Global Charitable Foundation for Improving Health and Saving Lives

This report discusses the Wellcome Trust, a global charitable foundation working towards improving health and saving lives. It covers their aims, objectives, funding, impacts on society, and challenges. SWOT and PESTLE analysis are included to provide a comprehensive view. The report concludes with recommendations for short and long term goals.

wellcome Trust Report

Table of Contents
Purpose.............................................................................................................................................3
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Organisation's aims and objectives .................................................................................................4
Organisation Structure and governance ......................................................................................5
How the organisation is funded.......................................................................................................5
Their impacts on the society and community..............................................................................6
Challenges and opportunities of organization..................................................................................7
SWOT analysis............................................................................................................................7
PESTLE analysis.........................................................................................................................8
RECOMMENDATIONS:................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................1
APPENDIX......................................................................................................................................2

Purpose
The report will discuss the wellcome trust, which is UK's leading non-governmental
organisation is a global charitable foundation which work towards benefitting everyone from
science's potential that help to improve the health and save lives. The purpose of this research
will be to know the background of the quoted organisation i.e. what it does, the communiy it
serves, programmes it runs and where it is operating i.e. locally, nationally or globally with how
many number of volunteers and employees. Further, the study will explain the NGO's aim,
objectives, values and mission. It will describe the organisation's governance and structure. The
report will evaluate the NPO's source of funding and it's impact on the community or society at
large. The study will critically analyse the macro factors by applying PESTLE analysis to know
the exnternal forces and SWOT analysis to identify the strengths & opportunities of the
organisation. Lastly, the research will include recommendations by prioritizing the short,
medium and long term goals.
Introduction
The Wellcome Trust, which was founded in 1936 by Henry Wellcome which is having
the headquarter in London, UK. It was established with legacies from pharmaceutical magnate
which help to fund the research to improve the animal and human health. According to Financial
Times, the quoted NGO was decribed as one of the largest non-governmental funder for the
scientific research (Kiddle and et.al., 2018). The major investment of the NGO were headed
towards the biomedical research, seeding drug discovery, development in Covid-19, improving
research culture etc. The Trust is funded by 38.2 billion investment which is an independent
politically and socially foundation. The quoted NGO uses science to solve the urgent health
challenges which are being faced by everyone. The Wellcome Trust work is to improve the
health by policy, research, campaigns and maintaining global partnerships to help everyone. The
health challenges could be resolved by working with the people and organisations including
science as a solution. The major support research is done to figure out the solutions mainly
regarding the three big challenges such as climate, mental health and infectious disease. The
Trust is being working for the cummunity at large. Their is no specific community whom they
are helping. During pandemic, Wellcome's response towards working with the governments,
academia, civil society, businesses and public at large to solve the mental and physical health
challenges through science around the world.

The NGO is running large programmes which are funding initiatives in Asia and Africa.
One of the programme is KEMRI- Wellcome Trust Research Programme (KWTRP) which focus
on the malnutrition, HIV, reproductive issues and respiratory diseases. The another programmes
are Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme (MLW), Mahidol Oxford
Tropical Medicine Research Unit (MORU), Oxford University Clinical Research Unit
(OUCRU). They also focus on accelerating excellence in science by initiativing through alliance
for Accelerating Excellence in Science in Africa (AESA) which a funding programme for
innovation and research in Africa. One of the biggest programme run by the NGO was Wellcome
Trust Centres for Global Health Research (WTCGHR) to collaborate with the institutions in UK
having low income countries (Estevao and et.al., 2021). Wellcome has also running an four-year
PhD studentship programme to support the research training for health professionals.
Because of its long existence, it is operating all over the world by directly or indirectly
funding the researchers and scientists at many steps of their projects. Their funding is supporting
more than 70 countries across the globe and around 90% of UK activities are being taken care by
the Trust in specific reference to the health issue (Thuy and et.al., 2018). The Wellcome Trust
has more than 2000 permanent employees who are working for the continous growth of the NGO
and the foundation is taking good care of there employees by Employee Assistance Programme
which resolve the work-related issue and personal life problems. They could take assistance 24/7
and also run Volunteering Scheme for the learning and evaluating the development of the
individuals and also help the foundation to reduce the cost by these programmes.
Organisation's aims and objectives
The NGO's strategy is to broadly support the health, life and well-being of the human
life. The major goal of the foundation is to mainly focus on the mental health, infectious diseases
and climate & health. The organisation is working with the people who had faced mental
problems and apply research on them and how to overcome the issue by following a treatment.
The another challenge could be achieved by working with the society to stop the epidemic by
funding the research programmes. The last challenge is to protect the affected individuals from
the climate change and utilize the research to find another alternatives of saving the health of the
individual (Plotkin and et.al., 2020). The aim of the Trust is to solve the health challenges with
the help of supporting the science. The future goals of the Trust are to support the research
which is changing with the time, preparing the world to face the epidemic in a better way,

advance in the drug-resistant infections, harness the creativity of innovators which impact the
health, pushing R&D for fulfilling global political agenda.
Organisation Structure and governance
The structure of the organization of the wellcome trust is the leadership which provide the equal
opportunities to all the workers of the organization. The leadership organizational structure helps
in the NGO to look forward for the vision, together with the colleagues from across the board of
governors and trust. The structure of the organization helps in believe to achieve the goals and
objectives as well as deliver the mission of the company.
The governance framework of the wellcome is governed by the constitutions and it is the update
version of the Sir Henry wellcome (Sturdy, 2020). The sole trustee of the organisation is
wellcome trust limited and the boards of governance are look to reach the mission to better the
health of the people with the success ideas. The governors of the company is make ensure that
they are fulfil the mission and vision of the company with the long term stability, maintain the
high quality culture, acquire the right people for deliver the mission in the wellcome and
activities to support the people.
How the organisation is funded
The organization wellcome trust is funded by the billion investment portfolio. The
strategy of the company include the advocacy campaigns, grant funding and partnerships to finds
the solution for the health challenges. It helps in find the solution for the greatest challenges in
the world such as mental health, infections disease and climate change and health. The funding
of the company is come from the various sources such as venture capitals, private equity, public
listed shares and stocks, property and hedge funds (Kamath and Kircher, 2019). The wellcome
trust are not receive the funds from the governments grants and donations as well as company
also don't raise the fund from the public.
Venture capitals: the capital are raise from the connection of the limited partners as well as
make money when the portfolio company are exists such as initial public offering. The venture
capital helps in grow the business in the globe and it also helps in generate the economic
productivity. The venture capital are raise the fund to invest in the company and then monitor the

investments which helps in generate the return for the investors. This investments is involves the
high degree of risk. The venture capital funding have a long life time.
Private equity funds: the private equity funds is refer as pool of capital to invested in the
companies to represent the opportunities for high rate of return. There are various types of
private equity such as venture capitals, leveraged buyout, etc. the stage of the business in the
private equity is profitable cash flows and mid to later stage for the company start-up and pre-
revenue. The investment team of the private equity is mainly finance professional and bankers.
The private equity investments involves the moderate risk and low chance of loss the money as
well as it is varies from firm to firm.
Property funding: the property funding is a funds which are offer the investments and capitals
those can be used by the real estate company to develop the company properties. It is also known
as the real estate funding. The real estate funding investments are for the long term as well as
looking to gain the long term returns. This funds are also provide the liquidity to the investors so,
the company Wellcome fund are comes from the real estate funds (Gumba, 2018). This funding
are offer the chance for the long term growth in the competitive market place as well as require a
minimum efforts to purchase a property.
Hedge funds:
the company are also fund by the hedge funds, the hedge funds is an partnership of
investors officially and both are pooling the funds together which are guided by the professional
management companies. It is like as a mutual funds. It is the wide range of strategies to raise the
money and boost the potential returns.
Their impacts on the society and community
The organization are provide the financial helps to to the society when they are facing the
challenges . The NGO helps in arrange the funds for the society and community to force the
social oriented programs. The impact on the community and society are good because the
company proved and offer the helps to the society when they are facing the challenges and issues
regarding the financial sustainability. The company is the part of improving the communities,
developing the citizen participation and developing the society (Sufian and Rana, 2019). The
community and society are involves for the better quality of services and company is contribute
in the education and schemes which are most important for the social life's. It helps in uplifting

the poverty of the globe and take the initiatives steps towards the protection of the environments
as well as works on the social issues, so the impact is positive on the social and community.
Challenges and opportunities of organization
The swot and pestle analysis helps in provide the opportunities to find out the challenges
and opportunities which are face by the organization in the competitive market place.
SWOT analysis
The detailed the analysis of the organization is include the strength , weakness,
opportunities and threats. It helps in provide the objective view of the objectives.
 Strength: the strength of the company is they are providing the various types of services
to the people, society and community as well as company not have the direct competition.
It is the small donor base and they can use them for the promotion and positive word of
mouth (Teoli and Sanvictores, 2019). Te organization provides the valuable services as
well as show the better impacts. The company have the clear vision and mission with the
long term history associated.
 Weaknesses: the company have the small volunteer base. It have the major weakness
that staff burnout just because of turnover and its manage the time consuming events.
The company face the lack of communication as well as not maintain and keep the proper
record.
 Opportunities: the company have the great opportunities to grow and expand in the
competitive market place. The company can inspire the some marking products and its
helps in educate the society and Community that helps to individual who needs helps
(Vlados, 2019). The organization have an opportunities to focus o the women's and
females for the donation and volunteering.
 Threats: the organization are facing the many thereat which are hard to measure the
programs. The company not able to control the cash flows and save the costs. The biggest
threats of the organization is community and society are not become familiar and comfort
to talk about the human trafficking.

PESTLE analysis
the wellcome trust organization helps in improve the livelihood of the individuals. The
analysis of political, social, economics, technology, legal and environmental are depend on the
size of the company.
 Political: The governments are reducing the taxation and charges the laws for the no
profits business organization as well as reduce the federal funding and its plays a large
role to survive the charity and NGO.
 Economic factors: the economics factors are influence the businesses organization and
no profit organization as well as allowing the others activities and budgets are also
increase. It helps in provide the grate opportunities to unemployment to become success
in the life.
 Social factors: the social factors are influence the business to helping the society and
community to prosper and grow (Alanzi, 2018). The organization helps in employed the
many people and as wells as helps the other employees. For the society and communities
the organization is the backbone, because it helps society and communities in the
challenging situations. The organization helps the society and communities at the
pandemic and Covid-19 situation.
 Technology: the technology factors are also influence the organization to adopting the
new technology for the improvements and reach the goals and targets of the businesses
organisation. The new technology helps in improve the efficiency of the business as well
as improve the communication between the member of the team.
 Legal factors: the legal factors Influence the business to because the company are ace
the many legal issues because if the many legal issue.
 Environmental factors: the environmental factors are also influence the organization to
focus on the helping the environments as well as they are care about the people and
wildlife which are most important in the environments factors. The organization also
focus on the protect the forest and supplies the clean waters to the individuals.

RECOMMENDATIONS:
The organisation priorities in the short term and long term is different that should be
strategic to reach the achievement in the competitive market. The company should direct the
long term plan for achieve the purpose of the organization (Gumba and Opiyo, 2022). The
organization priorities should be helps to the society as well as reduce the homeless people,
educational facilities are also provide and set the employments programs and provide the work to
the people with training which helps in improving the skills of the workers.
In the short term pan. The organization should make the action plans with the daily
activities to achieve the goals as well as should raise the fund raising team and helps the society
and communities to provide the financial sustainability.

REFERENCES
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Alanzi, S., 2018. PESTLE Analysis. Project Management.
Estevao, C. and et.al., 2021. Scaling-up Health-Arts Programmes: the largest study in the world
bringing arts-based mental health interventions into a national health service. BJPsych
bulletin. 45(1). pp.32-39.
Gumba, and et.al., 2018. Implementation of Good Clinical Laboratory Practice in an
Immunology Basic Research LaboratoryThe KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research
Laboratories Experience. American Journal of Clinical Pathology.
Gumba, H., Opiyo, M., 2022. Maintaining laboratory quality assurance and safety in a
pandemic: Experiences from the KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme
laboratory’s COVID-19 response. Wellcome Open Research. 6(205). p.205.
Kamath, S.D., Kircher, S.M. and Benson, A.B., 2019. Comparison of cancer burden and
nonprofit organization funding reveals disparities in funding across cancer
types. Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network. 17(7). pp.849-854.
Kiddle, B. and et.al., 2018. Cohort profile: the NSPN 2400 Cohort: a developmental sample
supporting the Wellcome Trust NeuroScience in Psychiatry Network. International
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Plotkin, S. A. and et.al., 2020. The science of vaccine safety: Summary of meeting at Wellcome
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APPENDIX
SWOT
Strength:
 better service provider
 clear vision and mission
 helps in promotion
 no direct competition
Weaknesses:
 small base
 lack of communications
 poor record maintain and keeping
 time consuming
Opportunities:
 develop the partnership and good fit
with the other organizational
 educate the society and community
 volunteering and donation
Threats:
 hard to measure the NGO programs
 not able to control the cash flows and
external costs.
 Not perform well
 not able to save cost
 low cost materials
 society and community isn't comfort.
PESTLE analysis
Political factors: the factors of politics are influence the charities and the political changes are
follow the changes in the tax structures and policies of the organization. The non profit
organization are promote with the helps of political activities and the non profits organizational
are directly related with the activities of politics.
Economical factors: the changes of the economics are also affects the growth of the
organization because the earning are getting low, jobs are scare, etc. the non profit organization
are helps in improve the livelihood of the society and individuals as well as they are also
contributing in the economic welfare.
Social factors: the organization helps to the society to provide the financial stability at the time
pandemic challenges and provide the employment as well as training and education to
employees.
Technological factors: in the technologies factor the company needs to focus on adaption the
technologies and achieve the goals effectively. The company needs to focus on adopting the
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business with the new technologies which helps in provide the better services to the society and
community as well as helps in satisfied them. With the help of new technology organization are
easily access the performance and accomplish the task with the helps of technology effectively.
Legal factors: the non profit organization have a legal risk and limitations. The various legal
factors which are influence the business to take a rules and regulation which are important to
follow in the non profit business organization. The wellcome company needs to follow the legal
requirements and the governments are also reduce the tax of non profit business as compare to
other organization.
environmental factors: its play a big role in the environmental conservation and awarenesses
about the issues. The wellcome company is the NGO which are specially focus on the
environments factors such as wastage of waters, supply the safe waters to the society, conserve
the energy of the environment, protects the plants and forest, growth the trees as well as develop
the greenery in the environments.
Graph
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From the above diagram, it show the grant funding data 2019-2020 that the company are
funded thee last years as well as it include the various values and numbers of awards in the grant
portfolio and rates of award.
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